150 The Botanical Gazette. [Apa 
expedition to the West Indies: during the winter of 1890-91. It es 
sists of a list of the plants collected, together with a discussion of the 
Bahama flora, in which it seems evident that it is of southern 0 * 
The few pages of the preface are chiefly devoted to discussing matte 
ofnomenclature. In this the author was particularly fortunate in te 
delay of publication so that he is able to present a list which conto 
to the Rochester agreement. Knowing something of the difficulties 
of collecting in the West Indies, and of determining the material whet 
collected, the writer must congratulate Professor Hitchcock upon 7 
length of the list and the very careful way in which it 1s er re 
Every genus and species bears its date, a thing which will presen'ly ; 
as necessary as the author. | 
Mr. W. W. RowLee has distributed a paper (with five plates) 
printed from January number of the Bu//etin of the Torrey : 
Club, on akenes and seedlings of Composite. He has studied pers 
facts of structure and phenomena of germination. Very Rau") 
this detailed study of: structure has shown that some of our gener : 
zations have been too sweeping. His study of seedlings 1s com pact 
and clearly put, and is a valuable addition to the mass of similar 
being collected. a 
PROFESSOR ALBERT A. Wricut, of Oberlin, has issued a a 
ment to his list of the “ Flowering and Fern Plants” of ee <] 
Ohio, (published in 1889). The list hereafter is to be refe ere 
Laboratory Bulletin no. 1. Over 100 new members have bee? a 
making the total enumeration of species 931. cote 
THE THIRTY-FiRsT “Contribution from the herbarium of recogniss 
College” * deals with the genus Polygonum. Mr. Small yo 
uscript names and xomina nuda defined. tn OF 
“THE OPENING of the buds of some woody plants” is the title : 
cent paper* by Professor Hitchcock. It is a series of note 
during the spring of 1892. The field is a new and good 0n% 
study of twigs or winter-condition of shrubs and trees will P 
have a literature of its own. 
* Hrrcncock, A. S.—Plants of the Bahamas, Jamaica ont Crt oa 
From 4th Annual Rep. of Mo. Bot. Garden. Issued March % 
47-180, with 4 plates. a. of Pole 
*SMALL, Joun K.—A preliminary list of American species 
Reprinted from Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xix, 351-379. plants. 
_.” Hitcucock, A. S.—The opening of the buds of so woody ; 
St. Louis Acad. Sci. v1. 133-141. 4 plates. 
