- 334 The Botanical Gazette. [October, 
ology. F tom Protophyllum denticulatum (p. 193) we cite the follow- 
ing: “median nerve,” “lateral primaries supra-basilar,” “secondaries 
other.” Again it is remarkable that such an expression could escape 
the editor’s attention as this from Pp. 243: “Diospyros Virginiana be- 
The Minnesota Catalogue. 
IN THE PRESENT confusion of ideas with regard tothe larger group- 
ings of plants it is as well, perhaps, for authors of local lists as’ well a 
more extended manuals to try to express our present knowledge of 
plant affinities. Such an attempt is now before us in Professor Con- 
way MacMillan’s introduction to “the Metasperme of the Minnesota 
valley.” This introduction, reprinted in advance, is intended to be 
subdivided into Thallophyta, Archegoniate, and Metasperma, Wi 
names practically describe their limitations, the last named inclt 
