1894. ] Notes and News. | 427 
Bursa-pastoris, and Lepidium intermedium, A sprig and some seeds 
ofeach kind of weed are glued to the pages, and with some plates 
l 
The latter include a new s ecies, Prunus Besseyi, and a id of P. 
Besseyi and P. Watsoni. Cro not, a disease of fruit trees of un- 
known origin is treated by J. W. Toumey (Ariz. 2, no. 1. 
; in in some they are either present 
ence is constant in others: and a } € 
or absent, for which fact no satisfactory explanation was discovered. 
2 
‘st In considerable quantity exclusively in a dissolved state, the oe 
epee of the absence of crystals of this salt is not aulncleat Groves : 
sc'icating its abs iven species. Lupinus luteus, 
example g ence in any given spe p 
Gece AWASCHIN contributes to the Berichte der deutschen er ape 
schaft,? a reliminary account of his researches on “Miss 
M gy of the Betulaceae. He claims to have priority ‘lization 
wie Benson’s publication regarding the chlazogamic fertili 
fe a Plants (see this journal 19: 299. Jy 1894). | carding the 
bitchee resent paper he summarizes his conclusions ie he 
P aera ers. He fin . f joan 
OWer js led in the 
pee 18 £OR TE en 
t ui 
Ann. d Sci 894. Be 
2 “pct. Nat. Bot. VIII. 18: 151. My 1 : logie der Bet- 
ting er Bericht meiner biigsetaes Studien fiber die Embryo 
lc. 12: 163-169. 31 Ag 1894. 
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