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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST 



A Revision of the Japanese Umbelliferse, by Yabe, is contained 

 in Vol. XVI of the Journal of the College of Science of the Tokyo 

 University. 



The first part of Abbe Leveille's Monograph of the Genus Ono- 

 thera, illustrated with numerous photograms from herbarium sheets, 

 and anatomical and other details, has been issued by the author at 

 Le Mans. Two other fascicles are promised for the early part of 

 1903 and 1904, respectively. 



The alders of Japan are revised by Matsumura in Vol. XVI of 

 the Journal of the College of Science of the Tokyo University. 



Habit and bark photograms of Pinus inops are published by Pro- 

 fessor Rothreck in Forest Leaves for August. 



The Fern Bulletin for July contains the following principal articles : 

 Anthony, " Fern Hunting in Nassau " ; Watkins, " Some Ferns of 

 the Sierra Nevada Range"; Eaton, "The Genus Equisetum in 

 North America " ; Gilbert, " Georgia Ferns " ; Clute, " Botrychium 

 tematum and obliquum " ■ and a continuation of Clute's list of 

 fernworts collected in Jamaica. 



The genus Selaginella receives a considerable addition in new 

 species in a paper by Hieronymous, in Hedwigia for August. 



An extensive and largely illustrated paper on the mosses of 

 Alaska, by Cardot and Theriot, forms a brochure of Vol. IV of the 

 Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, issued July 31. 

 The paper is based on collections made by members of the Harri- 

 man Alaska Expedition in 1899, and is No. 29 of the "Papers from 

 the Harriman Alaska Expedition." 



The coralline algae of Japan form the subject of a largely illus- 

 trated paper by Yendo, in Vol. XVI of the Journal of the College of 

 Science of the Tokyo University. 



No. 3 of the University of Maine Studies consists of a preliminary 

 list of Maine fungi, by Ricker. 



Bulletin No. q6 of the Kentucky Experiment Station is in part 

 devoted to poisonous and edible mushrooms, illustrated by a num- 

 ber of good photograms. 



Torrendia, a gasteromycetous Amanitopsis, is described and fig- 

 ured by Bresadola in fascicle 2 of the current volume of Atti delta 

 I. R. Accademia degli Aggiati in Rovereto. 



