346 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. { Dec. 
Rey. E..L. GREENE has issued his fifth paper entitled ‘Studies in the botany of Cali- 
fornia wind parts adjacent, ” being a reprint from Bulletin 6 of the Calif. Acad. Sei. Most 
a the contribution is taken up with a study of the genus Brodiwa. Mr. Greene has ob- 
the species in the field, wad has thus discovered characters unobservable by closet 
sty ha The sym era ‘ der Brodiza’’ are characterized as Brodiza Smith, 
in part, Hookera Salisb.,in part, and Triteleia ebay ete. A new genus, Behria, is added 
to ie grou sie ead ween only the umbels are know Coimpatihk with Mr. Watson’s revision 
of L d naif ‘of the Eubrodixa, Hookera contains the 
tions n 
to ea atta reene also restores yp sidhaat fe Voeel. to include 15 or 18 species of 
Hosa: or It was the Nuttallian genus Drepanolobus. Some 18 or 20 miscellaneous species 
are Sassi asn 
1 
Mr. di m Prot. Philadelphia Acad., contain- 
ing a pence. on the Dotelerapeae bol Lecay Marlandton. Mr. Megha an has always been 
a SE Be ee Aiernaesiange both the fa 
and the In this paper he is more convinced than ev r of his views that cross- 
feriiaton, it accomplished, is of no benefit, ne that dave is little to prove that close- 
ing is an injury. -‘‘In my mind, the facts rather show that inste see of eotete eee’ 
aia to the propagation of the race being gained, the hi sees of a 
that it nd that: itis is on the down- 
ward track in the order of nature.” He cites the ce ‘ab coast abe yet says that 
‘in an experiment it did not produce a single seed w the flow e protected from 
insects. The papilionaceous soma are said to give us ae va of self-fertili- 
zation and hence the constancy of garden varieties. 
