334 



An account of the proceedings of the club at the Toronto 



meeting. 



Botanical Latin — As regards some. Roscoe Pound. (Am. Nat. 



xxiii. 444, 445)' 



An earnest plea for consistency in the use of Latin spelling 

 in botanical names. The author says in concluding: *' It will be 

 noticed that those who retain eighteenth century Latin do so 

 consistently, while those who attempt to substitute classical forms 

 do it capriciously and without system. There seems no good 

 reason for this, and it is probably largely due to carelessness. 

 At any rate, if Pyrus is to be spelled with an i, so should sylvati- 

 cus, sylvanus and sylvestris, and the latter should have the termi- 

 nation ter. If eighteenth century forms are to be retained we 

 should write lachrymans ; otherwise lacrimans. We cannot spht 

 the difference in this matter." 

 Botany as a Disciplinary Study. Gerald McCarthy. (Journ. 



Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. vi. 33-38), 

 Botany in the American Association, (Bot Gaz. xiv. 258-262, 



illustrated). 



Titles and abstracts are given of the papers referring to Bot- 

 •any and Palseobotany presented at the Toronto meeting. 

 Bur Oak—The, C. S. S. (Garden and Forest, ii. 497. H^ ^36)- 



A description of Qiiercus macrocarpa^ with special reference 



to its distribution. 



Carices — Notes on some British. Arthur Bennet. (Journ. Bot. 



Id 



xxvii. 330-335)- 



The title of this paper would scarcely indicate that it shou 

 be noticed under American botany, but it is, in fact, a review, 

 in a very friendly spirit of Professor Bailey's recent " Studies of 

 the Types of American Carices," published in the first number 

 of the Memoirs, in so far as it relates to British species. His 

 remarks under C. Jiava a,ve reprinted 171 extenso. Mr. Bennett 

 notes that the name C. Goodcnovii, Gay, is three years older than 

 C. vulgaris, Fries, and must be adopted for that species. Finally, 

 he remarks, " Altogether Professor Bailey's paper is one of the 

 most valuable that has ever been contributed to the elucidation 



of the genus." 



Carhidovica rotundifolia. J. D. H. (Bot. M 



