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Hop (1 pi.) ” : G. E. Osterhout discusses the identity of Geranium 
ccespitosum James ; and E. M. Andrews describes and figures “ Ab¬ 
normal elaters of Porella platyphyllaP 
The Bulletin of the Tor rep Botanical Club for January contains 
papers on “ The Histology of certain Orchids with reference to muci¬ 
lage secretion and crystal formation,” by Edna N. Smith (1 plate) ; 
“ Apogamy in Phegopteris polypodioidesf by E. D. W. Brown; and 
a continuation of Hr. Britton’s “ Studies of West Indian Plants,” 
containing numerous new species from Cuba and Trinidad. 
Torreya (Nov.-Dee. 1922) contains a paper by Bayard Long on 
Sonchus uliginosus —a plant of eastern Europe and Asia—which was 
first noticed in Pennsylvania in 1917 and is spreading throughout 
the Philadelphia area. 
In Bhodora for January M. L. Fernald names as var. Hookeriana 
the “ Southern variety of Thelypteris fragransf and describes a new 
variety ( torree-novee ) of Tanacetum huronense ; It. H. Wetmore gives 
a list of the “ Plants of the Hamilton Inlet and Lake Melville 
Region, Labrador ” ; E. M. Gress notes the occurrence in Pennsyl¬ 
vania of Falcaria Bivini. 
The A?i7iales du Jardin B otanique de Buitenzorg (vol. xxxii. 
pt. 2) contains “ Periodisclier Laubfall bei Breynia cernuaf by J. J. 
Smith; “ Periodische Bliitenbildung bei einigen Orchideen,” by lb 
Aneus ; “ Der Ambrosia-Pilz der Termiten,” by A. llaat (4 plates) ; 
and a long and interesting paper (in English) by W. D. van Leeuwen 
on “ The Vegetation in 1921 of the island of Sebesy, situated in the 
Sunda Strait near the islands of the Krakatau group ” ; a list of the 
vascular plants of the island (2 plates) is appended. 
The Transactions and Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of 
Natural Science (vol. vii. pt. 4 ; 1922) contains a paper by Mr. J. 
11. Matthews, illustrated by maps, on “ The Distribution of the Perth¬ 
shire Flora ” and a notice by Janies Menzies of Charles MTntosh 
(1839-1922), of whom some account appeared in the last volume of 
this Journal (p. 188). 
In Arkiv for Botanik, 1, xix. no. 11, Mr. Thore C. E. Fries has a 
long paper, containing descriptions of many new species, on “Die 
Alchemilla-Avten des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare and Mt. Elgon,” largely 
based upon specimens collected by him in the spring of last year 
in the regions named. 
The Orchid Bevieiv for March contains a paper by Mr. Itams- 
bottom on “The Capacity of Orchids to survive in the Struggle 
for Existence,” in which he controverts a theory propounded by 
Mr. Oakes Ames in the same journal for August last as to the occur¬ 
rence of orchids in Krakatau, as to which he sees no special difficulty. 
The New Phytologist (20 Feb.) contains a continuation of the 
paper on “ Permeability,” by Walter Styles and of the conclusion of 
the “Physiological Studies in Plant Anatomy,” by J. H. Priestley and 
J. Ewing. 
