1886. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 251 
Sinteni’s Puerto-Rico Plants. 
[Translation.] 
The distribution of the first installment Bs plants sean vies T. Sinteni at 
Puerto-Rico has just taken place. The determination en made by the 
ny w a 5 rie 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
. F, Hance, British Consul at Amoy, China, died on June 22. He has been an 
ea sane student of the plants of the East, having described a large number rs new species, 
mostly in English tine dicals. 
Mr. Romyn Hircucock, editor of the Americ 
Osaka, Japan, whigh will be his address for some rene © to come. The 
ment of the Journal is placed in the hands of Rufus W. Deering, of washington 
NEW monthly botanical journal, to bear the name e Malpighia, wil 1 
icroscopical analy has sailed for 
usiness era 
.c. 
Messina, Italy, edited by Professors Borzi, Penzig, and Piro tta. It will contain or 
poet articles, bibliography, critiques, notes and queries. The subscription is placed a 
nty-five 
ia RO: loo Harvey, of the Arkansas Industrial University, has accepted the 
Positi of natural history in the State College, Orono, Me., made vacant by 
the aE or aes vs H. Fernald, who takes the chair of zoology n the 
chusetts Stata ral Colleg 
Nopsis of the North A es of the genus Carex by Prof. L. H. 
Bailey, Jr. Siz, wil shortly appear in the proceedings He the American Academy. Contrary 
can botanists the pag covered includes aoe 
ri Prof. Bailey 
upon the work for three years, and the results hee his fads will be heartily aloisaed. 
Boke si orlakeseasd MEETING of the: Roriery: sae i hae otion 
list Parasitic fungi as affecting plant 
‘ar: 
siaatrayoni by W. J. Beal, Ph. D.; On some psa of cultivated plants, by W. G. Far- 
low, M. D.; "The sources of nitrogen of plants, by R. C. K , M. D.; Vitality and ger- 
mination of fruit tree seeds, and Comparative growth of young trees, by W. R. 
+ ee cates nson, M. Sor A sty i 
© mildews of the grape, by Seribn B. fics 
oe PLANT of Yucea filamen of remarkable size and habit ploomed last year in the 
at Adelaide, South hei and is red and described by Dr. Schom- 
bu seen, the director, in his last report. Itis about vin a years old, is 18 feet high and 
7 feet 4 four in phen teed nan one foot above the ground. = for the first time in 
873, seen cing an upright pages When this was cut away, a number of short 
ranch obular head of foliage Last year when rit bloomed 
for isi secon od tim lone and 
dred flowers each, ‘bat instead of being rupee = were fully pendulous. ‘It is said to 
have been a magnificent sight, as can well 
ruling regarding the 
S. for securing ng more vargeseet 
transmissio with written labels reported that 
aa heen 
much siseatiod had been given d d 
ached. The ittee were ie wart h the pete that it was riiking legislations for 
