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378 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
The stamens and pistil of flowers wer meer called essential orgnne because seeds can 
not ss formed bac their presence ealyx and corolla cover and nourish [sic] 
these, they have taken the name of nee organs. When the: protecting organs are s 
both present in ‘ flower, it is said to be dichlamydeous. When there is only a calyx, it is 
monochlamydeous.”’ Page 45. 
There is in aa book hardly a hint as to homology or the cause of the 
affinities which & e so emphasized on p. 
here is the hes ommon xo a8 of errors 
“A compound raceme ...... en spreading it is called a panicle.” 
: iar. ears connection setlenen the base of the nucleus and tet base of the 
“vule.” p.1 
1 Previously defined as the point at which the funiculus is attached.—Eb. i 
: Me pieced fruits that consi 9 st of achenia on a dry ig prrieg a as the er itso. or an 
arged pulpy receptacle, as the ee are aggregate or 4 
“The an ar asian’ plete ig of mosses also arise in clusters of leaves and are — 
bodies, having a or epigone of the e nature as the pavigone of antheridia. en 
pistillidia oes poo cap, leaving part of ‘it as a sheath below, and is earried bane 
se top of which is seen an urn- shaped body of curious structure, called a sp0r 
oa Vaain NULE.—The collar or sheath at the base of the seta, resulting from the bursting . 
of the epigone.’’ p. 181, a 
In the latter part of the book, a “popular flora, ” the author ha 
‘taken the impossible task of selecting the “common ”’ plants hin’ are sk, be a 
everywhere ” for —_ ton and omitting others. Thi is an imposs ible task, z 
cause it is self. evident that what is “common” in one locality _ be ex " 
remely rare in another, Tn nig et through it we noted m re than thing : 
species which e class brings in ea seid which were omen. Wha a 
lude : 
e glossary. Alto oget ether we must conc : 
though the oublinher’s kil of the book is excellent, the author’s work sill i 
leaves the “long-felt minke “ore lied. 
