94 BOTANICAL GBZETTE. [ April, 
that it seems somewhat unnatural to separate diatoms and desmids so 
widely. The third group contains Schizophyta, while the fourth and fifth 
are Alge and Fungi. The last two groups seem to show the widest de-— 
parture from the original presentation of these plants. The teaching — 
that the presence or absence of chlorophyll makes no special difference 
in the presence of morphological resemblances has been widely taught. 
However, the present use of these terms has not been absolutely restricted 
by the . distinction between alge and fungi, and so morphological 
resemblance has not been slighted. The group Algz is made to contain” 
three sub- pe viz., Chlorophycex, Phxophycex, and _Rhodophycex, OF 
green, brown, and red seawesda, Fungi contains six sub-divisions, vi2, 
Chytridex, Ustilaginex, Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Uredinex, and Basidiomy:. 
The second great group, MuscINE®, comprises. Hepatic and Mus¢i. 
The third group, VascuLAR Cryptocams, contains Filicinex, Equisetinew, 
Sphenophyllex (a fossil group), and Lycopodinex. The grouping of SEED — 
Pxanvs is that which has been long familiar to botanists. Not the least 
valuable part of the book is the appended “ Explanation of terms.” Alto: 
gether, this work is the most valuable recent contribution in the English | 
language to the classification and morphology of plants. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
and Prec nay Mrs C.S. Sarcent have gone to Mexico, via Key West a 
chiefty wv itis eee herbari a ae April tte Pree an 
nani GS S4RoRES reports hat, 700 ren and shrabe have Bl 
cern Gs, Ne Se sua i 
he Hn ONS deta a te Fie 
. Morcax gives descriptions and an analytical key to the species, _ 
twenty-four i in number, of the N t pe ong Sega 9 Psat he genus 
Agaricus, in the Mar dk Jeolarisad 2 arian Amanitas of the 
THE ’s Monthl Hed 
y says that Dr. Rothrock has been compe 
to take a year’s vaeation on account vt his health. He wi ill go south, 
_ > Tue Witmineton Frora, b h 
4 Waslaas F. Wood and Gerald McCart y 
ready noticed in this journal, has been distributed separately as 
‘ he’ bpcehenes cf the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society o 
of the "Howell is we and Pteridophytes of Oregon, Washington, 
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