1887. BOTANICAL GAZETTE. at 
recent meeting of the alert ae Academy, Miss Helen C. 
DeS. ‘Abbottannounced the discovery ne hematoxylin in the bark of Saraca 
Indica. It is another genus of the s ss: to which mea ag ee 
a ce aie the only ee lanciae known to yiel 
ato 
Lorenzo G. YATES, of Santa Barbara, California, ae published a list 
of Bataan. ferns, with notes of locality, etc. Of the 129 species, ten are 
spans} in North America, five of which are Californ r. Yates has 
n preparation a similar list of at eae of ae as well as a list 
of all known ferns, with syno seid 
PRoF ENT gives ie dean Monthly Mic. Journal for 
February an interesting paper ‘ ‘On the Schwendener Theory of the Con- 
stitution of Lichens n this egy we must congratulate = 
journal upon its im ae appearance. besa abandonment of the 
column i is a decided change ve the 
Mr. y WILuLEY, of New Bedford, es is offering for sale his 
large listing of lichens and also his library. It is undoubtedly the 
most complete in this country after that of gi ae Professor Tuckerman. 
It would give any student of lichens in this c ae an unsurpassed op- 
portunity fer good work. The collection i is eoined a t $2,000. 
in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Gelber 21st, 1886, with init phe oa mem- 
df sph t 
Couumecs (Ohio) Horseckarel Society has published a very 
interesting volume of proceedings for 1886. With nt botanists as Pro- 
fessors Townshend. Lazenby and Devol at work the botanical activity of 
the state is en ted as increasing. The only criticism to made upon 
this as is its sad lack of continuous pagination. The secretary's 
address vol, Columbus, 
A re Wi of Tillandsiz has been begun by J. G. Baker in the Feb- 
ruary Journal of Botany. The suborder is in great confusion and Dr. 
Baker's work will be most dodepeble to botanists. It contains six genera, 
Tae JourNAL of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society of North Car- 
olina jor the year 1885-6 shows a commendable activity in the scientific 
Circles of that state. This publication, of about one hundred and fifty 
pages, Shiki 2 ory variety of papers, two of which are of great botan- 
leal interest, viz.: “A Sketch of the Life and Scientific Work of L. D. 
von Schweinitz,” with portrait, pts A, ck sp ntaining ay complete 
bibliography; and the “ Wilmington Flora,” sixty pages, pre. 
Wood and Gerald McCarthy. The latter is a full ceaoee of 1 M08 species 
and varieties, representing “527 genera an orders _ _phanerogams. 
The € secretary’ s address is F. P. Venable, Che pet Hill, N.C 
