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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Memorial of George Bentham, 
by AsaGray. From the American 
Journal of Science, February 1885. 
American association for the 
advancement of science. Constitu- 
tion, list of meetings, officers and 
members for the thirty-third meet- 
ing, in Philadelphia, September, 
1884. 
The Methods of Statistics. 
Dr. Franklin B. Hough. Proce. 
Am. A. A. Sei., 1884. 
Botanical Contributions. By 
Asa Gray. Proc. Amer. Acad. 
Arts and Sci., XX. Contains a 
revision of some Borragineous 
genera, and descriptions of thirty- 
nine new species of gamopetale, 
with remarks on others. 
Contributions to American Bot- 
any, XII By Sereno Watson. 
Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci. 
XX. Containsa history and re- 
vision of the roses of North Amer- 
ica and deseriptions of some new 
species of plants, chiefly from our 
western territories. 
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GENERAL NOTES. 
Only about 24,000 periodicals 
published in the world. Subserip- 
tions taken at this office for any 
or all. 
Dr. Parry is now in England, 
and intends visiting Paris and 
Geneva in May, returning to 
America in August. 
L. Belding, Superintendent of 
the Pacific District of the Ornith- 
ologists Union, is intending to vis- 
?t the mountains of Lower Cali- 
fornia again this spring. 
Prof. Asa Gray, ‘in company 
with his wife and Prof. W. G. Far- 
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THE WEST-AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 
low, visited the city of Mexico on 
their way to Southern California, 
reaching San Diego on the 19th 
inst. 
The third lecture under the aus- 
pices of the Society of Natural 
History wus delivered by Mr. Stu- 
art Stanley onthe evening of Feb- 
ruary 26. He gave an instructive 
account of the Soudan and of the 
present condition of affairs in that 
country. 
BOTANICAL NOTES. 
Isoetes of the check-list of 
Southern California plants is con- 
sidered a new species. 
Abutilon Streetsui, Watson, ined. 
of the same list proves identical 
with an Arizona species which 
Prof. Watson now publishes as A. 
Lemmoni. 
California Erythraz are want- 
ed for which a liberal exchange 
will be given. Thirty-five speci- 
mens of every species except E. ve- 
nusta and E. Douglasii are desired 
Deschampsia gracilis and Bro- 
mus Orcuttianus are described as 
new species from San Diego, by 
Dr. Geo. Vasey in the February 
number of the Botanical Gazette. 
Many aquatic plants are mak- 
ing no appearance this spring, 
owing to the lack of rain, and 
1885 is now likely to prove a 
botanical failure as regards the 
coast region of California. Many 
of the species that do make an ap- 
pearance are stunted or rare and 
later than usual in blooming. 
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There are more than 250 bo- 
tanical names in the Old Testa- 
ment.—Littell’s Living Age. 
