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The Bark of Pogonopus febrifugus has been introduced into 

 England as a "False Cinchona." It is known in Bolivia as Quina 

 Morada (Red Quina), and is used in the same way as Peruvian 

 bark. According to Ss. Arata and Canzonari it contains an 

 alkaloid which they name "moradeine." H. H. R. 



Index to Recent American Botanical Literature. 



^chmea Skinncri, Baker. J. G. Baker (Hook. Ic. PI. t. 185 i). 



Native of Guatemala. 

 ^gave dasylirioidcs. (Gard. Chron. v. 804, Fig. 128). 

 Anhalo7iium Lewtnii, n. sp. P. Henning. (Gartenflora, xxxvii. 



410, f. 92). 



Descriptions in Latin and German, with a fine illustration of 

 this species as well as of A. Williamsii, Lem. 

 AnstolocJiia ridicida. N. E. Brown. (Gartenflora, xxxvii. 124, 



f- 30). 

 Aster ptarmicoidcs var. lutescens. E. J. Hill. (Bot. Gaz. xiv. 



^53- 154). 

 Aiithoritics — As to the Citation of. Roscoe Pound. (Am. Nat. 



xxiii. 161-163). 



A plea for the use of the parenthesis in citing the author* 

 of a specific name, with the name of the author of the combi- 

 nation outside. 



Canadian Spruces. Geo. Lawson. (Proc. Can. Inst. vi. 169-180). 



A description and criticism of the three species, Picca alba, 

 P- nigra and P. rubra. 

 Catalpa~A Hybrid. C S. S. (Garden and Forest, ii. 303, 



304; illustrated). 



A description and representation of a supposed hybrid between 

 c.. K(snipfcri and either C. bignonioides or C. spcciosa. 

 tatilaya labiata, var. inagnifica und Qucsnelia Wittmackiana. 



E. Regel. (Gartenflora, t. 1 281). 

 Colorado—Alpine Flowers of Mrs. G. VV. Thacher. (Appala- 



chia, V. 284-291). 



Containing a partial list of the alpine flowers found on Pike's 

 Peak, Long's Peak, Table Mountain, and Mummy Mountain, 

 during the summers of 1887, 1SS8. 

 Coreopsis— Achenia of. J. N. Rose. (Bot. Gaz. xiv. 145-^5 0- 



