312 The Botanical Gazette. [May, 
was obtained from Cape Sable, Maryland, but was in such an imper- 
fect state of preservation that nothing very satisfactory could be ascer- 
tained as to its relationships. Mr. Knowlton provisionally refers it 
to Cupressinoxylon, dedicating the species (Bibdinsi) to Mr. Arthur 
Bibbins who explored the locality. The association of amber with 
the tree seems undoubted. 
. ALBorF, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (Feb.), has given an account of the 
forests of Western Transcaucasus. His conclusions, in brief summary, 
more or less abruptly into the flora of southern Crimea. 
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of securing the official adoption of the columbine as the national 
who 
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Miss Susan G. Sroxes, of Stanford University, California, has in 
lected a large number of seed plants upon a trip throug» the moull® 
trees of Pinus Torreyana Par he spec 
i il ply ote ry. A great many of the sp 4 
pines are limited in distribution and not a few are from type local 
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base of which is Surrounded b fg 
‘ : more or less faded leaves : 
apettinss year; while the monopodial shows a central leafy shoot with 
numer of laterally developed flower-bearing stems.” 
EB NEXT MEETING of the American Association for the : 
reap as Science, will be held in Buffalo, N. Y., commencing on 
we --8ust 24, 1896, and adjourning on Friday the 28th. ac onde? 
on Is Invited this year to make out its special program, and 1 
Advance 
