THE THIRD VOLUME of the ANNALS OF BOTANY contains the following contributions : AITCHISON: The source of Badsha or Royal Salep. BARBER: On the structure and development of the bulb in Laminaria bulbosa, Lamour. : The structure of Pachytheca. BOWER: On the pitcher of Nepenthes: a study in the morphology of the leaf. The comparative examination of the meristems of Ferns. COOKE and MASSEE: A new development of Ephelis. FARMER: Contributions to the morphology and physiology of pulpy fruits. FULTON: The dispersion of the spores of Fungi by the agency of insects, with special reference to the Phalloidei. GROOM: On the function of laticiferous tubes. HOOKER: Pachytheca. JOHNSON The nursing of the embryo and some other points in Myzodendron punctulatum, Banks et Sol. Lowe and JONES: Abnormal Ferns, Hybrids, and their parents. MACFARLANE: On pitchered insectivorous plants. MIYABE: On the life-history of Macrosporium parasiticum, Thüm. SCHUNCK: On the chemistry of chlorophyll. SCOTT and BREBNER: On the anatomy and histogeny of Strychnos. No. XII, the concluding part of Vol. III, containing index of current literature and necrology for 1889, is in preparation and will be issued shortly. Vol. IV. No. XV. AUGUST, 1890. Price 10s. 6d. ANNALS OF BOTANY EDITED BY ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F. R.S. QUEEN'S BOTANIST IN SCOTLAND, PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY SYDNEY HOWARD VINES, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, AND SHERARDIAN PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND WILLIAM GILSON FARLOW, M.D. PROFESSOR OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. ASSISTED BY OTHER BOTANISTS London HENRY FROWDE, AMEN CORNER, E.C. Oxford CLARENDON PRESS DEPOSITORY, 116 High Street 1890 Printed by HORACE HART, at the CLARENDON PRESS, Oxford.-Issued September, 1890. OLIVER, F. W.-On Sarcodes sanguinea, Torr. (With Plates XVII, RIDLEY, H. N.-On the method of fertilization in Bulbophyllum BOWER, F. O.-On antithetic as distinct from homologous Alternation of Generations in Plants PAGE 303 . 327 337 347 NOTES. VAIZEY, J. R.-Alternation of Generations in Green Plants DRUCE, G. CLARIDGE.-Spergula pentandra, L. as an Irish Plant GREEN, J. R.-On the changes in the endosperm of Ricinus communis during germination 371 378 383 The subscription price of each volume of the Annals of Botany is thirty shillings (paid in advance), and the parts, four in number, are supplied to subscribers as they appear. Non-subscribers are charged at a higher rate, the price of individual parts varying according to size. Subscribers should send their names with subscription to Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, London, E.C. Each contributor to the Annals of Botany is entitled to receive gratis twenty-five copies of his paper, and may purchase additional copies if he informs the Editors of his wishes in this respect when he returns corrected proofs. The price of these additional copies will depend upon the amount of text and the number of plates in the paper. Communications from intending contributors should be addressed to the Editors at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. ANNALS OF BOTANY EDITED BY ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. QUEEN'S BOTANIST IN SCOTLAND, PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY SYDNEY HOWARD VINES, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, AND SHERARDIAN PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND WILLIAM GILSON FARLOW, M.D. PROFESSOR OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. ASSISTED BY OTHER BOTANISTS London HENRY FROWDE, AMEN CORNER, E.C. Oxford CLARENDON PRESS DEPOSITORY, 116 HIGH STREET 1891 Printed by HORACE HART, at the CLARENDON PRESS, Oxford. CONTENTS. RECORD OF CURRENT LITERATURE FOR 1890. PAGE i-cxviii The subscription price of each volume of the Annals of Botany is thirty shillings (paid in advance), and the parts, four in number, are supplied to subscribers as they appear. Non-subscribers are charged at a higher rate, the price of individual parts varying according to size. Subscribers should send their names with subscription to Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, London, E.C. Each contributor to the Annals of Botany is entitled to receive gratis twenty-five copies of his paper, and may purchase additional copies if he informs the Editors of his wishes in this respect when he returns corrected proofs. The price of these additional copies will depend upon the amount of text and the number of plates in the paper. Communications from intending contributors should be addressed to the Editors at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. |