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occurred in great plenty by the roadside about half-way between 

 Lix and the summit of the pass. For about a quarter of a mile it 

 formed a close band along the left side of the road. For about 

 another half mile I traced it in patches and isolated plants. It 

 seemed as if carts loaded with American fodder had been passing 

 along the road dropping seeds at first thickly and then more thinly. 

 Certainly the plant is not native in any of the Perthshire stations in 

 which it has been found. W. Barclay. 



Notes from Current Literature. 



" Quel est le vrai caractere biologique du Raphanus Raphanistrum, 

 L., et du Sinapis arvensis, L.," by A. Verhulst ("Contributions from 

 the U.S. Nat. Herbarium," vol. xvi. part iii.). 



"The North American Species of Nymp/uea" by G. S. Miller, 

 jun., and P. C. Standley ("Contributions from the U.S. Nat. Herb- 

 arium," vol. xvi. part iii.). 



"Studies in Tropical American Ferns," by W. R. Maxon ("Con- 

 tributions from the U.S. Nat. Herbarium," vol. xvi. part iii.). 

 Particularly valuable in containing a monographic account of the 

 species of Hemitelia, subgenus Cnetnidaria, fully illustrated. 



" Spircea Ulmaria, L., and its Bearing on the Problem of Xero- 

 morphy in Marsh Plants," by R. H. Yapp ("Annals of Botany," 

 July 1912). 



'■'■ Poly gala vulgaris, L., var. grandiflora, Bab.," by Arthur Bennett 

 ("Journal of Botany," July 1912). 



"A New Variety of Partiassia palustris" by W. G. Travis and 

 J. A. Wheldon ("Journal of Botany," August 1912). 



"Le genre Balsatnocitrus et un nouveau genre voisin, j^glopsis,'^ 

 by W. T. Swingle (" Bull. Soc. Bot. de France," vol. xi.). 



" Beauveria, nouveau genre de Verticilliseces," by M. Paul 

 Vuillemin ("Bull. Soc. Bot. de France," Jan. 191 2). 



"A propos de la position systematique de VAdoxa Moschatellina, 

 L.," by H. Lonay ("Contributions from the U.S. Nat. Herbarium," 

 vol. xvi. part iii.). 



'■'■ Betiila pubescens X ttana in den Alpen," by Dr. F. Vierhapper 

 ("Verhandlungen der K. K. Zoo. -bot. Gesellschaft in Wien," 

 vol. Ixi.). 



" A Beehive Fungus, Pericvstis alvii, Gen. et Sp. Nov.," by A. S. 

 Betts ("Annals of Botany," July 191 2). 



