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Ka 



Wild Aster. Teu-te- 



nak-ki-en-tun-oo-noo-kzva-sa, " Sheep Burr," Hound's Tong-ue. 

 The first six syllables mean sheep. Oo-koh-ha-tah, Elm ; Kah- 

 en-ta-keh-a-tah. White Oak; O-yeji-kiva-hon-we, "Real To- 

 bacco," {N. rustica, Lin.) DeiU-soo-kwa-no-ne, " Round Nut," 

 Black Walnut. Ka-ha-tak-ne. " Dustv Fruit" Wild Pli.m 



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Botanical Notes. 



The Audubon Monument. A committee appointed by the 



New York 



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James Audubon in New York City. As an incentive towards 

 contributions, this committee has obtained prints from the best 

 portrait of Audubon in existence, and is prepared to furnish 

 them to all who will contribute one dollar or more. These 

 portraits are of two sizes, the one suitable for binding in a jour- 

 nal ; the other suitable for framing. Remittances should be 

 made to the Treasurer of the Audubon Monument Committee, 

 New York Academy of Sciences, Columbia College, New York 

 City. 



A National Museum has been established in Costa Rica, and 

 its first annual report has been received. From this we learn 

 that an earnest commencement has been made toward the forma- 

 tion of an herbarium. Mr. J. J. Cooper has been employed to 

 collect plants, which are to be sent to Capt J. D. Smith, of Bal- 

 timore, for determination. A collection of two hundred wood- 

 sections, each one meter in length, has already been made. 



Index to Recent American Botanical Literature. 



Botanical Notes, — Mary K. Curran. (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d 



Ser., i. Also reprinted). 



The great interest which centers at present in the Pacific 

 coast flora leads us to welcome eagerly any contribution upon 

 the subject. The writer of this paper has evidently collected 

 and observed much, and might have given us — what upon casual 

 reading this seems to be — a valuable and reliable contribution. 

 But careful comparison reveals violations of the scientific spirit 



