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they cannot be as common as with us. We are also interested 

 to note that Cassia ChavicEcrista is worth 25 cents, if "awake" 

 but only 15 cents if "asleep." In all 1,602 species are catalogued, 

 includmg 38 Pteridophyta. If the list could be corrected accord- 

 ing to commonly accepted grammatical rules and a rational sys- 

 tem of nomenclature it would be as valuable as the author de- 



signed it to be. 



A. H. 



Cereus.-A New Species of. C. R. Orcutt. (West. Am. Sci. 

 vi. 29). 



Cereus cochal \s described, from Lower California, where it is 



known by the Indians and Mexicans under the name of " co- 

 chal." 



Chara— Description of a new Fossil Species of the Genus. F. 



H. Knowlton. (Bot. Gaz. xiii. 156, 157; illustrated; re- 

 printed). 



Chilenische Pfianzengatterugen—Ueber einige. R. A. Philippi. 

 (Ben Deutsch. Bot. Gesell. vii. 115-119, t. 5). 

 Remarks on and descriptions of five genera formerly else- 

 where described by Prof Philippi ; Tribeles of the Pittosporea^, 

 hptpetrimi of the Dioscoreacea^, Lenzia of the Amarantacea. and 

 Solaria and Geanthus of the Liliace^. Species of all are figured 

 in the accompanying plate. All are from Chili 

 College Botany, including Organography, Vegetable .v».. . 



^getable Taxonomv. with a brief 



Hi 



?/ botanical 



of the succession ofpL 



terms. By Prof Edson S. Bastin. Svo.' pp. 45 1 ; 

 579 figures. Chicago, G. P. Engelhard & Co., 1889; price, 

 $3.00. ' ^ 



This is a revised and enlarged edition of the author's "Ele- 

 n.ents of Botany " published in 1887, and reviewed at that time 

 in these columns. The present volume has been considerably 

 rewritten and much additional matter included in it, and forms 

 a valuable addition to the already numerous text books. The 

 subjects treated by beginning with the Morphology of the flovv- 

 enng plants, wh.ch ,s discussed in considerable detail, with many 



fo tt f '"1!"'"' "^^7^P--^' -l»ch will serve as viuable hints 

 to the teacher, as well ^q of .r .. , , ^ 



Tir • rn , , ^^^'""^^ advnntacre to the student. 



Ihis IS followed bv thp rlinr^^ xr t>^ «-^ "''^ 



oy tne chapters on Vegetable Histology and 



