XTbe JSotanical ©ajctte 



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Edited by John M. Coulter and Charles R. Barnes, with the assistance of other members of the 



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VoL XLV, No. 2 



Februairy 



CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY t908 



THE TOXIC ACTION OF CERTAIN ORGANIC PLANT CONSTITUENTS (with seven 



figures). Oswald Schreiner and Howard S. Reed 



SOME NEW CASES OF MENDELIAN INHERITANCE (with four figures). George 



• 103 



Harrison Skull --------""* 



117 



THE ANTAGONISTIC ACTION OF MAGNESIUM AND POTASSIUM (with three 



figures), W. J. V. Osterhoiit " * ' ' 



NEREOCYSTIS AND PELAGOPHYCUS. William Albert Setchell - - - ■ * ' -^ 



BRIEFER ARTICLES 



Notes on Cleistogamy of Grasses (with five figures). Agnes Chase - - - US 



CURRENT LITERATI/RE 



BOOK REVIEWS 



137 



FORM AND FL0WERI>'G. 



NOTES FOR STUDEXTS 



NEWS - 



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