The Botanical Gazette 
A Montbly Journal Embracing all Departments of Botanical Science 
Edited by JoHN M. CouLTER and CHARLES R. BARNES, with the sang of other members of the 
botanical staff of the University of Chic 
Vol. XLII, No. 3 Issued March 20, 1907 
CONTENTS 
RUBIACEAE: ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF NORTH AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES 
OF CEPHALANTHUS, OLDENLANDIA, HOUSTONIA, MITCHELLA, DIODIA, 
AND GALIUM (with PLATEs vil-Ix). Theo. Holm - - 153 
MORPHOLOGY OF THE TRUNK AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICROSPORANGIUM 
OF CYCADS. CoNnTRIBUTIONS FROM THE HULL BOTANICAL LABORATORY. XCI ikl 
PLATE X). Srances Grace Smit, 187 
BRIEFER ARTICLES 
CHARACTERS OF Pinus: THE LATERAL CONE (WITH TWO FIGURES). George Russell Shaw 205 
THE GENUS ALISMA IN NoRTH DAKOTA (WITH TEXT FIGURE). J. Lunell - . - 209 
CURRENT LITERATURE 
BOOK REVIEWS - - - - - - - - - . - - 214 
HANDBOOK OF DENDROLOGY. ERRERA BOTANICAL INSTITUTE. WATER RELATIONS 
OF DESERT PLANTS. 
MINOR NOTICES a - - - - - - > - : - . - . - 217 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS : - Spe ane ee ee ee ane Gp a le 
NEWS - : “ : ; A : - “ : - - - - : : - 232 
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