Nos. 455-45^^-] AVTES AND LITER. I 



Opimtia nitihi is figured in the Monatsschnft fiir Kakieenkunde of 

 July lo. 



Ailantns VHmoriniana, a Chinese species, recently introduced into 

 France, is described- and figured by Dode in the Revue Horticole of 

 Sept. 1 6. 



Two segregates of Kiihus arguttis Randii are described by Blanch- 

 ard in The AmerkaJi Botanist of July. 



A very large tree of Queniis alba is described and figured by 



The fruit of Melocanna, a viviparous grass without endosperm, is 

 described by Stapf in Vol. 6, part 9, of the current botanical series of 

 Transadmis of the Lwnean Society of Loudon. 



iUustrations, is published by Pilger in Engler's Botanische Jahrbiicher 

 of August 16. 



The aerating nodal roots of Bambusa are discussed by Monte 

 martini, in Vol. 3, fascicle 2, of the Coniribuzioni alia Biologia Vege 

 faleoi the Palermo botanical institute. 



The root structure of North American terrestrial orchids is con- 

 sidered b\' Holm in The American foiu nal of Science for September. 



A study of the Corbularia group of Narcissus is published by 

 Bureau m No. 1-2 of the current volume of the Bulletin de la Societe 

 des Sciences Natnrelles de r Quest de la France. 



A synopsis of the varieties of pineapple cultivated in Florida is 

 given by Hume and Miller in Bulletin 70 of the Experiment Station 

 of that State. 



No. 23 of Holm's ''Studies in the Cyperacea-," published in 77ie 

 American journal of Science for October, deals witii morphological 

 aspects of the inflorescence. 



No. 2 of Blanta' Noiue vcl Minus Cogint.c ex Hcrlnirio Horti 

 Thenensis, dated in June last, contains a considerable number of 

 Cyperacea,' by Clarke. 



the Life History ^of Pinus with Special Reference to Sporogenesis, 

 the Development of the Gametophytes and Fertilization," by Miss 

 Ferguson, forms a thick brochure of Vol. 6 of the Proceedings of 

 file JVas/iington Academy of Sciences, issued on October 4th. 



