620 General Notes. [ October, 
and a List of the California Specimens of the Genus known to occur in Collections. 
By Henry Edwards. 8vo, pp. 2. (From the Proceedings of the California Academy 
of Sciences, January, 1877. 
A Partial Synopsis of the Fishes of Upper Georgia, with Supplementary Papers on 
Fishes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. By D. S. Jordan. 8vo, pp. 70. 
(From the Annals of the New York Lyceum of Natural History,vol. xi.) 
Fur-Bearing Animals. By Elliott Coues. 8vo, pp. 348, with 20 plates. U. S. Ge- 
ological Survey of the Territories, F. V. Hayden, Geologist in Charge, Washington, 
1877. 
Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum. No. 7. Contributions to the Natural 
History of the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California. By T. H. 
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can Ichthyology, No. 1. By D. S. Jordan. 8vo, pp. 49. Washington, 1877 
Bulletin of the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Vol. 
iii. No. 4. F. V. Hayden, Geologist in Charge. Washington, 1877. 8vo, pp. 116. 
North American Ethnology. Vol. i. By W. H. Dall and G. Gibbs. Large 8v0, 
pp. 355, with maps and illustrations. U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of 
the Rocky Mountain Region. J. W. Powell, Geologist in Charge. Washington, 
1877. 
Jahres-Bericht des Naturhistorischen Vereins von Wisconsin für das Jahr 1876- 
1877. Milwaukee, 1877. 8vo, pp. 16, 
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GENERAL NOTES. 
BOTANY.! 
GENTIANA ÅMARELLA L. var. acura (G. acura Mx.).— 
botanizing with Mr. Pringle in Smugg f 
a small alpine form of this gentian growing abundantly on the sides of 
one of the steep water-courses that decend from Mt. Mansfield. It t 
an interesting addition to the flora of New England, and is further Z 
dication of the richness of the Notch in boreal plants, to which attention 
was drawn by Mr. Pringle last year. — C. E. Faxon. 
Nores on Some Insurious Funet, py Proressor W. G. —_ 
(in Bulletin of the Bussey Institution). — This article is princip: _ se 
voted to an account of the mold (Uncinula spiralis B. and C.) which z 
common throughout the greater part of the United States. The RE” 
perithecia have been found from New England to California. The pel 
celium forms white patches on the leaves and grapes. The co th 
which have been known for some time have generally passe ie “i 
mold common on European vines (Oidium Tuckeri), but 1t 18 ie 
While 
Peronospora viticola, as it attacks the berries as well as 
The article contains a few remarks on the vegetable origi? 
1 Conducted by ProF. G. L. GOODALE. 
eler’s Notch, August 9th, we found ` 
