342 , BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ Dec., 
pep vlarising without misstating. Professor McAlpine has sccompiae. is 
ask as well as we have yet seen it done. The book was not written for 
in bat i it should be able to stand the fire of their criticism. At thes aie iat 
stud asis, and an r upon the 
living cell. The remaining pages ta ke up types, be eginning with the lowest, and 
give a condensed account of their structure and lite hist story, over forty being 
considered. e book is not eat a capital one for the general rendee but 
would be very helpful in the hands of the young laboratory worker. The 
i ice 
e things that mi ri 
function of chlorophyll, p. 69, Pringsheim’s “ screen” theory is given w without 
uny mention of there being a diversity of opinion upon the {sab} ect. eu 
of the terms “root” and ° a soe carried down to the leieest plants on 
as eicleadion: e e” and “macrospore” are 
through to the highest. ee ty a hee provi enough perhaps for the téuhiniea 
hotanist, but the audience for whom the book is written had better know what 
the polien-grain and embryo-sac mean. On p. 229, in speaking of the germ- 
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. oe with the fact. But these are mostly matters of judgment, and 
would commend the book as being very Wiadable ana serviceable. 
ees Le is of North American Carices, including those of Mexico, Cen- 
rica and ee ne, with the American bibliography of the es 
By pa Bailey, jr. ,V. Reprinted from Proc. Amer. Acad., April 
2 
That the genus: Carex needs elucidation all botanists will agree, and Pro 
fessor Baile thus g the results of his study. 
A proper ivdement upon. such work can be passe only after using it, and 
wha tever is said n now is based upon a author’s known ability. Such a al 
a 
to distribute species in na groups, is noteworthy. Professor Bailey has 
put us under an ng ncaa ge Sr should be repaid by the careful use and crit- 
icism of his pape 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
pee cae a ed errs has been acquired by the French government and placed 
in the Jardin des Plan 
Pror. W. € a: eis that ha stamens of Parnassia mature one at a time, and 
asks if thishas been observed befor aE 
; _THEopor Gg. eifeg olen 5s, merit 7 i hens, 
ae professor of botany at the university of Athens, 
