232 The Botanical Gazette. [July, 
the liberality of Mr. Timothy Hopkins provision is made forthe equip- 
ment of the building, and for the future continuation and extension of 
the enterprise. e library and apparatus of the University labora- 
tories will be used. 
An elementary course in marine botany will be given by an assistant 
selected by Dr. Campbell, as the engagements of the latter will pre- 
vent his being present during this season 
ormai 
are new, occurring on the stems of Sagittaria variabilis in Massachus- 
Two 
of Dr. T. J. Burrill, and Cornuella Zemnae, in honor of Prof. M. Cornu, 
are also described, the former from Illinois and Wisconsin and the 
latter from Massachusetts. In the same num er, Dr. D. H. Camp- 
ell discusses the prothallium and embryo of Osmunda and suggests 
Ss * 
gaseous environment, temperature, morphology and life history, and 
special behavior. 
University of Mrnnesora has begun the publication ofa Quar- 
f. Conway Mac- 
Millan, and the direction of a board of editors appointed from a 
various faculties of the University. The following items of botami 
Interest are taken from the first number: : th 
. Vy Ork upon the botanical survey of the state is being pushed wi 
vigor. Three collectors last season brought in more than 20,0 
to gather largely for exchange, with a view to strengthening pss a 
barium in plants of the southern hemisphere. The collectors wills! 
transpiration. “(See this journal xvi, p. —. ‘His ex ene 
him to the conclusion that ether refards transpiration by retar in oe 
iti e’s results were faulty 1 : 
i ion with trans 
: : : etable 
piration. The increased loss of water vapor from anesthetized ie yea 
