148 



SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XVIII. No. 448. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 

 The June number of the Botanical Gazette 

 contains a monograph of the genus ' Crataegus 

 in northeastern Illinois,' by Professor C. S. 

 Sargent. In it are described nineteen new 

 species of Oratwgus. The monograph is based 

 chiefly upon the very thorough and extended 

 collections of the Cratcegi in this region by the 

 Eev. E. J. Hill. Professor F. L. Stevens and 

 Mrs. Stevens discuss the ' Mitosis of the pri- 

 mary nucleus of Synchytrium decipiens.' The 

 process is of peculiar interest because of the 

 exceptionally large size of the nucleus, its 

 peculiarly rapid growth and its subsequent 

 division. Dangeard and Eosen have declared 

 the division of the primary nucleus in another 

 species to be direct. The principal point of 

 the present paper is to show that in the species 

 studied by the authors the division is not 

 direct, but mitotic. The authors hope that a 

 fuller knowledge of the cytological peculiar- 

 ities of the Chytridiales will lead to a more 

 satisfactory knowledge of their nature and 

 relationships. Professor J. Y. Bergen con- 

 cludes his account of ' The macchie of the 

 Neapolitan coast region,' in which he dis- 

 cusses particularly the adaptation of the 

 plants constituting these xerophytic forma- 

 tions to their environment. An extended 

 bibliography will be of particular service to 

 ecological students of the Mediterranean re- 

 gion. Mr. Fred K. Butters describes and 

 illustrates a new species of Tuber, T. Lyoni, 

 discovered by Harold L. Lyon near Minne- 

 apolis, Minnesota. The fungi were collected 

 in mature condition in the early spring, 

 shortly after the melting of the snow and 

 thawing of the soil. Mr. F. A. F. C. Wetit, 

 of the University of Utrecht, announces the 

 opening of a new botanical research laboratory 

 in the tropics at Paramaribo. This labora- 

 tory will contain a room of adequate size 

 where foreign naturalists will have opportu- 

 nity for research work. Four new species of 

 Oratwgus and one of AmelancMer are de- 

 scribed by Mr. W. W. Ashe, of Ealeigh, N. C. 

 Reviews of new books and current literature 

 complete the number. 



SOCIETIES AND , ACADEMIES. 

 ANTHEOPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OP WASHINGTON. 



The closing meeting of the season was held 

 May 26. The president spoke of a theory 

 recently advanced that man could draw before 

 he could speak, and characterized the thought 

 as very naive. The secretary communicated 

 an account of the recent finding of the tomb 

 of Thothmes IV. at Thebes. The paper of 

 the evening by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes on 

 ' Antiquities of Santo Domingo ' gave an ac- 

 count of a visit to that island for the purpose 

 of securing archeological specimens for the 

 U. S. National Museimi. Doctor Fewkes ex- 

 hibited on the screen early and recent maps 

 of the island, views of the city of Santo 

 Domingo, its churches, markets, statues, etc., 

 and gave many bits of interesting history 

 connected with them. A number of views of 

 the remarkable stone implements, pottery and 

 wood carving found on the island were thrown 

 on the screen. These consist of carved pestles, 

 axes, etc., bowls of pottery with modeled orna- 

 mentation, carved seats, clubs, idols, etc., of 

 wood. The caves of the island were described 

 and Doctor Fewkes closed with a discussion 

 of the state of our present knowledge of the 

 Carib and Arawak invasion of the West In- 

 dies, and expressed a belief that these migrants 

 were from South America, since the fauna 

 and flora of the islands were strictly South 

 American. 



The discussion of the paper was participated 

 in by Mr. McGuire, Doctor Fewkes, Professor 

 McGee, Doctor Lamb and Doctor Baum. 

 Doctor Fewkes' results will be published in 

 a forthcoming number of the American An- 

 Walter Hough, 



Secretary. 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



INDIAN POTTERY. 



To THE Editor of Science: Eecently when 

 coming down the Sevier Eiver in Utah I 

 found some fragments of coarse pottery about 

 fifteen miles north of Panguitch. As I do 

 not remember to have heard of pottery in 

 that locality before, this find may be worth 

 noting. The fragments were lying in sand 



