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of their organs, or their other visitors are crowded out to such an 
extent that the plant perishes at once, giving no opportunity for 
the formation of any rudiments. Nor can the sucking apparatus of 
the bee become rudimentary, for it isemployed constantly in obtain- 
ing nectar even from those flowers which are broken into. Only 
in case the robber-bee formed the habit of biting off all nectar- 
containing parts, or of stealing honey already collected by other 
bees, could its tongue become abortive. What would occur in the 
the latter case is seen in the Brazilian 7) rig ona lime, which has 
this habit. The disused tongue is here very small, while the 
mandibles, being more frequently used, are unusually large and 
strong.—W. Trelease. 
BoranicaL Nores.'\—The Botanical Gazette, for December, fur- 
nishes articles by C. C. Pringle, on dimorpho-dichogamy in Fug- 
lans cinerea, and on the leaf propagation of Nasturtium lucustre. 
To the January number Dr. Gray sends notes on Tennessee 
Nova Scotia. Dr. George Engelman writes on Catalpa speciosa. 
In the February number are notes on Viola tricolor by Prof. T. C. 
Porter. To the Bulletin of the Torry Botanical Club, for De- 
cember, 1879, Mr. Pringle contributes notes on Northern New 
England plants, and Aspidium spinulosum is noticed critically by 
Mr. B. D. Gilbert. The death of Dr. F. J. Bumstead, a student 
of vegetable anatomy and physiology, which occurred November 
28th, is also announced. The California Horticulturist always 
‘A portion of these notes were crowded out tf the March number.—Eprrors. _ : : a 
