No. 1 of the Memoirs, containing Professor L. H. Bailey's paper on "Studies o! 9on\e 

 types of the Gonus Carex, is nearly ready for distribution. It can be obtained only from 

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Vol. XVL 



APRIL, 1889. 



No. 4. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



ToRREY Botanical Club, 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 



Edited by 





-.if 



NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON, 



AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. 



CONTENT 



PAGE. 



Contributions to the Bryology of Canada, 

 John Macoun 91 



A Descriptive List of Staten Island Dia- 

 toms: (Plate XC.) E, A. Schulze. (Con- 

 tinued.) ;.. 98 



Some Dew Korth American Lichens: 

 John W.Eckfeldt 1<^ 



Contributions to American Bryology- 1 

 Elizabeth G, Britten. (Plate XCI) lOT 



BoTAKicAt Notes.— The Botanical Society 

 of Western Pennsylvania; Heterogamy 

 '^ Alnm ierrulata : Alice B. Rich 112 



PAGE 



Eetiews of Foreign LrrEKATURE.— The 



Orchids of the Cape Peninsula, 11» 



Studies on the TUopteridese H-^ 



RECENT AilEKlCAN LlTEKATrRE.-Botany 



of the Biologia Centrali Americana; 

 Desmids from Massachusetts; Flora 

 Braslliensis, Melastomace® ; New Spe- 

 cies from Guatemala Potamogeton 

 varians, Morong The Genus Panicum 

 in the UniteKl States; History of th- 

 Strawberry; Kevislon of North Amer- 



Umbellifene, and briefer notices. 116 



PROCEEDINGS OF THB CLCB ^"-^^ 



NEW YOKK: 



PRESS OF HOLT BROTHERS, 17-27 VANDEWATEB STBEfff. 



