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Pqllendee, A.—Chromsaure ein Losungsmittel fur Pollenin und 
Cutin, nebst einer neuen Untersucliung iiber das cbemische 
Yerbalten dieser beiden Stoffe. Pot. Zeit. 1862, p. 385. An¬ 
nouncing chromic acid as a solvent of cuticle and the extine of 
Pollen-granules. 
Peillieux, Ed.— Observations sur une fleur dimere de Cattleya 
amethystina. Bull. Soc. Bot. ix. p. 275. Each verticil of the 
perianth consisted of two opposite segments, the verticils decus^ 
sating. The two inner lobes each presented the form of a normal 
labellum. The relation of this dimerous form to the genus Mcele- 
nia of Dumortier is pointed out, 
Puel, T.—Eevue Critique de la Elore du Departement du Lot 
(suite). Bull. Soc. Bot ix. p. 399. 
Baxd, E. S. jr.—The Heather ( Calluna vulgaris) a native of the 
United States. Am. Journ. xxxiii. (1862), p 4 22. Notice of a 
station within 20 miles of Boston. It is regarded as indigenous. 
Begel, E.—Elora der Gebiete des Bussischen Beiches oestlich vom 
Altai bis nach Kamtschatka und dem Bussischen Nordamerika, 
nach den von G. Badde und andern gesammelten Pflanzen 
bearbeitet. Bd. i. Hft. 2. Moskau. 1862. Yiolarieae to Caryo- 
phyllaceae ( Spergularia ). Of many of the more critical and 
variable genera, subgenera, and species, a Conspectus, or Synopsis, 
is given of the species, varieties, or forms, as the case may be, 
which they include, as Viola, Parnassia , Polygala , Lychnis , sect. 
Gasterolychnis. In the genera or subgenera, these are generally 
limited to the species of the Bussian empire. 
— -Elora Ussuriensis. St. Petersburg, 1862, 1 vol. 4to. pp. 282* 
with 12 plates. 
-- Ueber Betulaceen. Bot. Zeit. 1862, p. 100. Observations 
upon Prof. Grisebach’s criticisms of the author’s Monograph of 
Betulaceae. 
-Noch einmal Petula alba, L. und deren Abarten P. alba- 
verrucosa und pubescens. Ibid. p. 329. 
■—- Conspectus specierum generis Aconiti quae in Elora 
Bossicaet in regionibus adjacentibus inveniuntur. A. S. N. ser. iv. 
p. 144. {vide N. IT. B. ii. p. 458.) 
—,- Vide Maximowicz. 
Beichenbach, H. E. (fil.) — leones Elorae Germanicae et Helveticae. 
Yol. xx. Linaria to end of volume, including remainder of 
Scrophulariaceae, Orobancheae, Acanthaceae, Globularieae, Len- 
tibularieae. 
— -Xenia Orchidacea. Yol. ii. pts. i. ii. Leipzig, 1862. New 
genera taken up from the author’s descriptions in Otto’s ITamb. 
Gartenzeit. 1860, are Stauropsis and Grammanyis (the latter near 
Grammatophyllum and Cymbidium). This part includes a review 
of the genera Phalamopsis, Doritis, and Stauropsis. The genus 
JEsmeralda is based upon Vanda Gathcarti, Lindl. 
-Kleinere Mittheilungen : 1. Hieracium Medusae; and 2. X)i- 
N. H. R.—1863. 2 S 
