626 General Notes, (June, | 
BaILey’s CATALOGUE OF N. A. Cartces.—This compilation isan 
attempt at a complete catalogue of the North American species 
of Carex. It includes two hundred and ninety-three species and 
eighty-four varieties. It contains the latest authentic nomencla- 
ture, besides a number of reductions by the author as a result of 
his personal studies in the Harvard University Herbarium, For 
convenience of reference, the arrangement is alphabetical, and in 
every case the general distribution is briefly given. 
In comparing it with the latest edition of Gray’s Manual, the 
more important changes which we note are the following: 
C. stellulata (No. 36 Manual) C. echinata Murr. 
. fenea (No. 43 Manual) C. straminea Schk., var chlorostachys 
C. limula (No. 472 Manual) C. vulgaris Fries., var. hyperborea. 
C, stricta (No. 51 Manual) C. angustata Boott. 
C. gynandra (No. 56 Manual) C. crinita Lam., var. gynandra, 
C. lanuginosa (No. 117 Manual) 
C. paludosa (No. 123 Manual) 
C. comosa (No. 126 Manual) 
C. lupuliformis (No. 133 Manual) 
C. olneyi (No. 145 Manual) 
C. rotundata (No. 149 Manual) 
C. pulla (No, 150 Manual) 
C. bullata Schk. 
C. miliaris Mx. 
C. saxatilis L. 
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Exchanges (and notes) in Carex, especially Western hare d 
solicited by the author. Copies of the catalogue may 
for five cents each, or in exchange for desiderata by addressing 
L. H. Bailey Jr., Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, Mass. 
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lan & Co. has brought out in neat form a suggestive Flores” 
by Grant Allen, bearing the title of “The Colors of 
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illustrated in the British Flora.” The book is an ae oS 
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