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development of botanical literature during fifty years." His touch was 

 particularly fine in biographical sketches, and that botanist could be 

 counted fortunate whose memory has been embalmed in one of them. It 

 is marvelous that he found time for so much outside work, but he seemed 

 to turn with pleasure from the more exacting labors of a monograph to 

 the writing of miscellaneous papers, which was his way of resting. Pro- 

 fessor Sargent deserves our thanks for his work, and the volumes should 

 be upon the shelves of every American botanist. 



minor Notices. 



Dr. George Vasey and Joseph N. Rose have published a list of the 

 plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in Lower California in 1889, con- 

 taining the description of thirteen new pedes. This is a good start in 

 the right direction, and commends itself as one of the proper outcomes 

 of the great collection of plants being accumulated at the National Her- 

 barium. It is but right that the collections of so indefatigable a col- 

 lector as Dr. Palmer should be carefully studied and made known to bot- 

 anists. The new species include two Hosackias,a Ribes,an Aplopappus, 

 a Senecio, aGilia,a Phacelia,a Solatium, an Antirrhinum, a Viguiera, two 

 Encelias and a Krynitzkia. 



Dr. C. C. Parry has given additional information concerning Ceano- 

 thus, in Proc. Davenport Acad. v. 185-194. It was obtained chiefly by a re- 

 exploration of certain regions on the Pacific coast. The care with which 

 this work has been done is to be especially commended, and inspires 

 great confidence in the result. CitUricatus Parry becomes a synonym 

 of (X sorediatus H. & A.; C. tomentosus Parry is a new species to include 

 what was formerly included under C. sorediatus; C. Lemmoni and C. 

 Orcuttii are both new species; while C. dentutus T. & G. is better defined. 

 This brings our species of Ceanothus to 33, or, including the Mexican 

 species, 36. 



A. P. Morgan's systematic account of N. Am. Gastromycetes has 

 reached the second paper (Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., April, 1889). It 

 includes a generic table of Lycoperdacese (13 genera), specific descrip- 

 tions under the first six (Volvaue), and two colored plates. Two new 

 Geasters are included, and a new genus, Astrxus, founded upon the well- 



known Geaster hygrornetricus Pers. 



The second memoir of the Torrey Botanical Club is a list of marine 

 algae of the New Jersey coast and adjacent waters of Staten Island by 

 feaac C Martindale (issued Aug. 24, 1889). Lists of marine algse are not 

 numerous., and this contribution will undoubtedly stimulate the study of 

 this very interesting and beautiful group. Mr. Martindale has done hi 

 work very carefully, giving full credit for his information, and rejecting 

 what was unreliable.* The list embraces 91 genera, 183 species and 41 

 varieties. 



