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The plea of expediency . ‘ N. L. Britton. 252 
Botanical. papers read before Section Bye A Sis 
Rochester meeting : . 276 
Proceedings of the Botanical Club, A. A. A. ‘Ss. g . 285 
Papers presented to the Botanical Club, A. A. A. 347 sas BOE 
A preliminary comparison of the hepatic flora of boreal 
and sub-boreal regions ©. Lucien M. Underwood. 305 
Bacterial investigations of the sea and its floor 
sc duet Bx Riessell 312 
A peculiar case of plant dissemination . 
Edward if Bishi 321 
Notes on certain species of Erythronium &. B. Kuerr. 326 
The International Congress at Genoa . 
Lucien M. Luidboentioal 341 
Some new North American plants. I 
Fohn M. Coulter arid E. M. Fisher. 348 
Development of the flower and embryo-sac in Aster and 
Solidago (plates XIX and Xx) George W. Martin. 
53, 406 
A study of some mes characters of North Ameri- 
can Graminee (plate XXI) . é Theo. Holm. 358 
Popular names of American plants Fanny D. Bergen. 363 . 
On the Myxobacteriacea, a new order of Schizomycetes 
(plates XXII-XXV) . : Roland Thaxter. 389 
A vacation in the Hawaiian istands 
Douglas Heashten Campbell 4il 
BRIEFER oe 
Alice Carter, 
Notes on pollina' oe 
Cryptomitrium pene F. Stephani. 58 
rus Ioensis L. H. Batley. 
Cleistogamy in the genus Polygonu um ‘ Stanley Coulter. “4 
Cultivating the ascosporous form of yeas Sf, ae rthur. 92 
The identity of aaspins stenophylla pre Acerates, auriculat 
John M. Holsinger: 124, 160 
Bartram’s , ons. 12 
The spines of pa tribuloides (illust. ) 3 x Gayle, 125 
The embryo-sac of the rere ‘ : ! Consoay ac Milleh 161 
A bit of flora of Central Arizon Toumey. \ 
The chemica! composition of ei nectar vs Poinsettia. W. ‘E. Stone. 192 
Notes on Asclepias one megae . J. N Rose. 193 
Some depauperate grasses (ill “A. S. Hitchcock. 194 
