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Cicuta — Vegetative Characters of the Species of. Edward L. 



Greene. (Pittonia, ii. i-ii; advance sheets). 



The recently pubhshed revision of North American Umbelli- 

 lera; has evidently induced Professor Greene to examine th 

 West coast species of the order rather carefully, and his results 

 on one genus are here presented. He has already protested 

 against the reference of C. Californica and C. macidata to varie- 

 ties of C. virosa, of whose occurrence in America he has as yet 

 no proof, and his recent field studies of the plants over a large 

 area of the West has assured him of their specific distinctness. 

 Koot characters are taken as the basis of primary classifications, 

 one group of species having a short, erect root axis, and another 

 the root horizontal. In the first section he places C. virosa, L., 

 of the Old World ; C. Bolanderi, Wats.; C. occidentalis, n. sp. 

 of the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ; C. piirpiirata, n. 

 sp. from the Yakima River, Washington, which may be Siimi f 

 Douglasii, DC.; C. maculata, L. and C. bnlbifera, L. The 

 other section is composed of C. vagans, n. sp. from Lake Pend 

 d'Oreille, Idaho, and C. Californica, Gray. 



N. L. B. 



Coco, Cacao and Coca. F. L. Sargent. (Pop. Sci. News, xxiii. 



135, 136, 151, 152). 



An exposition of the confusion in regard to the above names, 

 given respectively to Cocos nucifera, Theobroma Cacao and Ery- 

 thorxylon Coca. 



Coloring PrtJtciples of Flowers — A Contribution to the Knowledge 



of the. W. T. Wenzell. (Pharm. Rec. ix. 314-316, illus- 

 trated). 



Contribution to West American Botany. II. C. R. Orcutt. (West 

 Amer. Sci. vi. 137). 



Pholisma arenarium, Nutt., and Aminobronia Sonorce, Torn, 

 are described. Both are said to be used as food by the Indians. 

 Copcrnicia cerifera. Theo. Peckolt. (Pharm. Rundsch. vii. 263- 



266, illustrated). 



^asylirion acrotrichtnn. (Garden, xxxvi. 405, illustrated). 

 Devonian Platits from Ohio. J. S. Newberry. (Journ. Cincin- 

 nati Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 48-56; plates iv. v. and vi.), (also 

 eprinted). 



