282 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [OCTOBER 
species, mostly western, which are new determinations or new discoveries 
made while the work was going through the press. 
Certain special features of the volume deserve mention, such as a gen- 
eral key to the orders and families, a glossary of special terms, a general 
index of Latin names with very full synonymy, and an English index includ- 
ing popular plant names. This last is the completest compilation of Ameri- 
can plant names hitherto published, containing about 10,000 names, and over 
12,000 references to the illustrations. 
It will be remembered that the territory covered by the work extends 
from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and 
from the Atlantic ocean westward to the 102d meridian, a territory extend- 
ing somewhat further to the north and west than that covered by the sixth 
edition of Gray’s Manual. A comparison of the number of species of 
spermatophytes recognized by the two is interesting, and is shown in the 
following table : 
Gymnos, Monocot Archichlam. Sympet. Total 
Manual 22 785 1226 1022 3055 
Ill. Flora 27 1058 1601 1361 4048 
This difference of a thousand species is explained partly by the more 
extensive range of the ///ustrated Flora, but is most largely due to a differ- 
ent conception of species. The two works may be considered as comple- 
mentary, and both are very useful.— J. M. C 
Report of Missouri Botanical Garden. 
THE ninth annual report of this very active establishment was issued last 
March, and continues its valuable contributions, chiefly to taxonomy. Thomp- 
son's paper on Lemnacez has already been noticed in the GAZETTE (24! 440. 
1897). The other papers are as follows: 
Beek GLATFELTER, N. M.: “ Notes on Sadix dongipfes Shuttlw. and its rela- 
tions to S. migra Marsh.,”’ in which the author attempts to prove their title 
_to be considered distinct species. 
2. IntsH, H. C.: “A revision of the genus Capsicum with especial refer- 
ence to garden varieties.” . This is really the completion of work undertaken 
by the late Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, for which he collected a great amount of 
material and literature, all of which with his drawings, notes, etc., were given 
to the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1892. The work was further prosecuted 
by F. W. Dewart and then by J. G. Smith, and finally, in 1896, was under 
taken by Mr, Irish. The last revision of the genus was that of Dunal in 
1852, in which fifty species were recognized ; and but three new species have 
