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THE AMERICA X NATURALIST. [Vol,. XXXVII. 



Papers on Chantransia effloresce ns — by Lehmann, derithrifying 



Hinze, are contained in the Kiel Abtheilung of n. F. VI, of the 

 •' Wissensehaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen " of the Kommission zur 

 wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen der deutschen Meere. 



The concluding part (no. 3-6) of Vol. XVI of the Annates des 

 Sciences Naturcllcs. Botanique, issued in December, consists of an 

 extended discussion <>f the ( >chnacea\ by Van Tieghem. 



A paper on Drosera, by Heinricher, is contained in the Zeitschrift 

 des Ferdinandeums fur Tirol und Vorarlberg, far 1902. 



A note on Melocactus seedlings, by Suringar, is contained in the 

 Bcrichtc der Deutschen Botanischen Gcscllschaft of December 23. 



An account of the "ayotli," or native gourds, of Mexico, by 

 Urbina, is in course of publication in the Anales del Museo National 

 de Mexico : beginning with the issue of December. 



A habit-photogram of a fine American Elm is contained in 

 Country Life in America for January. 



A largely illustrated paper on the morphology and ecology of the 

 Indian Podo-stemacea;, by Dr. Willis, director of the garden, consti- 

 tutes part 4 of Vol. I of the Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya. 



An interesting account of the tuberiferous Coitus coppini, by 

 Heckel, is contained in fascicle 2 of the Annates de lTnstitut Colonial 

 de Marseille, Vol. VIII. 



An illustrated account of Carludovica jamaicensis, by Fawcett and 

 Harris, is published in the October number of the Bulletin of the 

 Botanical Department, Jamaica. 



Notices of the Elephant's trunk Banana, Musa wilsoni, with illus- 

 trations, appear in the Gardener's Chronicle for December 20 and 27. 



Brodicea bicolor is described by Suksdorf in The West American 



School Science iox January contains an article on The cocoanut — 



A phylogenetic study of Ginkgo, Cephalotaxus, and the Taxaceae, 

 by von Spiess, is appearing in current numbers of the CEstcrreichische 

 Botanische Zeitschrift. 



