126 The Botanical Gazette. [March, 
instructor in botany, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Porter has heen 
a student of Strasburger, and his long studies in Germany and per- 
sonal acquaintance with all the authors of the book render him espe- 
cially fitted for the work. 
Mr. D. MortieR has published in Aznals of Botany (Dec.) an 
account of his study of the life history of Notothylas, N. orbicularis 
being the species used. His conclusions are: (1) the capsules possess 
a columella varying in size with that of the capsule; (2) the columella 
yp 
group of bryophytes. 
Messrs. FRANK S. Cot.ins, Isaac HOLDEN, and W. A. SETCHELL 
announce the issue of a series of fascicles of North American alge 
cana. 
under the title Phycotheca Boreali-Ameri The fascicles will be 
in contain fty species eac o fascicl ll be 
issued this winter, of which the first has already appeared, and t r 
families of algze, both fresh water and marine, except that no provision 
een made for diatoms, desmids or charads; they may, how- 
and subscriptions will be taken only for the series, which should find 
ready sale. All correspondence on the subject should be addressed 
to Frank S. Collins, 97 Dexter St., Malden, Mass., U. S. A. 
as follows: Mr. J. H. Barnhart presents an extended paper on “fam- 
ily nomenclature,” in which the laws of priority that have been 
in 
Scouleria and describes a new species (with plate); Mr. John K. Sma l 
continues his studies of the flora of the S. E. United States, describ- 
ing three new species (Juncus, Monniera, and Coreopsis); and . L. 
F. Henderson describes two new plants from Idaho (Phacelia and 
Claytonia). 
PROFESSOR E. L. GREENE has given an interesting historical account 
(Jan.). It seems that the 
original M. luteus is a South American plant, and that it was unknow? 
for a long time except through its description and figure. In the 
meantime a yell mulus from North America came into notice, 
