854 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST.  [Vor. XXXIX. 
The fungous diseases of orchard trees are considered by Wilcox in 
Bulletin no. 132 of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Three (edible) species of Coprinus are figured by Arthur in Bul- 
letin no. 98 of the Purdue University Experiment Station. 
Sclerotinia padi and the diseases it causes are described by Lam- 
bert in an illustrated article in Gartenflora of April ı. 
Nomenclatorial type specimens of plant species are discussed by 
Hitchcock in Science of May 26. In connection with some of the 
suggestions of this article should be read another, on general 
grounds, by Schuchert, in the same journal of June. 
A noteworthy monograph of the genus Nymphza, in quarto (xiii + 
279 pp. 30 pls.), by Conard, has recently appeared as Publication 
no. 4 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 
The development of Sarracenia purpurea is discussed by Shreve 
in The Johns Hopkins University Circular, no. 178. 
Maiden's revision of the genus Eucalyptus has reached the 6th 
part, ending with p. 180 and pl. 32. 
An anatomical study of Croomia paucifolia is published by Holm 
in Zhe American Journal of Science for July. 
A revision of the genus Zexmenia, by Jones, forms n. s., no. 30, of 
the " Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University," 
published as vol..41, no. 7, of the Proceedings of the American Academy 
of Arts and Sciences, issued June 23. 
Stages in the development of Sium cicutefolium are described by 
Shull in Publication no. 30 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 
: api publications on South American cacti are: Arechavaleta, 
ora Uruguaya,” 2 entrega, forming part of the Anales del Museo 
Nacional de Montevideo; and Spegazzini, * Cactacearum Platensium 
Tentamen,” in ser. 3, vol. 4, of the Anales del Museo Nacional de 
Buenos Aires, which Mr. Berger is summarizing in recent issues of 
the Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde. 
A paper on the haustoria of Santalum, by Barber, is published in 
The Indian Forester for April. 
per on the development of Phytolacca decandra, by Lewis, is 
brace in The Johns Hopkins University Circular, no. 178. 
