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ever, in their unequal development, but if the visits of bees 
should become less frequent, this variation would offer a means 
of self-fertilization, and would soon become fixed in all individ- 
uals of the species. The proterandry in this species is not per- 
fect. The stigmas sometimes mature, I might almost say, 
precociously, and the stamens in turn often contain good 
pollen when the stigma lobes open. Again, the visits of bees 
seem to be less frequent in this part of the country than is usual 
with cross-fertilized Labiate, so I suspect that even the casual 
irregular growth of the stamens, is in some way correllated with 
this fact—Aug. F. Foerste, Granville, Ohio. 
SPECIMENS OF CuscuTA WANTED.—Dried or alcoholic specimens 
of various species of Cuscuta are wanted by the subscriber. Any 
one having good specimens in flower or fruit for sale or exchange 
will confer a favor by communicating with Charles E. Bessey, 
Lincoln, Neb. 
BoranicaL News.—Among the topics discussed at the Inter- 
national Congress of Botany and Horticulture, held at Antwerp 
(Belgium), August 1 to 10, were the following, viz; The rôle of 
the laboratory in modern science; Instruction in cryptogamic 
botany; Instruction in vegetable pathology ; On the monograph- 
ing of large genera; The rôle and organization of botanical lab- 
oratories; Labeling in botanic gardens, public parks, private gar- 
dens and conservatories; The progress of botany (mainly in the 
schools) since the Congress of 1878; Instruction in vegetable 
physiology. The papers are published in a thick pamphlet of 
Over 400 pages. The September Journal of the: Linnean So- 
ciety contains: Supplementary notes on Restiacez, by Dr. M. 
T. Masters; Observations on continuity of protoplasm, by S. Le 
- Moore; On Rosanoff’s crystals in the endosperm-cells of 
Manihot glaziovii, by S. Le M. Moore; On venation and the 
methods of development of foliage as protection against radiation, 
y Geo. Henslow.—-E. A, Rau contributes a short list of Kan- 
Sas mosses to the fourth bulletin of the Washburn College Lab- 
Oratory of Natural History——Bertrand continues his paper on 
Phylloglossum in late numbers of Archives Botaniques du Nord 
de la France-———The thirty-eighth report of the New York State 
Museum of Natural History appears much earlier than usual, 
greatly to its advantage and usefulness. The report of the bot- 
anist contains descriptions of many species of fungi. The New 
York species of Lactarius and Pluteus are arranged and described. 
Every botanist will welcome the early appearance of this report. 
‘ay the vexatious delays of former years not occur again——— 
Limpricht’s Laubmoose (mosses), which will constitute Vol. 1v of 
the new edition of Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamenfiora, is announced 
by the publisher, Ed. Kummer, of Leipsig.——~Dr. Havard’s— 
report on the flora of Western and Southern Texas, in the Pro- 
