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  BOTANICAT. 
  GAZETTE. 
  [May, 
  

  

  externally 
  parasitic 
  upon 
  insects, 
  has 
  just 
  been 
  monographed 
  by 
  EolancI 
  

   Thaxter.^ 
  The 
  paper 
  is 
  intended 
  as 
  a 
  preliminary 
  communication 
  on 
  

   American 
  species, 
  eventually 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  monograph 
  of 
  Entomo- 
  

   genous 
  plants. 
  Two 
  new 
  genera 
  are 
  described 
  (Peyritschiella 
  and 
  

   Cantharomyces), 
  and 
  eight 
  new 
  species. 
  Peck's 
  Appendicularia 
  entomo- 
  

   phila 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  Stigmatomyces 
  Karsten. 
  The 
  author 
  requests 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  errata: 
  p. 
  10, 
  lines 
  1, 
  26 
  and 
  28, 
  for 
  Blidii 
  read 
  

   Bledii; 
  line 
  21, 
  for 
  Blidius 
  read 
  Bledius, 
  

  

  Professor 
  Geo. 
  F, 
  Atkinson 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Le- 
  

   maneacese 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S./ 
  with 
  three 
  double 
  plates. 
  The 
  author 
  deals 
  ?vith 
  

   the 
  habitat, 
  the 
  general 
  morphology, 
  the 
  germination 
  of 
  spores, 
  the 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  of 
  the 
  protonema 
  (prostrate 
  form 
  and 
  Chantransia-form), 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  of 
  the 
  sexual 
  shoot, 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  reproductive 
  organs, 
  

   fertilization 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  carpospores, 
  branching 
  of 
  the 
  sexual 
  

   shoot, 
  and 
  a 
  presentation, 
  with 
  synonymy 
  and 
  range, 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  species 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Ward's 
  ''Rant 
  Organization''^ 
  is 
  another 
  claimant 
  for 
  attention 
  in 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  blanks 
  for 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  flowering 
  plants. 
  As 
  to 
  method 
  it 
  i^ 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  elaboration 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  Apgar's 
  Plant 
  Analysis 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  improvements. 
  The 
  first 
  twenty-seven 
  pages 
  give 
  an 
  exhaust- 
  

   ive 
  terminology 
  with 
  diagrammatic 
  illustrations, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  tabular 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  orders 
  of 
  phanerogams. 
  In 
  both 
  places 
  we 
  object 
  to 
  

   the 
  prominence 
  given 
  to 
  English 
  terms 
  and 
  names 
  over 
  the 
  technical 
  and 
  

   scientific, 
  but 
  as 
  both 
  are 
  given 
  the 
  teacher 
  can 
  take 
  his 
  choice. 
  The 
  

   blanks 
  which 
  follow 
  require 
  most 
  exhaustive 
  examination 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  fill 
  

   them 
  out 
  completely, 
  being 
  so 
  detailed 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  "fussy." 
  For 
  most 
  classes 
  

   the 
  time 
  demanded 
  could 
  be 
  spent 
  more 
  profitably 
  in 
  other 
  ways. 
  A 
  

   special 
  feature 
  is 
  the 
  tying 
  of 
  the 
  blanks 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  

   removed 
  and 
  submitted 
  separately 
  for 
  correction. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS. 
  

  

  a 
  .T"^ 
  ANNUAL 
  BANQUKT 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Henry 
  Shaw 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  

   Southern 
  Hotel, 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  May 
  26. 
  

  

  W 
  

  

  Garden^ 
  

  

  Chronicle 
  (April 
  o), 
  and 
  describes 
  three 
  new 
  Chinese 
  species, 
  

   ^f 
  J*u^i^'».THE 
  recent 
  expedition 
  of 
  Sir 
  W. 
  Macgregor 
  to 
  the 
  highlands 
  

   m.J. 
  I 
  f 
  ""^u 
  'n^ 
  '°^^ll 
  ^"* 
  ^^^y 
  important 
  collection 
  of 
  plants 
  was 
  

   ^nrl/ 
  \TaP^. 
  ^° 
  ^^'°°0 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  Baron 
  von 
  Mueller 
  has 
  re- 
  

   ^T,!^} 
  if 
  ^ 
  P.^anerogams, 
  3S 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  new 
  and 
  en- 
  

   tinS 
  l"! 
  ,1 
  "L^^^'f 
  \"^ 
  ^^^ 
  ge^^^-a- 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Baker 
  has 
  just 
  re- 
  

   ?nHpr.i^?Q 
  ^^^ 
  Pteridophytes 
  {Jour. 
  But. 
  April), 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  70 
  species 
  

   collected 
  18 
  are 
  new, 
  11 
  of 
  whichar 
  e 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Polypodi 
  um 
  

  

  a 
  K^^^- 
  r'^™; 
  ^^^^- 
  ^eb. 
  12, 
  1890, 
  pp. 
  5-14 
  

  

  2 
  Annals 
  of 
  Botany, 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  no. 
  xiy. 
  May 
  1890 
  

   of 
  pll^ls 
  'l;^Ve'w';Hfln 
  ■;;^'\l"'i^'^'^'^^^*"«^. 
  Arevlew 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  and 
  inorpbolo|^ 
  

   richer' 
  Boston? 
  gK 
  S?'l8%. 
  S*^™"^ 
  edition, 
  revised, 
  pp. 
  31. 
  50 
  blanks. 
  7y,s9H 
  

  

  