298 Scientific Intelligence. 



(in Coahnila and Nuevo Leon), is most interesting, as few her- 

 baria possess tin- plan) s collected in this region by Gregg, Wisli- 

 cenus and Kerlnndier. ii supplements the earlier collection made 

 by Dr. Palmer in conjunct ion with Dr. Parry, in the province of 



good many new plants. Some plants received from Dr. Duges of 

 Guanajuato, and more from a recent collection of Dr. Schalfner 

 are added. The second paper consists of Jh-arript'iona of New 

 Species of Plants, chiefly of our Western Territories. Seventy-six 

 species are here characterized, of which 47 are Polypetalae ; two 

 are <; :1 mopeta!;e: namely, ) '><n ■„/?„ .<;,, d,nt«t<i of the' author's own 

 discovery, in the interior of Washington Territory (very near T). 

 laevigata) and Prdindaris / >irldshi,>< an interesting discovery, 

 "on wet banks of the St. John's River, at Van Buren, Aroostook 

 Co., Maine, and extending along the river for sixty miles. Dedi- 



it by colored drawings of all the species, richly deserve an appro- 

 priate recognition/' The remainder are Apetaki- (four more spe- 

 cies of Atr'q>k.i' and as many of Eriogonum) and Monocotyle- 

 don^ (time of f //////,/. two 'of Urn,!!,',*,). One of them is the 

 i , lr ru,. >!;,!;,, ftixi-iot datum of Kellogg, now first pub- 

 lished, whirl,," in addition' to three or four California,! localities, 

 has been detected by Mr. Suksdorf in Washington Territory. 

 The following notice contains the title and contents of another 



4. Contributions to Xrrf/i Aimrinm ll<>t<i,nj, by Asa Cray. 

 From Proc. of Am. Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. xvii. 

 Issued June 'Jti, lssi', pp. H>:*i-2:U). — It contains: 1. Studio of 



received l,y the writer. 2. Xoritia- Ariz<>ni<-<t>, etc., being char- 

 recent collections, lor the most part made in Arizona and adjacent 

 parts of Mexico, California, etc. This publication appears to 



by other botanists, Naturally they run very much to (.'ompnxit" , 



mon; lhujesia {Mesncana), dedicated to Professor Alfred Duges 



,i, a very 



curious Mutisineeous shrubby Co.nposita, <liscovered 'by Mr. W. 

 S. Slu.ckley in Southwestern Nevada. The principal contributors 

 of these norithv are Mr. and Mrs. Lemnion, Messrs. Cringle, 

 Palmer (Northern Mexican collection), and the Messrs. Parish. 

 From notes ;m d from seeds contributed by the latter is derived 

 the illustration of the embryo and germination of flurxrw mier<>- 

 phylla, at the <-lo»e of the paper. The plant is remarkable for its 

 biternateK ,}'.■. 1, «! cotyledons. a. g. 



