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Foerstermanni Rehb. = Oncidium lucescens Rehb. f., Asphodelus 
comosus Baker, spp. n 
Journal de Botniqu (June 15).—E. Wasserzug, ‘ Sur quelques 
Champignons pathogénes.’ — A. Franchet, ‘ Plantes du voyage au 
Golfe de Tadjourah ’ Loreal Fauroti, L. ice ee Eu- 
phorbia Fauroti, spp. nn.). — G. Colo ov ‘Sur la v des Cucur- 
bitacées.’ — G. Le Monnier, ‘ a: a valeur coesholodiaes de 
V albumen chez les Angiosperm 
seer’ Bot. Zeitschrift Jane) — —- B. Blocki, — sir dg 90: 
Zoo- 
. — A. Tomaschek, r Symbiose von Bact cteri 
ae Form) mit der Alge Giopeay pol Ke matica.’——L. Cel akovsky, 
‘ Utricularia brevicornis.’ — V. Bor ‘ Ouer cus Cuatoi. unm, 
Schneider, ‘ Hieracien des Ries fea bicwea.. —KE. Formianek, ‘ Rubus- 
Formen.’—J. B. Keller, ‘ Flichendrisigkeit.’ 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
May 5th, 1887.—William Carruthers, F.R.S., President, in the 
chair.__Mr. Ernest W. Forrest and Mr. George Perrin were elected 
Baliwe: Mr. W. cme Beeby, Mr. Adolphus H. Kent, and Mr. 
J. Me edley Wood (Natal), were elected Meashiatia Dr. Geo. Aug. 
Schweinfurth (Professor of Botany, Cairo), Count Hermann 
— Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, J hee and Dr. Augustus Weis- 
nn (Professor of Zoology, Univ. Freiburg), were elected Foreign 
Members of the peer —Photographs were oaaae and a ee 
d o Tepper, F.L.8., regardin 
tio on on Scevola par Peton observed by him at Yorke’ 8 Pertheeté, 
South Australia. The galls affect a Pl ant in various ways, 
influencing the hairs of the ges buds, &c.—On behalf of Mr. W. 
§., Mr. J. 
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(Conservator Roy. Mus. Vienna), M. le Dr. Melchior Treub 
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series of forms of Nar cissus reflecus of Brotero, from Ancona, North 
section Ganymedes constitute but a single species.—Mr. J. Harris 
’ Stone exhibited the flowers of Nicotiana glauca from Fuerteventura, 
one of the easterly islands of the Canary group. The plant is a 
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the islands of Fuerteventura and Sanzarote he fouud the plant 
growing wild abundantly on the path =e and eyen in the streets 
of the towns. From special inquiries tone learned that 
species a tobacco plant had been in an eer manner in ‘ala: 
duced into the Danson about 1867-69, since which date : a 
spread extraordinary degree unheeded by the inhabitan 
