282 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ November, 
- NOTES AND NEWS. 
daha Hueco Losxa, a Hungarian lichenologist, died at Budapest 
September 
B. "Gal ALLOWAY, of Missouri, has been appointed paneer in the my- 
cological section of the Department of Agriculture at Washington 
D. Branpis (in Nature) says ae the principal garden roses cultivated 
in Europe and in dia may be traced to Western Asia an ina. 
Pro M R. DupLey, sivas tra vaittes through parts of Germany 
and Swit sonia; is begun his studies for the winter in De Bary’s labo- 
ratory at Strass 
R. VASEY’S report for 1886, as botanist to the Department of Agri- 
cultare, has been distributed in the ag rm of an author’s edition, consist- 
ing of 27 pages of text and 21 plate 
Epwarp L. GREENE, in Torrey Bulletin, says that Nelumbo of Baillon 
has precedence oe ‘Nelum bium of Willdenow,. and that Nelumbium 
luteum should be Nelumbo lutea Baillon 
: each NT ee Jamaica offers a prize of £100 for the best prac- 
tical elementary text-book of lie ape tig ceo foo re. mae e are 
sent to the Government of Jamaica on or before August 1, 
In bs rnal of Botany for Sak Arthur Bennett deacsiban a pi 
Potamogeton from Mexico (P. ae ee incidentally remarks 
fe Claytonit moa should undoubtedly be P Pe ce us Willd. 
Dr. S STURTEVANT resigns his position as director of 
New York Meveultueg Experiment Station at sia close of the year, an 
by ee be succeeded by Mr. Peter Collier, well known 0 a work on sor- 
shu 
A eas of over uate hundred determinations of Sap eas son 
ing some new specie y Leo Lesquereux, prepared for publicati 
F. H. Knowlton, = been distributed as an excerpt of the Proceeding 
S. National Muse: 
Dr. Gray sia ‘wile have returned fron their six months absence . 
Europe in good health and spirits. The results of this visit will frp tr 
Poly Laide needed and long-looked-for volume on North A was 
olypeta 
Is Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club for October, Dr. T. ae Allen 
describes nee new Characeze (with five plates), two of which be lee 
this country, y pella Macounii from Niagara Falls, and Nite 
Morongii foi, Nantucket, 
tebe KE’s ie par Desmips, which has been issuing in parts, ied by 
leted. It contains 370 species, which is 160 less than record oe 
Mr. olle for the United States. The bound volume is sold for two fests 
pe guineas, about $13 3123. It is illustrated with sixty-six col 
In i STUDY of North American Umbellifere rr. peer 
in naming. hey offer to name and return any collec "igs of Umbellifets 
from North Ameri rica, and attention is called raf the ie that me 
'g specimens are usually n necessary for accurate ceterminatiall 
