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fer; the special senses of plants, a presidential address by Dr. 5 a 
"Arthur; notes on Saprolegnia ferox, by Geo. L. Roberts; the ash of 
ttees, by Professor M. B. Thomas; our present knowledge of the dis- 
tnbution of pteridophytes in Indiana, by Dr. Underwood; the adven- 
“itious plants of Fayette county, by Robert Hessler. 
Racigorski has studied the morphology and development of the 
shoots and flowers of the Cabombez and Nympheacex. His re- 
sults appear in Fora, 78: 244-279. 1894, and his paper has been dis- 
_tibuted also as a separate, repaged. The editor of Mora ought not to 
Permit this, even if the publisher knows no better than to do it. 
: When will such bibliographical sins cease? 
THE DEPARTMENT of botany of the British Museum has had pre- 
. pared a“Guide” to Sowerby’s models of British fungi now in the 
possession of the Museum. lll the species are described and many 
Riss are given. The guide forms a brief compend of the larger 
. ‘nd more common edible and poisonous fungi of Britain. 
; ‘Mr. Epwarp A. Burr has worked out the histology and develop- 
% ee of a new species of the imperfectly known phalloid genus An- 
| ty A. borealis Burt. He characterizes the species, and describes 
os investigation in the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural His- 
: lory, 8: 487-505. Al. go, 50. O 1894. | 
: es of the useful keys to Manhattan (Kans.) pla 
By t Hitchcock, has appeared. This one is pased upon 
_@ets, and will be found valuable for winter study. 
nts, by Pro- 
fruit char- 
