62 Scientific Intelligence. 
(2.) In the female flower the ovule is reduced to an embryo-sac, 
which is a cell of the parenchyma of the base of the uppers? i of 
the third pair of bracts, i. e., the carpels. 
10. Clarence ae 8 Geological Exploration of the 40th Pari 
Botany, by SzrENo Watson, aided by Prof. Danien 
and others, itanesied by a map and 40 plates. Washington 
Government Printing Office, 1871. pp. 525, 4to.—We propose to 
notice this volume particularly : indeed it well deserves a more 
t se? sas pee and more extended review than our time 
as one of the Gncinake Corps series, has been car htly edited He 
beautifully printed, so that the volume is every way an attractive 
one. Errors of ne press are to be found, but they are appar 
is a notable rae hese The awd Hates filled with = 
is new to this clas wus ork, we believe), Mr. : H, See of 
Salem, ies shold properly tA been appended to 
The Gene eport, of 53 pages, forms a coperats aaa 
introduction. 2 the  Cilelog ue,” as itis termed, “with excessive — 
modesty, i. ¢., the systematic peas of the age collected, vie 
poe Basin, its cold winters, and hot summers, The bgrws on the 
general character of the CRE picture to us the botanical 
diameter showed from 400 to 486 annual rings. The “ pant 
ing sage-bush,” Artemisia Pe are displayed 65 Aye ous 
section 8 inches in diameter, 37 upon 4 inches, &c. Tunipaus — 
occidentalis 12 inches in diameter showed 250 i Cercocar 
