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arizonica Scrib,, Sporobolns inter ruptus Vasey, Deyeuxia Suksdorfii 

 Scrib., Bromus Pampellianus Scrib., spp. nn. : 1 plate). — T. F. 

 Allen, ■ Nitella (not Tolypella) MacouniL' — G. Vasey, * New Western 

 Grasses ' Poa macrantha Vasey, P. argentea Howell, Alopecarus 

 Howellii Vasey, A. MacouniiV&aey, A. calif ornicus Vasey, spp.nn.). 



Gardeners 1 Chronicle (Dec. 24). — Anthurium acutum N. E. Br., 

 sp. n. — (Jan. 7). Fiats Canoni N. E. Br., Albaca Alienee Baker, 

 Catasetum pulchrum N. E. Br., spp. nn. — Stachys tuberifera (fig. 1). 

 N. E. Brown, ■ Veronica cupressoides' (figs. 3-7). — (Jan. 14). Laelia 

 Gouldiana Bchb. f. ("n. sp. or n. hyb." ). — (Jan. 28). Oncidium 

 chrysops Bchb. f., sp. n. — Fasciated Petunia (fig. 21). 



Journal de Botanique (Jan. 1). — L. Mangin, * Sur de developpe- 

 ment des fleurs dans les bourgeons/ — E. Bose, * La Flore Parisienne 

 aux commencement du xvii. siecle.' ■ — N. Patouillard, ■ La classi- 

 fication des Champignons/ — (Jan. 15). E. Bornet, ' Algues du 

 voyage au golfe de Tadjoura.' — L. Morot, * Sur l'identite specifique 

 du Polyporus abietinus Fr. et de 1' Irpex fwco-violaceus Fr.' 



Xotaiisia (Jan.). — * Algse novse quae ad litora scandinavise 

 indagavit H. F. G. Btroemfelt ' (Microcoryne, Phycocelis, genn. nov. : 

 1 plate). — F. Castracane, ■ Saggio sulla flora diatomacea delle cosi 

 dette muffe delle terme di Yaldieri.' — E. Bornet & C. Flahault, 

 Concordance des * Algen Sachsens et Europas.' — A. Hansgirg, 

 1 Algae Novze aquae dulcis.' 



Oesterr. Bot. ZeitschriJ't (Jan.). — F.Krasan (memoir and portrait). 



L. Cel&kovsky, Lathy nm spathulatw, sp. n. — J. Bormmiiier, 

 Ptilotrichum Uechtritzianum sp. n. — 0. Stapf, * Ueber einige Iris- 

 Arten des botanischen Gartens in Wien.' — B. Blocki, Viola 

 roxalanica, sp. n. — P. Conrath, ' Zur Flora von Bosnien.' — J. 

 Ullepitsch, ■ Neue Pflanzenarten/ — E. Formanek, • Flora von 

 Nord. Mahren/— P. G. Strobl, ' Flora des Etna.' 



Pharmaceutical Journal (Jan. 14). — D. Hooper, 'Bark of Michel Ut 

 nilayirica.' 



OBITUARY. 



Alexander Dickson, M.D. (Edin. & Dubl.), LL.D. (Glasgow), 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh, died suddenly, 

 on 30th Dec. last, from heart-disease, when he was entering in his 

 note-book the state of a game of curling in which he was one of the 

 leaders. Prof. Dickson was born on the 21st February, 1836, in 

 Edinburgh. He was the second son of David Dickson, of Hartree, 

 and by the early death of his elder brother he became the heir and 

 then the owner of the estates of Hartree and Julbueho. His father 

 also died suddenly from heart-disease. He studied at the University 

 of Edinburgh, and graduated in Medicine in 1860. A year of his 

 medical curriculum was spent at the University of Wurzburg. He 

 early manifested a great love for Botany, was one of the most 

 distinguished of the late Dr. Balfour's students, and gained a gold 

 medal at omdnation for his thesis on f< The Development of the 



