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found and described in North America. Professor Eaton describes Ophio- 
glossum palmatum Plumier, a rare fern detected by Dr. Chapman in 
Florida. Cyperus Wolfii is described by A. Wood. 
American Agriculturist, February, 1876. How Flowers are Ferti- 
lized, by Prof. Asa Gray (devoted to compound flowers, with cuts of 
Leptosyne, a plant from the sea-shore in the southern part of California). 
Nature, January 13, 1876. Fertilization of Flowers by Insects, xii. 
Further Observations on Alpine Flowers, by Herman Müller (with cuts 
of the corolla of Rhinanthus alectorolophus). 
Canadian Journal of Science, Literature. and History, Toronto, 
December, 1875. Plants of the Eastern Coast of Lake Huron, by John 
Gibson, B. A., F. G. S., and John Macoun, M. A. (A list comprehend- 
ing the Phænogams, vascular Cryptogams, and the Mosses of the east- 
ern coast of Lake Huron, and their distribution through the northern 
and western portions of British North America.) 
` The Monthly Microscopical Journal, January, 1876. Reproduction in 
the Mushroom Tribe, by W. G. Smith, F. L. S. (an account of repro- 
duction in Coprinus radiatus). 
Comptes rendus, December 20, 1875. Remarks on the Theories of the 
Formation of Saccharine Matters in Plants, and especially in the Beet, 
by Cl. Bernard. (“In the leaves of plants there exist sometimes starch, 
or dextrine, or glucose, or cane sugar, or inverted sugar. What has 
been said relative to the transfer and transformation of these saccharoid 
principles from the leaves to other parts of the plant has been based on 
hypothetical views, and not on experiments.”) Boussingault remarked 
that the sugar of Agave is chiefly saccharose, formed and treasured up in 
the leaves, 
Bulletin de la Société chimique de Paris, December 20, 1875. On 
the Presence of a Crystallizable Sugar in Germinating Gereals, by G. 
Kuhnemann. (The author isolated a small amount of sugar identical with 
saccharose, from sprouted barley.) Researches on Sugar and Dextrin in 
Barley, by G. Kuhnemann. (The author found no dextrine or glucose, 
but a crystallizable sugar and a substance to which he gives the name 
sinistrine.) 
Bulletin mensuel de la Société d’ Acclimatation, September, 1875. Use- 
fal Plants of Japan, by Dr. Vidal. (This paper enumerates the plants of 
Japan which yield food, drugs, and useful products.) 
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Vol. XVII. Fase. IIL, 
1875. Later Observations and Considerations respecting Dichogamy in 
the Vegetable Kingdom, by F. Delpino. The third and fourth parts of 
work noticed in the Natunaxist for January, 1876, page 42. 
Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps Akad. Förhandlingar, Stockholm, 1874. 
*scriptions of Mosses collected by N. J. Anderson during the Voyage 
of the Frigate Eugenie, 1851-53, by John Angstrom, (Includes Hepat- 
lce as well as true Musci.) 
