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by 47,858 specimens. It is especially rich in northern Hepatica, and 
is remarkable for the completeness, abundance and critical elaboration 
of the material. 
ale W. Barry writes: “One of my students called my atten- 
tion the other day to a Limaria raceme in which the flowers were all 
spurless. Peloria is not infrequent this autumn.” d again: “ 
my colleague, Mr. Bennett, was drying some capsules of Ceanothus in 
the sun. for the purpose of securing the seeds, he noticed, and showed 
me, that these parts exploded with much violence, ejecting the seeds.”: 
species of North American mosses” has been prepared and issued as 
separates from the 8th volume of the Transactions of the Wisconsin 
Academy. It contains additions and corrections and may be obtained 
of the author (C. R. Barnes, 712 Langdon St., Madison, Wis.) gradzs, 
by sending a request accompanied by a 2-cent stamp. It will be of no 
value except to those who have a copy of the Keys. 
” I fférs either fungi or flowering plants from 
the valley of the Minnesota river, which derives a peculiar interest 
from its positi the central drainage system of the continent of 
North America. Plants may be sent to him in care of the university, 
and will be promptly acknowledged. 
Coulter, a liberal appropriation for the purchase of plants was made 
All the well-known collectors of phanerogams and pteridophytes 
NEW JOURNAL of forestry, Lorstiash sate iene Leit- 
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