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A new species, discovered in the Santa Rita Monntains id 

 1887, t)y Dr. Henry Mayr. Its affinities are with P. pondcrosd 

 and P. macrophylla. 



Protoplasm and Its History. Geo. L. Goodale. (Bot. Gaz. xiv. 



235-246). 



The address delivered by the author as Vice-President of th 

 Biological Section of the A. A. A. S. at the Toronto meeting. ' 

 Pyrenomycetes. — Contributions to the History of the Developmenf 



of the. Franz Von Tavel. (Journ. Mycol. v. 113-123, PL 



XI, continued). 



Fenestella Platani is described as a new species. 

 Rosa Engelmanni, Watson. — Observations stir le. Francois Cr^- 



pin. (Comp. Rend. des. Seances, Soc. Royal de Bot. de 



Belg., Anne'e 1889, 93-95)- 



The author again takes issue with Dr. Watson, this time over 

 the species Rosa Engelmajini, which is declared to be only a 

 variation of Crepin's var. Bourgeauiana of R. acicularis, Lindl. 

 His concluding sentence reads: " R. EngelmanniwxWhzve there- 

 lore the fate of those ephemeral specific creations of which the 

 names are condemned to descend to the rank of simple syno- 



nyms. 



Scientific Names. — The Prommciation of. C. E. Bessey. (Am. 

 Nat. xxiii. 445, 446). 



i- he author here gives the rules of pronunciation as used in 

 the Botanical Seminar of the University of Nebraska. 

 Shortia galacifolia. (Bot. Mag. Tab. 7082). 

 SphcBrotheca upon Phytoptns Distortions.— Another. Byron D. 



Halsted. (Journ. Mycol. v. 134). 



SpJicerotheca priiinosa is mentioned as having been found in 

 malformed inflorescences of Rhus glabra. 



Species.— New or Noteworthy. VI. Edward L. Greene. (Fit- 

 tonia, ii. 13-17; advance sheets). 



Platystemon crinitus and Viola pinetorum are new species 

 from Kern County, Gal; Viola chrysantha, Plook. is shown to 

 pe antedated by V. chrysantha, Schrad., and the tis^iUQ Douglas it 

 IS proposed for the Western N. A. species, while V. chrysantha 

 ■Pnillippl^ still more recent, is made V. Philippiana; there are. 

 notes on Rhamnus rubra, Greene, and R. occidentalis, Howell,. 



