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NOTES (continued). 
Bower, F. O. — Preliminary note on the formation of Gemmae on 
Trichomanes alatum . . . . . . . . 183 
Balfour, Isaac Bayley. — ‘ Coco-nut,’ not ‘Cocoa-nut ’ . . 184 
NOTICES OF BOOKS, 
Die morphologische und chemische Zusammensetzung des Protoplasmas , 
von Dr. Frank Schwarz . . . . . . . 187 
Monog ra ph iae Phanerogamertim , Prodromi nunc continuation nunc 
revisio editoribus et pro parte auctoribus Alph. et Cas. de Can- 
dolle. Vol. V, Pars II ; Ampelideaen auctore J. E. Planchon 195 
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED 201 
Nos. HI & IV. 
Woodworth, W. M c Michael. — T he apical cell of Fucus. (With 
Plate X) 203 
Johnson, T. — The procarpium and fruit in Gracilaria confervoides, 
Grev. (With Plate XI) 213 
Green, J. R. — On the germination of the tuber of the Jerusalem Arti- 
choke (Helianthus tuberosus) . . . . . . 223 
Oliver, F. W. — On the sensitive labellum of Masdevallia muscosa, 
Rchb. f. (With Plate XII) 237 
Bateson, Anna. — T he effect of cross-fertilization on inconspicuous 
flowers 255 
Sanford, Elmer. — M icroscopical anatomy of the common Cedar- 
Apple (Gymnosporangium Macropus). (With Plate XIII) . 263 
Bower, F. O. — On some normal and abnormal developments of the 
oophyte in Trichomanes. (With Plates XIV, XV, XVI) . 269 
Scott, D. H. — On the floating-roots of Sesbania aculeata, Pers. 
(With Plate XVII) . 307 
Williamson, W. C. — On some anomalous cells developed within the 
interior of the vascular and cellular tissues of the fossil 
plants of the coal measures. (With Plate XVIII) . . 315 
Marshall-Ward, H. — Some recent publications bearing on the 
question of the sources of nitrogen in plants . . . 325 
NOTES. 
Clarke, C. B. — On Acalypha indica, Linn. (With woodcut 6) . 359 
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. — Calcareous deposit in Hieronyma alchor- 
neoides, Allem 361 
Gardiner, W. — On the power of contractility exhibited by the pro- 
toplasm of certain plant-cells . . . . . . 362 
Balfour, Isaac Bayley. — T he replum in Cruciferae . . . 367 
NOTICES OF BOOKS AND PAPERS. 
Ueberdie Cultur flechtenbildender Ascomyceten ohne Algen , von Alfred 
Moeller 369 
Ueber die Abhdngigkeit der Assimilation griiner Zellen von Hirer 
Sauer st off at h m u ng, und den Ort, wo der im Assimilationsacte 
der Pfianzenzelle gebildete Sauerstoff entsteht , von N. Pring- 
sheim ........... 371 
Das pflanzenphysiologische Praktikum, von W. Detmer . . . 375 
Einleitung in die Palaophytologie , von H. Grafen zu Solms-Laubach 376 
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED 379 
NECROLOGY FOR 1887 381 
RECORD OF CURRENT LITERATURE ...... xliii-cx 
