i882.] Botany. 



National Academy of Sciences, Constitution and Mem 



Von Dr. Fran/ Steindaehner. Aus .1cm i. \xx\ Bande der Sit/.b. der k. Akad. der 

 Wissensch., i Abth., 1S82. From the author. 



Batrachiologische Beitrage. Von Dr. Franz Steindachner. Aus dem lxxxv 

 Bande der Sitzb. der k. '■ $2. From the author. 



The Channel Tunnel. By Professor Boyd Dawkins, M.A. Ext. from the Trans. 

 Manchester Geological Society, 1882. From the author. 



The American Journal of Forestry. Edited by Franklin B. Hough. Cincinnati, 

 Oct., 1882. From the editor. 



Noiice sur les especes du genre Phiinil |U M"-cnm .-• 



Descriptions of ten new species of Monticulipora from the Cincinnati group, Ohio. 

 Index, etc. By U. P. James. Cincinnati, 1882. From the author. 



Jamaica. Annual Report ..f the Publi Gai lens and Plantations for the year end- 

 ing 30th Sept., 1 88 1. By D. Morris, director. Kingston, Jamaica, 1882. From the 



Beitrage zur Palaontoloeie Osterreich-Ungarns, und des Orient*, herausgegeben 



Von E. v. M,.;-; Du iungt,..,:irc l-.^b 



fauna Croatiens. Von Dra kenntniss der 



fossilen Di -. Von A. Grunow. 



etc., 1 etc." From the !>' '? ( in S c N t. IIU., < »ct . [8S2. From S. A. Miller. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



BOTANY. 1 



New Species of North American FimGl.—Diplodia Pyri E. 

 and M.— Spots, light brown, small, border nearly obsolete ; pen- 

 thecia black, scattered, mostly epiphyllous ; spores oval, brown, 

 24-25x9-12 ft. On living lvs. of Pyrus mains. Newfield, N. J., 

 Sept., 1882. 



Scpt„ria SUcucs E. and M.— Spots small, light yellow ; pertthe- 

 cia brownish-yellow, soft, innate, scattered, 56 ,«. diam. ; spores 

 yellowish, cylindrical, curved, triseptate, 48 x 3 ■"■• 0n llv,n S 

 leaves of Si/em . .' '/ata, Chester Co , Pa. Dr. Martin. 



Scptoria psilosh-^a Iv atnl M.— Spots -olden yellow, mostly oc- 

 cupvin- the margin of the leaf; perithecia hypophyllous scat- 

 tered, yellow, very delicate, exuding a mass of amber colored 

 spores which viewed sepai itelv at subln din. . Ii it >rm, straight 

 or curved, faintly triseptate, 60X3 A- On lvs. of Galium /v/W. 



Scptoria Smihciua E. and M— Spots gray, oblong, border 

 broad, dark-pink ; perithecia light-brown, conoid, mostly epiphyl- 



^dited by Prof. C. E. Bessey, Ames, Iowa. 



