312 The American Naturalist. [April, 
Catalpa catalpa (Linn.) Karsten. Common Catalpa. 
Syn.—Bignonia catalpa Linneus, Sp. P1., Ed. 1, II, 622 (1753). 
Catalpa bignonioides Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 64 (1788). 
Catalpa cordifolia Moench. Meth., 464, (1794). 
Catalpa ternifolia Cavenelles, Desc. P1., 26, (1802). 
Catalpa syrinyaefolia Sims, in Bot. Mag., XX VII, t. 1094, 
(1808). 
Catalpa communis Du Mont de Courset, Bot. Cult., Ed. 2, III, 
242, (1811). 
Catalpa catalpa Karsten, Deutsch. F1., 927 (1882). 
COMMON NAMES. 
ee (Mass., R. I., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa, Del., W. Va., 
N.C. 5. C Also Ga. Fla., Miss., La., Ark., Ky., Mo., 
Ill., Ea. Nebr., Iowa, Mich., Wis., Ohio, Minn.). 
ed Bean (Mass., R.I., N. Y., N. J., Pa, N. C., IL). 
Beantree (N. J., Del., Pa., Va., La., Nebr.). 
Catawba (W. Va., Ala., Fla., Kans.). 
Cigartree (R. I. N. J., Pa., W. Va., Mos LI, Wis., Iowa). 
Catawba-tree (Del.). 
Indian Cigartree (Pa). 
Smoking Bean (R. I.). 
It remains for me to commend the typography and the uniform de- 
capitalization of specific names. Itis a thoroughly good, modern piece 
of work.—CHARLES E. BEssEY. 
Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der 
speciellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Von Prof. Dr. K. B. 
Lehmann und Dr. R. Neumann. Teil I, Atlas. Teil II, Text. Verlag 
von J. F. Lehmann, München, 1896. 
This is a general work on bacteriology covering much the same 
ground as Fliigge’s Die Mikroorganismen, but in a very different man- 
ner. About 60 of the more common animal pathogenic and saprophy- 
tic forms have been studied more or less carefully and re-described 
according to a pre-established scheme, so that their behavior on all the 
common media may be readily compared. Many other species are 
briefly mentioned. These 60 species are figured in the Atlas, and Dr. 
Neumann, the artist, has been peculiarly happy in some of his repre- 
sentations, if not in all. Streak and stab cultures are given in their 
natural tints, usually on a black background, the agar or gelatin being 
represented as absent or black. The Atlas contains 63 colored plates, 
including more than 600 separate figures, most of which are original. 
