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SCIENCE. 



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its representation of life histories of plants 

 so far as these can be shown by di-ied speci- 

 mens. In this series of notes Mr. Deane is 

 putting on record some of the information 

 gained in the making of this collection. 

 The fruit of Nymphcea odorata Ait., a case of 

 teratology in Apocynum androscemifolium L., 

 and Typha latifolia L. are discussed in 'No. 

 II. 



Synopsis of North American Amaranthaeece, II. : 

 Edwin B. TJline and Wm. L. Beay. 

 This installment of the paper gives a sys- 

 tematic enumeration of the N. Am. species 

 of the genera Acnida and Gomphrena. 

 Acnida tamariscina prostrata and Gomphrena 

 Ttierekheimii are described as new. To the 

 latter Telanthera Tuerekheimii Vatke is prob- 

 ably to be referred. 



A Reply to Dr. Bobinson's Criticism of the ' List 

 of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta of North- 

 eastern America : ' Frederick V. Coville. 

 Among Briefer Articles Mr. J. Schneck 

 describes and figures the flowering and fruit- 

 ing of the spider-flower, Cleome spinosa L., a 

 subtropical species which reaches up the 

 Mississippi valley as far as S. Ills.; Mr. 

 Geo. H. ShuU records some observations on 

 the branching, inflorescence and flowers of 

 Enslenia albida, illustrated with a plate; 

 Mr. F. H. Blodgett adds some points to a 

 paper (Bot. Gaz. 19: 61. F 1894) on the 

 development of the bulb of the adder's 

 tongue, Erythronium Americanum Ker. ; Mr. 

 Thomas Meehan gives a short biographical 

 sketch of the late John H. Redfield of Phil- 

 adelphia, and Professor W. W. Bailey does 

 the same for the late Mr. George Hunt of 

 Providence, E. I. In a note on the Syste- 

 matic Botany of North America, Professor 

 N. L. Britton, the chairman of the Board of 

 Editors, gives a list of the parts at present 

 assigned to the collaborators named. 



The editorials deal with the discussion on 

 nomenclature and the progress of the Syste- 

 matic Botany of North America. In the 



dej)artment of Current Literature Sayre's 

 Materia Medica (botanical part), Thomas 

 and Dudley's Manual of Histology, and 

 Lister's Monograph of the Mycetozoa are re- 

 viewed, with briefer mention of several 

 other works. The number closes with six 

 pages of notes and news regarding botanists, 

 their doings and wi'itings. 



THE AMERICAN NATURALIST, APRIL. 



On the Presence of Fluorine as a Test for the 

 Fossilieation of Animal Bones. 



Experimental Evolution Amongst Plants : L. 

 H. Bailey. 



Observations on a so-called Petrified Man : J. M. 

 Stedman. 



On the Validity of the Genus Margaritana: 

 Chas. T. Simpson. 



Editor'' s Table ; Recent Literature ; Recent Books 

 and Pamphlets; General Notes; Geography 

 and Travels ; Mineralogy ; Petrography ; Ge- 

 ology and Paleontology ; Botany ; Zoology ; 

 Entomology; Embryology ; Psychology; Arche- 

 ology and Ethnology ; Microscopy. 



Proceedings of Scientific Societies; Scientifte 

 News. 



NEW BOOKS. 



The Cambridge Natural History, Vol. III., 

 Molluscs. A. H. Cooke. Brachiopods 

 (recent), A. E. Shipley. Brachiopods 

 (fossil), F. R. C. Reed. New York and 

 London, Macmillan & Co. 1895. Pp. 

 xi + 535. $2.60. 



Elements of Mineralogy, Chrystallography and 

 Blowpipe Analysis. Alfred J. Moses and 

 Charles Lathrop Parsons. New York, 

 D. Van Nostrand Company. 1895. Pp. 

 vii -I- 342. 



Steam Poiver and Mill Work. Geo. W. Sut- 

 cliffe. New York, Macmillan & Co. 

 1895. $4.50. 



A Treatise on Bessel Functions. Andrew 

 Gray and G. B. Matthews. New York* 

 Macmillan & Co. 1895. $4.50. 



