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1893, Current Literature. IgI 
serviceable upon this side of the ocean, but would be especially wel- 
come to investigators in other countries. Commercial publishers are 
willing to undertake the financial management of such serials abroad, 
but here probably the only way to succeed would be to have the re- 
sponsibility assumed by a university having a reputation and endow- — 
ment that would guarantee permanency. It is very doubtful if the 
income from subscriptions would meet the expense of publication. 
If such a serial were established, there would still remain the neces- 
sity for an index of earlier publications. Among the various ways in 
which this might be accomplished, probably one of the most effective 
would be by co-operation through the section of botany in the Amer- 
ean Association. It could by this means be managed so as not to be 
4 formidable undertaking. The expense of the printing might pos- 
hag arranged for with the Association, or the Smithsonian Insti- 
_ The sooner the wor 
fapid and satisfacto 
American soil. 
doubt, 
K is done the shorter the task, and the more 
ry will be the growth of botanical science upon 
That it must eventually be done does not admit of 
CURRENT LITERATURE. 
Classification of monocotyledons. 
graph by Dr. A. Engler! will be found especially 
ma interested in the classification of angiosperms. It 
“Shag at the author’s arrangement of the monocotyledons 
Atecent mono 
“tplul to those 
Mamber of parte one SP 
— fasily isda. f the flower may be observed. The arrangement 1s 
it seties and the, and seems to be sustained by the facts. The differ- 
4 Parnes eir families are as follows: 
| with a Prevailing inconstancy in the number of floral 
l Panda 
et —-Pandanad 
— ag ieee el 
"perme Akademie der natische Anordnung der Monokotyledoneen Angio- 
Wissenschaften. Pp. I-55. Berlin, 1892. 
ex, Typhacez, Sparganiacez.) 
