CosTeRus and SmiTH?7 have begun the publication of an account of numer- 
ous “‘monstrosities’” observed in the Botanical Gardens of Buitenzorg and else- 
where in the tropics. This is in continuation of a paper published in the same 
journal in 1895 (p. 97), and deals with monocotyledons. In a subsequent paper 
dicotyledons and a few cryptogams will be presented.—J. M. C. 
PosTGLACIAL fossils have been too much neglected by American paleobotanists. 
There seems to be no reason why the magnificent results that have been obtained 
by the Scandinavian investigators should not be duplicated here. PER O1ss0N- 
SEFFER ® has given an account of the methods of bog study (telmatology)employet 
by Andersson, Sernander, and other Swedish workers.—H. C. Cowzes. 
SHaw® has found that the stamens of Sanguinaria pass the winter in the 
mother-cell stage; that in Sanguinaria, Chelidonium, and Eschscholtzia there is @ 
stylar canal; that in all three genera the antipodals are very prominent; and that 
in Sanguinaria and Eschscholtzia the testa is developed from the inner part of 
the outer integument, while in Chelidonium it is developed from both intege 
ments.—J. M. C. 
Boopte’’ has discovered that a reduced secondary xylem occurs in the ma 
(both subterranean and aerial) of Psilotum, outside of the solid mass of tracheids 
described by Bertrand and internal to the ring of sieve tubes. In the lower 
region of the aerial stem a few cases of apparent mesarch structure were observed 
The results strengthen the hypothesis of the affinity of the Psilotaceae with the 
Sphenophyllales—J. M. C. 
E : ales 
N A PRESIDENTIAL address before the Linnean Society of New South ve 
MAIDEN" devotes attention, among other things, to a botanical survey 
country. He suggests a scheme for dividing New South Wales into a 
botanical counties or domains, and gives a list of the most important and access 
papers dealing with each. A plea is made for an ecological study along sed 
graphic lines.—H. C. Cow Les. 4 
W. L. Bray has given an interesting anatomical account of some of “eh a 
of the xerophytic regions of Texas.*? A study was made of Agave Leo f 
7 CostERus, J. C., and Smiru, J. J., Studies in tropical teratology- Ann. J 
Bot. Buitenzorg II. 4:61-85. pls. 8-11. 1904. Eee cial deposits 
8 OLSSON-SEFFER, P. Examination of organic remains In postgla 
Amer. Nat. 37:785-797. 1903. ent of th 
9 SHaw, CHarLeEs H., Note on the sexual generation and the pea pts: 
seed-coats in certain of the Papaveraceae. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 31:429-43 
04. | 
10 Boopie, L. A., On the occurrence of secondary xylem in Psilotum. Annals 
of Botany 18:505-517. pl. 33. 1904. ok a" wale 
1t MAIDEN, J. H., Presidential address. Proc. Linn. Soc. : 
Eee: region. Bull. To 
_ 2 Bray, W. L., The tissues of some of the plants of the Sotol 
Bot. Club 30: 621-633. 1903. 
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