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  like 
  a 
  cap 
  before 
  anthesiSj 
  and 
  the 
  author 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  read 
  the 
  

   description 
  of 
  similar 
  remains 
  given 
  by 
  Heer 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  Flora 
  fossiUs 
  

   arctica," 
  Vol. 
  VI, 
  pars 
  II, 
  p. 
  19, 
  where 
  he 
  says: 
  "Ein 
  becherformiges 
  

  

  b 
  

  

  Korperchen, 
  das 
  lebhaft 
  an 
  die 
  Bliithenkuospen 
  von 
  Eucalyptus 
  erin- 
  

   nert." 
  The 
  figured 
  leaves 
  of 
  Andromeda 
  and 
  Myrsine 
  are 
  so 
  defective 
  

   that 
  their 
  identification 
  seems 
  rather 
  hazardous. 
  — 
  Theo. 
  Holm. 
  

  

  minor 
  Notices. 
  

  

  The 
  appearance 
  of 
  Part 
  II 
  of 
  Farlow 
  and 
  Seymour's 
  provisional 
  

   host-index 
  of 
  the 
  fungi 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  will 
  be 
  warmly 
  welcomed 
  

   by 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  ever 
  increasing 
  number 
  of 
  students 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  of 
  bot- 
  

   any. 
  This 
  part 
  includes 
  the 
  Gamopetalse 
  and 
  Apetalpe, 
  and 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   der 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  promised 
  in 
  November, 
  for 
  which 
  third 
  part 
  botanists 
  

   are 
  urgently 
  requested 
  to 
  report 
  errors 
  or 
  omissions 
  in 
  the 
  parts 
  already 
  

   issued. 
  The 
  value 
  and 
  accuracy 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  need 
  no 
  commendation 
  

   when 
  one 
  remembers 
  the 
  unrivaled 
  facilities 
  at 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  the 
  au- 
  

   thorg. 
  A 
  glance 
  through 
  the 
  well-printed 
  pages 
  also 
  demonstrates 
  the 
  

   appalling 
  amount 
  of 
  synonymy 
  that 
  a 
  mycologist 
  is 
  compelled 
  to 
  face. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Fairman 
  has 
  issued 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  fungi 
  of 
  western 
  

   New 
  York, 
  being 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  mycology 
  of 
  

   that 
  region 
  that 
  the 
  author 
  proposes 
  to 
  issue. 
  He 
  has 
  been 
  collecting 
  

   for 
  several 
  years 
  in 
  Orleans 
  county, 
  and 
  has 
  collected 
  over 
  425 
  species. 
  

   The 
  present 
  paper 
  gives 
  a 
  general 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  fungi 
  of 
  his 
  region, 
  

   and 
  lists 
  30 
  species 
  (with 
  two 
  plates) 
  as 
  representing 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  

   and 
  varieties 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  mycologic 
  flora 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  

   York, 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  History 
  of 
  Botany," 
  read 
  by 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  J. 
  

   W. 
  Burgess 
  before 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  Association 
  of 
  Canada, 
  has 
  been 
  printed 
  

   in 
  pamphlet 
  form. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  N. 
  L. 
  Britton 
  has 
  laid 
  botanists 
  under 
  obligation 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  pre- 
  

   paring 
  so 
  complete 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  state 
  and 
  local 
  floras 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  and 
  Bnt. 
  

   ^ttier. 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  just 
  issued 
  as 
  " 
  Contributions 
  from 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  of 
  

   Columbia 
  College, 
  no. 
  14." 
  So 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  lists 
  are 
  empheral 
  or 
  buried 
  

   out 
  of 
  sight 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  boon 
  to 
  have 
  them 
  all 
  together 
  in 
  one 
  handy 
  

   pamphlet. 
  

  

  . 
  Mr. 
  Theodore 
  Holm, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  has 
  published 
  

   an 
  interesting 
  paper 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  leaves 
  of 
  Liriodendron," 
  appearing 
  m 
  the 
  

   yoc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Museum. 
  The 
  great 
  variability 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Lirioden- 
  

   y^ 
  18 
  well 
  known, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Holm 
  detects 
  a 
  certain 
  regularity 
  m 
  the 
  

   niidst 
  of 
  all 
  this 
  variation, 
  dependent 
  upon 
  position. 
  He 
  discusses 
  the 
  

   •K- 
  u^ 
  fiiUy. 
  with 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  6 
  excellent 
  plates, 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  

   JJich 
  the 
  author 
  is 
  a 
  master, 
  and 
  then 
  applies 
  his 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  con- 
  

   «^eration 
  of 
  fossil 
  forms. 
  It 
  is 
  just 
  such 
  studies 
  that 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  immense 
  

   ^^'vice 
  to 
  paleobotany. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  vegetable 
  pathology 
  for 
  

  

  