1889.] BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 207 



tation of the San Benito islands; Supplementary list of Cedros island 

 plants ; Concerning some Californian Umbellifewe ; Botanical nomencla- 

 ture inN. Am.; Baron Mueller on early binomials; New or noteworthy 

 species, iv ; Plants from the bay of San Bartolome" ; Analogies and affini- 

 ties, 1; New or noteworthy species, v; Reminiscences of Major J. E. 

 LeConte. All these papers are from the pen of Professor Greene, except- 

 ing the last, which is by Mary Graham. 



Another contribution to local botany comes to us in the list of the 

 flora of Lorain county, Ohio.* It is a bare list, without notes on distribu- 

 tion, locality or abundance, omissions which are explained by the desig- 

 nation « preliminary." It is well printed, in such a way as to leave space 

 for the notes which will need to be inserted as the data for a complete 

 catalogue are obtained,and is accompanied by an excellent detailed map 

 of the county. The nomenclature conforms to that of the revised Man- 

 ual which is soon to appear. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Torreya Californica is figured in Gardener's Chronicle of June 29. 



Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass., desires a large number of the 

 roots of Dodecatheon Meadia. 



Mr. H. H. Rusby has been appointed Professor of Botany and Ma- 

 teria Medica in the New York College of Pharmacy. 



Mr. T. S. Brandegee, a well-known western botanist, b*» bee " ™ r " 

 ried to Mrs. Mary Curran, the botanical curator of the California Acad- 



emy of Science. 



A beautiful mountain meadow on ^^^f^T^HnXv 

 Erigeron salsuginosus in bloom, is reproduced in Garden and Forest (July 



3) from a photograph. 



Rev. Thomas Morong, now traveling in the Argentine Republic has 

 written a short series of articles for The Standard of Buenos Ayres, on the 

 Paraguayan flora, chiefly with reference to forage plants. 



A hybrid Catalpa is described and figured in M ^J£t 

 (June 26) by Professor Sargent. It is thought to be a hybrid from C. 

 K*mpferi, L Japanese species, and one of the American species, C. 

 bignonioides or C. speciosa, probably the former. 



The gold medal of the Linn.an Society has ^ ™£**^£ 

 to Professor Alphonse DeCandolle, in recognition of his '^**£_ 

 vices to botany The gift was received by his grandson, a fourth repre 

 sentative of a very distinguished lineofJ^tamsts : _____ _ 



■ — ^-7-- TT^TTTthe flowering and fern-plants of Lorain 



* Wright, Albert A.-Preliminary List ot tne " ow * 



county, Ohio. Map. 8°. Oberlin, 0.: E. J. Goodrich. 1889. 



