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synonym of Gloiotriclua cchimdata. Richter's distinction of 

 Gloiotrichia cchimdata and G. Pisum is adopted by Kirchner in 

 Engler & Prantl's Pflanzenfamilien (i la : 90. 1898). 



Dr. A. Schmidt, in a paper * known to the writer only through 

 a notice in Just's Jahresbericht,f protests against Richter's union 

 of Rividaria fluitans and Gloiotrichia cchimdata. Some remarks 

 on Rividaria fluitans by Dr. Schmidt are published in the Ver- 

 handlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg 

 for 1897 (39: xxxi— xxxiv). 



" Observations upon some Algae which cause ' Water 

 Bloom' "| is the title of a recent paper by N. P. B. Nelson, 

 dealing with the plants concerned in " water-bloom " as it occurs 

 in Minnesota. 



It is to be hoped that subsequent collections of the supposed 

 Gloiotrichia cchimdata in the Adirondack region may result in 

 securing spore-bearing specimens, which will afford a more satis- 

 factory basis for comparison with closely related or identical forms 

 of Europe and of our western States. 



EXCERPTS FROM DR. OTTO KUNTZE'S NOMENCLA- 

 TURAE BOTANIC AE CODEX BREVIS MATURUS § 



It is a pity that our American botanical friends of U. S. A. 

 practice promptly their new inconsiderate rules and neglect 

 afterwards contrary facts. Thus they maintain their Rochester 

 resolutions, although I proved in my Rev. Ill 11 , § 28-30, that 

 20,000-30,000 names were still to be changed by these reso- 

 lutions, which they, contrary to scientific principles, will not do. 

 Formerly the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club reported 

 always about my Revisio gen. I/II, III 1 , but about my Revisio 



:: Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig, 9 : 27-31. 1898. 



-f- Bot. Jahresb. 26 1 : 294. 1900. 



% Minn. Bot. Studies, 3 : 51-56. //. 14. 1903. 



§ Nomenclature botanicae codex brevis maturus sensu codicis emendati aux Lois 

 de la nomenclature botanique de Paris de 1867 Unguis internationalibus : Anglica, 

 gallica, germanica quoad nomina latina, auctore Otto Kuntze. Stuttgart, 1903. 

 [Excerpts from English version, pp. XLVII-XLVIH, LV-LVII.] 



