1876.] Zoölogy. 745 
amy. (4.) The anthers of a flower on any individual plant pollinate 
and fecundate only the flowers on a different individual, whether the 
flowers be hermaphrodite, polygamous, moneecious, or dicecious : dichog- 
artificial fecundation of plants 
in the four different modes indicate 
their relative fertility is in the inverse order to that in which they have 
been mentioned. Professor Delpino promises an additional paper on 
cleistogamous or closed self-fertilized flowers. — A. W. BENNETT. 
ALPINE PLANTS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. — We are glad to call 
attention to the following announcement : — 
Collections of the Alpine and sub-Alpine plants of the White Mount- 
ains, N. H., containing more than fifty species, have been made during 
the past season, by William F. Flint and J. H. Huntington. 
The number of sets is limited to fifty. ‘They have been carefully 
arranged and ticketed, and will be sent by mail upon the receipt of five 
dollars ($5.00). Address William F. Flint, Hanover, N.H. (Box 348.) 
Botanica, Papers IN Recent PERIODICALS: — Comptes rendus, 
No. 8. Saintpierre and Magnieu, Researches on the Gas contained in 
the Fruits of Colutea arborescens. No. 9. De Luca, On the Alcoholic 
and Acetic Fermentation in the Fruits, Flowers, and Leaves of certain 
Plants. L. Fautrat, On the Influence exerted by Pine Forests on the 
. of Rainfall. No. 10. Renault, On the Silicified Plants of 
utun. 
; Flora, No. 26. Nylander, New Cuban Lichens (Species of Rama- 
lina) from Mr. Charles Wright's Collections. De Krempelhuber, New 
Brazilian Lichens. No. 27. De Thiimen, Fungi from South Africa. 
Botanische Zeitung, No. 37. Philippi, Notes 0n Fuchsia macro- 
stemma and its Near Relatives. Philippi, Note respectin s 
tion of Wood after Injury in Acacia decipiens. N® 88. - Reports © 
9. Salomonsen, On 
s; e pa E n L api a a a a a cea Pe 
Societies. Sorokin, On Morchella bispora. No. 3 
me Isolation of Different Forms of Bacteria. No. 40. Schen On Fos- 
sil Equisetacez. 
ZOOLOGY. : 
M. A. Maxwell, of Boulder, 
New SHELLS FROM Cotorapo.— M 
rs. 
f 
Colorado, exhibited at the Centennial Ex ia pa - 
hibition 4 la 
of a 
: er 
animals and birds which attracted a great d ape ; cee 
brought with her a box of miscellaneous land and fresh-water 80 
i ome at Boulder, which is @ 
w miles northeast of Denver; inati 
5535 feet ‘dy entrusted to me for examination, 
. These shells she kindly €® they add materially to the 
rt u 
and they seem to me worthy of notice, a8 e 
Previously known molluscan fauna of the State- In ae ples 
the Mollusks of Colorado, published by Dr. F. V. Hayden i A 
. H vey, y 
oo Report of the United States Geological and oscar Si with ae 
Yol ; 385-410. The Mollusks of the Rocky Mountains : opul : : 
ol. ix., May, 1876. 
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