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Cheeseman, T. F. Fertilization of g/osso- 
stigma. (Nature, 27 Dec. 1877, v. 17, p- 
163-164, 15 cm.) 
Notice, by H. Miiller, entitled ‘‘Befruch- 
tung von lossostigma.” (Bot. Jahresbe- 
TICHt s\n USt, 19770 vers. p. 1740, 21M.) 
Shows how cross-fertilization is aided by sensitive 
motion of the stigma, W: T. (2677) 
Darwin, C: Bees and fertilization of kid- 
ney beans. (Gard. chronicle, 24 Oct. 1857, 
p- 725, 28 cm.) 
Shows how bees [af7s mel/ifica] act while collecting 
nectar, and believes that ‘‘if every bee in Britain were 
destroyed, we should not again see a pod on our kidney 
beans.” Records the perforation of the flowers for 
their pollen by bombus and the subsequent use of the 
perforations by apis. HW: ZT. (2678) 
Darwin, C: Notes on the fertilization of 
orchids. (Ann. and mag. nat. hist., Sept. 
1869, ser. 4, V- 4, Pp- 141-159.) 
A résumé of the literature on the pollination of or- 
chids, since 1862, with original observations by the au- 
thor; prepared for insertion in the Fr. tr. of his “On 
the various contrivances by which British and foreign 
orchids are fertilized by insects ...”’ [Rec., 2378]. The 
article includes numerous observations on the actions of 
insects while visiting the flowers in question. 
W:; T. (2679) 
Flahault, C:, see BoNNIER, G. and C: FLAHAULT. 
Observations sur les modifications des végétaux ... 
[Rec., 2675]. 
Gray, Asa. [Fertilization of flowers by in- 
sect agency.] (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 
6 June 1876, v. 28, p. 110-112.) 
Crit. rev. of T: Meehan’s remarks under same title 
(op. cit., p. 108-110) [Rec., 2692]. W: T. (2680) 
Hunt, J. Gibbons. Sensitive organs in sta- 
pelia. (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 27 Aug. 
1878, v. 30, p. 292-293, 27 cm.; 1 fig.) 
Abstract, entitled ‘‘Sensitive organs in 
the flowers of asclepiads.” (Pop. sci. rev., 
Jan. 1879, v. 18, n.s., v. 3, p- 89, 6 cm.) 
Abstract. (Bull. Torrey bot. club, Dec. 
1879, v. 6, p. 280, 12 cm.) 
Crit. rev., by H. Miiller, entitled ‘‘Reiz- 
bare Organe bei stafelza.” (Bot. Jahresbe- 
richt ../ Just, 1879, v- 7, p. 139-140, 2 cm.) 
The stench of the flowers of s. astervas attracts many 
flies, which feed on the floral nectar. When the pro- 
boscis of a fly comes in contact with one of the so-called 
staminal glands it is seized by the latter, which is com- 
pared to a “steel trap.”’ If too small to remove the 
pollen-masses, the fly remains in the trap. 
W: T. (2681) 
Leidy, Joseph. Flies as a means of com- 
municating contagious diseases. (Proc. 
acad. nat. sci. Phil., 21 Nov. 1871, y. 23, 
p- 297, 6 cm.) 
States that flies feed on the sporiferous mucus of 
phallus impudicus, and believes them instrumental in 
spreading hospital gangrene, etc. W: T. (2682) 
Lichtenstein, Jules. Les cynipides. ire 
partie. Introduction. La génération al- 
ternante chez les cynipides par le Dr. H. 
Adler, de Schleswig, traduit et annoté par 
J. Lichtenstein. Suivi de la classification 
des cynipides d’apres le Dr. G. Mayr, de 
Vienne. Montpellier, Coulet, 1881. 141 
* P-3pl., 25X17. ; 
Notice, by L. O. Howard, entitled ‘‘Al- 
ternate generation in cyxipfidae. (Psyche, 
Mar.-Apr. [June] 1881, v. 3, p. 328-329. ) 
French translation of H. Adler's ‘‘Ueber den Genera, 
tions—wechsel der Eichen-Gallwespen” (Zeits. fiir wiss. 
Zool., 1 Feb. 1881, bd. 35, p 151-246, pl. 10-12), with reprint 
of the plates, and with an historical introduction by the 
translator, a biographical notice of Dr. Adler, and a 
list, classified after Mayr, of the described cynipidae 
of the world. LL. O. Hl. (2683) 
Macbride, James. On the power of sarra- 
cenia adunca to entrap insects .... (Trans. 
Linn. soc., 19 Dec. 1815, [1818] eyes 
48-52.) 
Describes the capture of flies by the leaves, to which 
they are drawn by nectar. Spiders and ‘‘asmall species 
of phalaena’’ are able to enter and leave the pitchers at 
will. Inthe mass of putrid insects were always found 
one or two maggots, which were the offspring of a 
viviparous fly. From certain insect remains occasion- 
ally found, the author suspects that alarge zepa may use 
the pitchers as storehouses for captured prey. [Hagen, 
Bibl, entom., v. 1, p. 509, gives the date 1857]. 
°: ZT. (2684) 
Martindale, I: C. On the distribution of 
plants. (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 18 
Sept. 1877, v. 29, p-. 285-286. ) 
Includes a notice of a phallus, which attracts large 
numbers of flies. W: T. (2685) 
Meehan, T: On the agency of insects in 
obstructing evolution. (Proc. acad. nat. 
sci. Phil., 1872, \vi'24, 1p. 235-2372) 
Describes a number of floral forms in //nzaria vul- 
garis. These are prevented from parce them- 
selves as races by being intercrosse ie the agen- 
cy of bombus. 2 Do \(@686) 
