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and leaves of it have been identified by me from amongst other 

 vegetable remains from the cemetery of Hawara, in the Fayum 

 province of Middle Egypt. The ancient Egyptian name of the 

 date-palm is not beg, as stated on p. 8, but better— bey, or more 

 correctly bagt, being the name of the olive-tree. 



Percy E. Newberry. 



ARTICLES JN JOURNALS. 

 Annals of Botany (Sept.). — L. A. Boodle & W. C. Worsdell, 

 'Comparative Anatomy of Casuarinea' (2 plates). — L. Kny, 'On 

 correlation in growth of roots and shoots.' — E. Strasburger, 

 ' Periodic reduction of number of Chromosomes in the life-history 

 of living organisms.' — W. Pfeffer, ' Geotropic Sensitiveness of the 

 root-tip.' — H. Wager, ' On the presence of Centrospheres of Fungi ' 

 (1 plate). — E. M. Holmes, ' New Marine Alga? ' (Myriophylla, gen. 

 nov. : 1 plate).— F. 0. Bower, ' A theory of the Strobilus in Arche- 

 goniate Plants.' 



Bot. Centralblatt. (Nos. 37, 38). — E. Jalm, ' Holz und Mark an 

 den Grenzen der Jahrestriebe.' — B. Meissner, ' Zur Frage nach der 

 Orientirungsbewegungen zygomorpher Bliiten.' 



Bot. Gazette (Aug. 15). — P. Dietel, ' New Uredinem & Ustilagineas' 

 (1 plate). — J. W. Harshberger, 'James Logan, an early contributor 

 to the doctrine of sex in plants.* — E. B. Uline & W. L. Bray, 

 ' Synopsis of N. American Amaranthm.' — J. C. Bay, ' Crystals of 

 ice on plants.' — G. E. Stone, ' Germinating seeds in Sawdust.'— 

 J. E. Tilden, 'Development of Protocoecm' (1 plate). — M. L. 

 Fernald, Lathyim pauci/l<>> , < i ch»rtus pavonaceus, spp. nn.— 

 M. Eeed, ' Cross-fertdization of Petunias.' 



Botaniska Notiser (haft. 4). — J. Erikson, ' Om icke geotropiska 

 och negativt geotropiska rotter hos saudvaxter.*— B. G. 0. Floderus, 

 ' Friujuria collina x vesca.' — B. Jonsson, ' Undersokningar ofver 

 respiration och assimilation hos mossorna.' — R. Jungner, ' Ranun- 



Bot. Zeitung (Sept. 1). — A. Y. Grevillius, ' Biologisch-physio- 

 nomische Untersuchungen einiger schwedischer Hainthalchen.' — 

 G. J. Peirce, 'Das Eindringen von Wurzeln in lebendige Gewebe.' 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France (xl. : Session extraordinaire, 1893: 

 August).— H. Coste, 'Florule du Larzac.' — Id. & F. Mouret, Hdi~ 

 chrysum biterrense, sp. n. — F. Jadin, 'Algues des iles Mascareignes 

 recbltees en 1890.' 



Erythea (Sept. 1). 

 cology.' — J. B. Davy, 

 Genera and Species.' 



Gardeners' Chronicle (Sept.). — Hypocyrta pulchra N. E. Br., 

 sp.n. — Tyhphoropsis (gen. nov.) yemensis N. E. Br. — (Sept. 8). 

 W. F. Perkins, ' Dr. Thornton's Works.'— (Sept. 15). Deridrobium 

 Mettkeanum Kriinzlin, sp.n. — 'Root-tubercles of Leguminosa." — 

 (Sept. 22). Xerine appendicular Baker, sp. n. 



