286 BOTANICAL NEWS. 
N. American Fungi.’—W. G. Farlow, ‘ Unusual habit of Coprinus.’ 
—Id., ‘ Note on Laminaria.’—W. Trelease, ‘ Note on perforation of 
Flowers.’ stone ones, ‘Notes from Utah’ (Gilia scopulorum, 
n. sp.).—(July). J. B. Ellis, ‘New N. American Fungi’—E. P. 
Bicknell, ‘ Stamens within the Ovary of Sali«.’—F. L. Scribner, 
‘Cohesion of Glumes in Agrostis elata, ‘ List of State and Local 
Floras of United States 
Flora.—K, Arnold, eLAghenloyical Sip cien ete 9 (1 tab.) (con- 
aided yeas —M. penne oe ‘Salices Nove.’—H. G. Reichenbach, 
¢ Orchidew deseribuntur.’—D. Gronen, ‘On two new Plants from 
Kirnten’ (Phyteuwma seiiraculs Kerner, and Rhamnus carniolica, 
Kerner). 
Hedwigia.—G. v. Niessl, ‘ A new Pyrenomyceta’ (Leptospheria 
mirabilis). 
Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany, vol. xviii., No. 113).— 
M. T. Masters, ‘On the Conifers of Japan’ (2 tab Learn B. Clarke, 
‘On [dimorphism in] Arnebia and Macrotomia,’ 
Magyar Novenytani sti .—Biography of Schleiden. 
Naturalist —W. Wes p oarpoeee Reports for 1880 of York- 
shire aun atin Union’ ’ (continu 
eichische Bot. Zeitschrift.—J. A. Knapp, ‘ Vincent v. 
Carrara He 
as a principle of abies age cae ‘ Deve lopment of 
Block, ‘On Dr. Weiss’s Herbarium in Lemberg University.’— 
oe Sintenis, ‘Flora of Cyprus’ (contd.).—P. G. Strobl, ‘ Flora of 
Etna’ (contd.). 
Scottish Naturalist.—J. Stirton, ‘ On the genus Usnea, and 
another (Eumitria, gen. nov.) allied to it’ (many new species).—J. 
Knox, ‘ Life of Aapoks Don” contd.).—J. Stevenson, ‘ habbo 
. serie List’ of Perthshire heritg 
Botanical News. 
We learn from tess ‘Bulletin’ of the Torrey Club for Hb: aa 
Muhlenberg’s Herbarium is in the possession of the Am 
Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. Muhlenberg was one of t the 
earliest American botanists,—he died in 1815,—and his collections, 
although at the present aay they would be considered small, are of 
historic on. as containing the materials upon which his danas: 
sed. The plants are in fine preservation, but 
. nnfortmnatly are not localised. 
Gor a Rasennorst was born on the 22nd March, 
1806, at ivi ncietan: in Brandenburg. After a private education 
