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Edited by John M. Coulter, with the assistance of other members of the botanical staff of the 



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Issued October 15, 1912 



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CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER 1912 



No- 4 



COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF DUNE PLANTS. Contributions from the Hull Botani- 



cal Laboratory 161 (with thirty-five figures). Anna M. Starr - 



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PARXASSIA AND SOME ALLIED GENERA (with plates xiv-xvn). Lula Pace 



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DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICROSPORANGIA AND MICROSPORES OF ABUTILON 



THEOPHRASTI (with twelve figures). V. Laniis 



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BRIEFER ARTICLES 



Artificial Production of Alettrone Grains (with one figure). W. P. Thompson - 3S^ 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



NOTES FOR STUDENTS 



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