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Fossil Plants collected by Mr. I. C. Russell at Black Creek, near 

 Gadsden, Ala., with Descriptions of several new Species- 

 List of. Leo Lesquereux. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xi. 83- 

 87, PI. XXIX). 

 Rhabdocarpus Russellii and Stigmaria Russellii are described 



and figured as new species. From the same locality are also 



figured Neiiropteris Elrodi, N. Smithii, Sphenopteris Harveyi 



and var. robusta, all of Lesquereux. 



Fossil Wood and Lignites of the Potomac Formation— The . F. 

 H. Knowlton. (Am. Geol. iii. 99-106, reprinted. Also re- 

 printed in abstract from Proc. Am. Assn. Adv. Sci., xxxvii). 

 Araucarioxylon Virginianum is described as a new species. 



Fungi of Montana. — Brief Notes on a Few Common. W. F. An- 

 derson. (Journ. Mycol. v. 30-32.) 



Grasses of Central Kansas. — A Contrihition to the Knowledge 

 of Joseph Henry. (Bull Washburn Coll. Lab. Nat. Hist, 

 ii. 61-63). ^ 



A list of eighty-four species, including four undetermined. A 



number are stated to have been first recorded as Kansas grasses 



through the author's collection. 



Hepatica triloba. — First Appearance of D. D. Slade. (Garden 

 & Forest, ii. 226, 227). 

 Memoranda upon the earliest dates of flowering of this plant 



each year, at Newton, Mass., from March 2, 1880. to March 



17, 1889. 



Hymetiomycetous Fungi. — Some new Species of. J. B. Ellis and 

 B. M. Everhart. (Journ. Mycol. v. 24-29, PI. VIII.) 

 Inocybe pallidipcs, T. mnrino-lilacinns, L. cicatricatus, I. echin- 



ocarpics, L. subdecurrens, /. tomentosns, Agaricus olivcssporus are 



described as new. A new genus, Mucronoporus, is also erected 



from certain species of Polyporus having spiny spores. M. to- 



^entosus is figured. 



Kansas Fnngi.—New Species of W. A. Kellerman and W. T. 



Swingle. (Journ. Mycol. v. II-14, PI- I)- 



Tilletia Buchlocana, on male plants of Biichlo'c dactyloides ; 

 Ustilago Andropogonis, on Andropogon LLallii 3.nd A. provincial- 

 « / Ustilago Boiiteloncs, on Bouteloua oligostachya, and ^cidinm 

 ^aiecs, on Dalea laxiflora are described, and the first three figured. 



