
762 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. | [Vor. XXXVI. 
Errera, after the plan of the “Contributions ” from various other 
scientific establishments and laboratories. It is to contain original 
contributions and reprints of studies from the laboratory that have 
been published elsewhere. Rather curiously, it begins with Vol. V, 
but the first four volumes of the series are definitely planned and 
are promised for the early future. In form and style the Recueil 
is excellent. As would be expected from Professor Errera's own 
studies, the contents of this volume, as well as of the other four that 
are promised, are largely physiological or cytological. 
Under the title 72e Mew Phytologist, a new British journal, edited 
by Professor Tansley, has made its appearance in London. Among 
other things, the first number contains *A Revision of the Classifi- 
cation of the Green Algae," by Blackman and Tansley. 
A new botanical journal, entitled Magyar Botanikai Lapok ( Un- 
garische Botanische Bilitter), is published at Budapest, beginning 
with January of this year. 
The index to new species and varieties published in Engler's 
Botanische Jahrbücher, Vols. XXVI- XXX, occupies 45 double- 
column pages of the concluding number of the last-named volume. 
The April Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club contains the fol- 
lowing papers: Salmon, “Supplementary Notes on the Erysipha- 
cem"; Cook, “Development of the Embryo Sac and Embryo of 
Castalia odorata and Nymphea advena" ; Piper, “New and Note- 
worthy Northwestern Plants, VI"; Arthur, * New Species of Uredi- 
nex, II"; and Rydberg, * Studies on the Rocky Mountain Flora, 
Vink.” 
The Ottawa Naturalist for March contains papers on the botany 
of the West and Northwest by Macoun and Greene. 
No. 2 of the Biltmore Botanical Studies, dated April 30, 1902; 
contains the following papers:  Beadle, *New Species of Thorns 
from the Southeastern States, IL"; Boynton, “Studies in the Genus 
Amorpha" ; Boynton, *Two New Southern Species of Coreopsis” ; 
Boynton, “Notes from a Collector's Field Book"; Harbison, “A 
Sketch of the Sand Mountain Flora" ; Harbison, *New or Little- 
Known Species of Trillium, II" ; Beadle, * Studies in Philadelphus ie 
Beadle, «Two Drupaceous Ties pU australis and P. mitis) 
from Alabama." 
The January number of the Buletin of the Wisconsin Natural 
ies Society contains the following botanical articles: Brunchen, 
* Studies in Plant Distribution” ; ; Graenicher, * Flowers adapted 
