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Gesellschaft, for February, appears a paper upon the subject by R. vy. Uechtritz 
and P, Ascherson, in which it appears that our plant is widely distributed 
throughout Eastern Asia, distinct enough from H. mutilum, and bearing a much 
older name, H. Japonicum Thunb. So H. gymnanthemum Engelm. & Gray must 
be considered a good species, and become H. Japonicum Thunb. But is it a 
tare survival, its kindred having gone far to the East? Or has it been intrc- 
duced in recent times? The authors are inclined to think that it has come 
from America with clover seed. ; * 
WE orice elsewhere the new botany of the Science Series which Messrs. 
Appleton & Co. are now bringing out asclaimants for the favor of High School 
principals and superintendents. That there is a demand for « book on botany 
F adapted to such schools is undoubted, and that the demand has not yet been 
Mich, September 9 to 11, attracted quite a number of prominent botanists. 
Wo the new work of the Department in the study of plant diseases, under the 
of Prof. Scribner, and added: “TI feel that this is a most important field 
S Resolved, Th . ; : ae gatol 
a , That this society heartily commends the action § ; 
: coe of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in the appointment of : oat 
Sup © Investigate the diseases of plants, and desires to assure him of contin 
__~ PPort in his efforts to develop this new line of inquiry. 
the = ANT-INHABITED PLANTS form an exceedingly interesting pega 
a. Volume of Beceari’s Malesia. Hernandez, about the middle : Fos 
tral Spire century, described the stipular thorns of Acacia cornigera he! ae 
live j merica, into which certain ants eat, feed upon the pulpy interior, * 
he ie dwelling thus made. Such inhabited thorns grow larger and dis- 
“and the ants seem to pay for this hospitality by protecting t ¢ frot 
Treg atanding insects. Two woody Rubiacee, of Sumatra, were meglio 
to Y Rumphius as inhabited by ants. They are both epiphytic and at - : 
ants, tree by a large tuberous base, which is cavernous @ d a td 
The ants by their irritating presence cause the tuberous grow 
