1888. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 7 47 
NEW species of grasses are described by Dr. Geo. Vasey and Prof. 
F.L. Scribner in the Bull. of Torr. But, Club for January. They are a ~ 
Montana and the northwestern mountain region, two species of — 
Poa and four of Alopecurus from Oregon and the northwest 
January number of the a vf foe ahs the rene vari- _ 
ety of contents, but appears in here are 35 species | 
added to the formerly priated list * ie Raciidae ize aaa Cercospore of 
the United States, and 15 new species of fungi imperfecti are described. 
ve wines uary number will be delayed and inewed with the number for 
THE BOTANICAL SECTION of the biological society of Washington, at 
their aan monthly meeting (January 4), presented the hee a 
ur- 
; - case of sewer obstr cig: on by tree nowlton; Some 
fungi of the arid regions, S. acy; @ ceosporivm of the wax bean 
-and Feeney ‘of the rose, Mies: E. ‘A: Southworth. 
of Washington was as follows: Prof. Miles Rock on he uatemala for- 
ests, Prof. J. W. Chickering on the flora of Alaska, Prof. Edw. 8. Bur- 
gess nthe siostec water alge of the District of Columbia, re Dr. George 
asey On some important medical plants. e club is in a prosperous 
condition, having forty members and a good attendance at its regular 
‘meeti i ous 
AN OLUTELY NEW VEGETABLE is a rare thing to chronicle in these: 
days, but eee a thing falls to the lot of the Gardener's Chronicle (January 
7). Itis a tuber devsloped by a Chinese Labiate, said to be a Stachys. 
the potato, and are also marked by bu r “eyes,” at the nodes. e 
Plant i is sat to be hardy, is pt the easiest P ponte culture, and produces 
ubers in great profusio | 
Tx MENCLATURE a ‘N ymphiea is further Spgs by Mr. 
James Bin in Journal of Botany (Jannaty). sot ng upon Mr. E.L. 
Greene's discovery (Bull. ue. Bot. Club, Sept., 1887), “s gives sil more | 
convincing proofs that our nomenclature of | wasar lilies must be changed. - 
pretes should es Poi “Salish,. and Hapher is nnn wa L. The alee 
sults upon our A n forms are as follows: Nymphae orata 
comes Castalia t pion “Salis. Nuphar slecra becomes Nymphxa advena 
Soland., and s 
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- Many eminent writers have signified their pc on mei to paints 
and there is promise of an auspicious beennine: 
Our dollars a yea 
THE INFLUEN n rain-fall is a much-discussed quanto Ae 
Mr, Henry Gaunetes i forests upon rain-f 6), treats this subject in a tabu- 
Way, giving the rain-fall shyanel a long series ow over her e 
regioes where one would expect a diminution from * defor resting.” 
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