THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXXVI II. 



Botanique. 



Anatomico-ecological studies of Tillandsia are published by Mez 

 in Vol. 40, Heft 2, of Jahrbiicher fiir wissenschaftUche Botanik. 



The Germination of Amaryllidaceai is considered by Worsley in 

 the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of May. 



A reprint of Bradbury's " Travels in the Interior of America," 

 second edition, London, 1819, which forms vol. 5 of Thwaites' 

 "Early Western Travels," contains a list of plants collected about 

 St. Louis and on the Missouri River. 



Under the title "Contributions to our knowledge of the flora of the 

 Rocky Mountains," Aven Nelson has collected as a thesis for the 

 Doctor's degree his more important papers published in various jour- 

 nals between 1898 and 1904. 



The opening fascicle of vol. 5 of Urban's "Symbolaj AntiUana" 

 contains revisions of Smilax (by Schulz), Celastracete (by Urban), 

 and Sapotaceffi, in part (by Pierre and Urban). 



Under the heading "Trabajos de la Oficina de Historia Natural," 

 the Colombian government is publishing a series of papers on the 

 botany of that country, by Cortes. 



The first fascicle of vol. 2 of Arechavaleta's " Flora Uraguayana," 

 has been issued by the Museo Nacional de Montevideo, as a part of 

 Its A?iales. 



Volume 2 of Wood's "Natal Plants " is completed by the issuance 

 of part 4, dealing with grasses. 



28 of the new series of "Contributions from the Gray Her- 



of Harvard Univers 



forming vol. 40, no. i, of the Fr 



of Arts and Sciences, and issued c 



ceedin^s of the American Aca. 



July i8th, contains the following papers : Robinson and Greenman, 

 Revision of the Genus Sabazia, Revision of the Mexican and Cen- 

 fr.i Species of Trixis, and Revision of the Mexican and 



can Species of Hieracium ; Fernald, Synopsis of the 

 Mexican and Central American Species of Alnus, and Some New 

 Dn-!^' ' ^It'^'can and Nicaraguan Dicotyledons ; and Greenman, 

 to'jlmer' ' ^- """'^ "'^'^^ Mexican and Central American Sperma- 



Central Ameri 



