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and the species of which have been well described.—Charles E. 
Bessey. 
Watson’s CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN Borany, x1t—This 
contribution, published June 2, in the Proceedings of the American 
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. xx1, includes the following, 
viz: 1. List of plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in South- 
western Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1885. 11. Descriptions of.new 
species of plants, chiefly from the Pacific States and Chihuahua. 
u1. Notes upon plants collected in the Department of Yzabal, 
Guatemala, February to April, 1885—1. Ranunculacez to Conna- 
racee. Iv. Notes upon some palms of Guatemala. Many new 
Species are described in these four papers, and in the third and 
fourth we have an introduction to a little-known botanical field. 
The notes upon the palms of Guatemala are particularly inter- 
esting, : 
BOTANY AT THE APPROACHING MEETING OF THE A. A. A. S— © 
The conditions are all favorable to an excellent meeting at Buf- 
falo in August, and a large attendance of botanists is confidently 
expected, It is hoped that there will be more botanists present 
than at any previous meeting. Let it be remembered that there 
are two organizations before which botanical papers may be read, 
viz: The Biological section (F) of the Association, and the Bo- 
tanical Club. Before the latter all the shorter and less important 
matters should be brought, such as local lists, notes, notelets, 
aboratory suggestions, etc., etc. Let only she dest papers 
entered for reading before Section F. Let the effort be continued 
to rescue botany from the discredit into which it had fallen. Let 
the charge of superficiality in papers and discussions be made no 
longer true. 
Boranica, News.—Millspaugh’s American Medicinal Plants, | 
published by Bærick & Tafel, of Philadelphia, has reached its 
fourth fascicle, carrying the number of plants thus far figured and 
described up to one hundred and twenty. The work is very well 
done, and merits the success which it has evidently attained. 
Paper of a good deal of value 
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