168 The Botanical Gazette. [April, 
IN A PAPER on the spore-forming species of Saccharomyces (Amet. 
Naturalist, 27: 685. 1893) one species was not mentioned, namely, 
the ginger-beer plant; S. pyriformis Ward, Phil. Trans. 183: 125. 1 
This species is one which easily forms spores at 25° C. in 40-50"; 
spores are also readily formed in gelatin cultures. This yeast lives 
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value, although apparently a surface injury, according to analyses 
the beets affected more or less with scab, while none had less than 
10% affected. 
Kentrophyllum lanatum (Necker), Xanthium spinosum (Linn 
names will give nomenclaturists something to think of! 
are lithographed and beautifully colored.—Bay. 
I : piographic! 
THE Journal of Botany eb, » A. Gepp Fae at the age 
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sketch of Richard Spruce, who died Dec. 28th of last 
of s - i i he wa 
eventy-six. From the first of his botanical careeT of his life be 
America, which were conducted unremittingly from 
After his return to England in 1864 his life was pass 
IN THE Bull. Torr. Bot. Club (Jan.) there appear several 1 jg 
papers dealing with our flora. Mrs. Britton presents the 
species of Orthotrichum; Mr. Small begins a series 
S. E. Flora, including in the present paper description’ “ ——= 
‘Pringsh. Jahrb. £. wiss. Bot. 25: 370. 1893. 
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