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P. Bangii, spp. nn.),— (March). E. L. Gregory, ■ Abnormal growth 

 of Spirogyra Cells' (1 plate). — G. B. Sudworth, ■ Names of two 

 species of Khus.' — T. A. Williams, 'Notes on Peronosporace®.'— 

 B. D. Halsted, ' Parasitic Fungi as related to variegated Plants.' — 

 S. B. Parish, ■ New Californian Plants ' (Psoralen, rigida, Opuntia 

 Bernardina, Gilia maculata. spp. nn.). 



Garden (March 19). — Streptocarpus Galpini (plate). 



Gardeners' Chronicle (Feb. 27). —Dendrobium ObrienianumKr&nzl, 

 sp. n.— (March 12). Pelexia Travassoni Bolfe, sp. n.— (March 19). 

 Trichodesma physaloides (fig. 51). 



Journal de Botanique (Feb. 1, 16 ; March 1). — G. Rouy, ■ Sur 

 quelques Dianthus de la flore fran^aise.' — (Feb. 1). E. Belzung, ' Sur 

 divers principes issus de la germination.' — (Feb. 1-March 16). 0. 

 Sauvageau, ' Sur quelques Algues pheosporees parasites/ — (Feb. 1). 

 G. Poirault, 'Germination tardive des spores de Roestelia cancellata.' 

 (Feb. 16). N. Patouillard, Leptobasidinm, n. gen. (Hymenomycetes). 



— G. Poirault, ■ Ophioglossitm vulgatum.' — (March 1). J. Vesque, 

 1 La tribu des Clusiees.' — (March 16). G. Camus, l Monographie 

 des Orchidees de France.' — P. Hariot, * Des Trentepohlia des Indes 

 neerlandaises.* 



Le Botaniste (Feb. 15). — P. A. Dangeard, ■ La nutrition animale 

 des Peridiniens.' — Id., ■ Les noyaux de Merispomedia convoluta.' — 

 Id., * Sur un Cryptomonas marin.' 



La Notarisia (Dec. 31). — E. De Wildeman, ■ Notes sur quelques 

 algues' (2 plates). — A. Lemaire, 'Les Diatomees observes dans 

 quelques lacs des Vosges.' 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift (March). — A. Kerner, ■ Rubus cayicellatus' 



— J. Freyn, 'Plantae novae Orientales' (Hedysarum candidum, Ono- 



brychisfallax, O.insigms, Vicia variabilis, spp.nn.). — R. v. Wettstein, 

 1 Die Arten der Gattung Gentiana aus der Section Endotrirha.' 

 H. Sabransky, ' Weitere Beitrage zur Brombeerenflora der Kleinen 

 Karpathen' (Rubus valligenus, R. clypeatus, R. macrocladus, sub- 

 spp. nn.). 



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the support upon which it bad counted, the Matto Grosso Exploring 

 Expedition, to which Mr. Spencer Moore was attached as botanist, 

 has been obliged to return. The expedition, which started in 

 August last, paid a short visit to the Chapada plateau, to the east 

 of Cuyaba ; after this it made its way to Santa Cruz, on the Alto 

 Paraguay. During a stay of ten weeks at this place, the great 

 forest to the north-west was penetrated, and the Campos de 

 Tapirapuan were reached ; an expedition was also made in a small 

 stern-wheel boat up the Bio dos Bugres, and the Alto Paraguay 

 was ascended as far as the neighbourhood of Diamantino. Mr. 

 Moore brings back a fair collection of plants, including a number 



