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ture, that they really are rudimentary flowers or flower-clusters, 
homologous with those of many other dodders as well as those 
of the morning glories.—C. E. Bessey. 
BOTANY IN THE A. A. A. S—The botanical papers read during 
the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, in Philadelphia, were as follows: 
The affinities of Dionzea. By Joseph F. James. 
A Penisa: study of the mite gall on the petioie of Juglans nigra. By Lillie J. 
artin 
The torsion of leaves. By W. J. Beal. 
The fossil fora of the globe, three papers. By Lester F. Ward. 
Polarity of the leaves of Ærigeron canadense. By W. J. Beal. 
tricularia vulgaris, with young teleostean fishes entrapped in the bladder-traps of 
that plant. 
The influence of cross-fertilization upon the development of the strawberry. By 
Wm. R. Lazeuby. 
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Stomates on seeds. By Geo, Macloskie. ; 
The adventitious inflorescence of Cuscuta glomerata. By C. E. Bessey ; 
Demonstrations of perforations in the cellular-walls of plant cells. By Louis 
Elsberg, 
The last named paper was, by a curious ruling of the standing 
committee, assigned not to the section of biology where the bot- 
anists were, but to the section of microscopy where the botanists 
a a rule were not. - 
known but not previously seen correspondents. _ RI 
ing of the Botanical Club and the Botanical Section of the Phil- 
forth much favorable comment. 
N _—Excbasidium sym- 
EW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI d sublobate, 
ploci ; 
3-334™ in diameter; conidia hyaline cylindric, nearly seie l 
i subsessile, 35 X 5#; 
yellowish, 2-nucle- 
akal serrulata. Cove 
