BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 267 
and Western Quebec, 55; the sees Plains to the Arctic Circle, 31; Rocky 
Mountains, 27 ; British Columbia, 3 
Contributions to American Botany. XII. By Sereno Nee Proc. Amer, Acad- 
X. oe 324-378. Issued February 21, 1885. 
i and revision Me the Roses of North A weston fills the first half of 
this Sbutlbution. The his is given with that painstaking reference to the 
literature of the e subject so Chee: of Mr. Watson, a from the account 
of Gosnold’s voyage in 1602 to Palmer’s R. Mexica na, discove red in 1881, we 
have a complete account of successive discoveries a varying opinions as to 
the limits and arrangemen t . species. 
nivent peaks, the other with se st on aie ad a ealee The former is 
subdivided into two groups, dependent on the presence or absence of infrasti- 
pular spi :Y group are entirely western, exte ding no farther east 
than the plains east of the Rocky Mountains e unarmed gr anges 
from Colorado to Alaska, and eastward to Hudson Bay and t Atlantic States, 
and may be all called R. blanda, or separated into four species, acc rding t 
view taken as to the limits of species. The series with deciduons sepals is more 
general in its distribution. Very little attempt seem ve been made to 
nhomymy, pro y from the fact of its inextricable confusion, but an 
ve syno obably f 
special full list of stations ase collectors answers really the same purpose, 
I. Sepals connivent and _ persistent after flowering. 
A. Without infrastipular spines. Nextounttend 
R. acicularis, Lindl. (N. Alaska) 2. R. blanda, Ait. (Newfoundland to 
Lake Superior r) 3. R. Sayi, oPeeig (Colo ado to Brit. Am, and Lake Supe- 
tior) 4. R.A: rkansana, Porter (W. Texa to Brit. = 
ica, . tr Calif 3 
7 endleri, Crepin ts. to the yl me asca 
f Wondsi, Lindi. (Col to Brit st é Be the Mississippi) 10. 2. nile, 
Lower California) 
II. Sepals “Shae after <Gabpbyel and deciduous. vi 
i 2. Carolina (Nova Scotia to Florida and the Mississippi) "ie ba 
leida, Ehrh. (Mewionadleud to N.Y.) 13, 2. pve Marsh. (ir var ff 
{antic to the Mississippi) 14. R.. nitida, will. (Ne wioundlan to!New. Eng. 
- 15, R. foliosa, Nutt. (Indian = to R. Mexicana, Wa 
- Nutkana, Pres! (Idaho and Oregon to Aloka). 6. R. pisocarpa, G ray 
“7. R. Califo rego 
(Mexico), 17. R. elas is (Ontario to Gulf a Mexico) 18. R. gymno- 
carpa, Nutt. ( Brit. Col. to W. Montana and Califor aa 
t It would be possible to reduce eas 18 eer nee ry as follows, inc i. ret 4 
(i numbers given above: 2 (in ncluding 1,8 , 4), 5, 9 (incl. 6, 7,8), 
mel. 12, 14) 815 ae 16), 17 f cies 
hi to ontribution is ps up to the description of new — . 
f telly from our weate ae) ies Quite a notable new —— ag oe 
* seg 100 to 150 feet in height, discovered by Thos. Howell + ee 4 ing 
Biowee, re - “a haed righ of California, and i dedics ated to Pro 
P. Brew 
sae. Anh Annual Rev e! the New York State eee of Natural History : 
ther, of the Botanist, Albany, 1884. PP. 
ty-sizth Re port of nlp same. Albany, 1884. om 29-49, 
he present reports are for the years 1881 and 1882, respec 
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