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common smut of wheat, and of Ustilago segetum, the '^ black smut '' 

 of oats, with an account of the ravages of the pests and the recom- 

 mendation of measures of prevention and cure. In discussing the 

 name of the wheat smut Dr. Arthur makes use of the following 

 language, which we hail as an indication that at least one of the 



editors of the " Botanical Gazette " has finally been '* converted 

 and absorbed " in the movement for the fixity of original specific 

 names : — " The first person to name the fungus was the Scandi- 

 navian botanist, Bjerkander, who called it Lycoperdon Tritici (in 

 1775). In 1854, Tulasne published a fine memoir on the smuts 

 and in it changed the name to Tilletia caries. But there are 

 certain laws of priority that all systematic botanists are bound to 

 respect, and when the obscurely published name of Bjerkander 

 was brought to their attention it became necessary again to change 

 the name, making it Tilletia Tritici, which is now used by the 

 best authorities/' A. being now committed to the proper system 

 of nomenclature, we may venture a hope that both B. and C. will 

 follow in alphabetical sequence if they are still (as in last October), 

 open to conviction. 



Stipules in Certain Dicotyledonous Leaves of the Dak 



N. L. B. 



On the Discovery and Significance of, F. H. Snow. (Re- 

 printed from Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., 1888, illustrated). 

 An account of stipules in Betulites Vestii, Lesq. 



Teratology, (Vick's Mag, xii. 281, illustrated). 

 An instance of median prolification in a rose. 



Tigridia bnccifera. S. W. (Garden and Forest, ii. ^12, fig- 



125). 



A new species, collected in the mountains of northern Mexico 

 by Mr. Pringle. 



Trees of British Columbia. — The. M. Lopatecki. (West Am. 

 Sci. vi. 88-91). 



Uniola PalmerL Geo. Vasey. (Garden and Forest, ii. 402, dpiy 

 fig. 124). 



A new species recently collected by Dr. Palmer. 



Vaccinium hirsutum. C. S. S. (Garden and Forest, ii. 364, S^S. 

 fig. 119). 



