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writ alone in the hearts of those for whom and with whom she labored, 
for she touched life to nobler issues. With her death there has passed 
from us another of that constantly diminishing group of rare students 
and teachers who have contributed so largely to the dignity and per- 
manency of higher education in America.—MARGARET C. FERGUSON. 
TWO EPIPHYTIC ALGAE: A CORRECTION 
Mr. J. H. BARNHART, through the editor of the BoranicaL GAzETTE, 
has called attention to a possible difference in opinion in regard to the 
correctness of the name Pirulus gemmata given to a new genus of algae 
described in this journal.t When the name was selected, the writer was 
aware of this possible difference in interpretation, but the form was 
‘ chosen which seemed to her to be most appropriate. On submitting the 
question to several authorities, however, the consensus of opinions seems 
to be that the name should read Pirula gemmata instead of Pirulus 
gemmata, and the writer would like to make this change. 
Attention was also called by Mr. BARNHART to a mistake in the name 
Aeronema polymorpha, which should read Aeronemum polymorphum.— 
Jutia W. Snow, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 
*SNow, Jutia W., Two epiphytic algae. Bor, Gaz. 51: 360-368. pl. 18. 1911. 
