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December 27, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



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that the tetanus poison reaches the ganglia of 

 the central nervous system, not by way of the 

 circulation, but along the peripheral nerves. 

 Yandell Henderson". 

 Yale University. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



The Botanical Gazette for November contains 

 the following leading articles : G. T. Moore 

 has published, with three plates, his second 

 paper entitled ' New or Little Known Unicellular 

 Algae,' giving a detailed account of the life his- 

 tory of Eremosphxra viridis, and coming to the 

 conclusion that for the present, at least, the 

 genus should be classed with the Protococ- 

 coidese ; and also describing as a new genus a 

 form which has been confused heretofore with 

 Eremosphsera, and naming it Excentrosphsera. 

 T. C. Frye has published, with one plate, an ac- 

 count of the development of the pollen in cer- 

 tain Asclepiadacese, his investigation having 

 been suggested by the record that in certain 

 members of this family there is no tetrad di- 

 vision. The development of the sporangium 

 was found to be of the general type, the primary 

 sporogenous cells passing over directly into 

 pollen-mother cells ; these latter divide in the 

 usual tetrad manner, but subsequently through 

 mutual adjustment the four spores are arranged 

 in a linear series. Miss F. Grace Smith has 

 published the results of a large number of ob- 

 servations upon the distribution of red color in 

 vegetative parts in the New England flora. 

 A general conclusion is reached that the statis- 

 tical observations obtained fit no one theory of 

 color in all particulars. Mr. George A. ShuU 

 has published, with illustrations, the results of 

 observations upon 'Some Plant Abnormalities.' 

 He records instances of fasciation in Erigeron 

 canadense and Eehium vulgare; abnormal foliage 

 leaves in Pelargonium and Hicoria, and abnor- 

 mal floral organs in Lathyrus odoratus, as well 

 as in certain species of Clematis. Under the 

 head of 'Briefer Articles,' E. B. Copeland has 

 discussed Meissner's paper on evergreen nee- 

 dles, answering certain criticisms of the author, 

 and presenting new observations ; M. L. Fer- 

 nald publishes a final paper upon the instability 

 of the Rochester nomenclature, being an answer 

 to papers of Messrs. C. L. Pollard, L. M. 



Underwood and N. L. Britton ; and Charles 

 Robertson has published a third set of observa- 

 tions of flower visits of oligotropic bees. 



Announcement has been received of the 

 establishment of a new scientific journal entitled 

 Archivio Italiano di Anatomia e di Embriologia, 

 under the editorship of Professor Chiarugi, of 

 Florence, already favorably known as the editor 

 of the excellent little journal, the Monitore Zo- 

 ologico. It is published with the cooperation of 

 the professors of anatomy of Pisa, Padua, 

 Sienna, Perugia, Ferrara, Genoa, Catania and 

 Bologna. There has been a great awakening 

 of anatomical and embryological study in Italy? 

 but it has long been a matter of regret that 

 although many important investigations have 

 been published they have appeared in the pro- 

 ceedings of societies or in journals of very lim- 

 ited circulation, so that it has been very difficult 

 for foreigners to secure access to this Italian 

 work, much of which is extremely valuable. We 

 shall, therefore, welcome a journal which will 

 gather together and render more thoroughly ac- 

 cessible the results of anatomical and embry- 

 ological research in Italy. The list of supporters 

 of the new enterprise is a guarantee of its high 

 character so that we may reasonably expect the 

 new journal to rank as the equal of the best 

 French and German journals. The subscription 

 price for America is 31 francs, 50 centimes. 

 The publisher is Luigi Niccolai, Via Faenza 44, 

 Florence, Italy. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEBIIES. 



the anthropological society of 



washington. 



The 322d meeting was held November 19. 

 Dr. Walter Hough occupied the session with an 

 account of the explorations among the ancient 

 pueblos of northeastern Arizona, carried on by 

 him last season. The paper was illustrated 

 with maps and selections of artifacts from the 

 two thousand specimens secured during the 

 work. The paper was discussed by F. W. 

 Hodge, J. D. McGuire, Hon. H. M. Baker, Mrs. 

 Matilda C. Stevenson, and President W. H. 

 Holmes. 



The 323d regular meeting was held December 

 3. Mr. S. P. Langley presented a paper on 

 ' The Fire Walk of the Tahitans. ' Mr. Langley 



