Vol. IV. No. XIII. NOVEMBER, 1889.

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ANNALS OF BOTANY

EDITED BY

ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F. R.S.

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY

AND KEEPER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH

SYDNEY HOWARD VINES, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, AND SHERARDIAN PROFESSOR OF BOTANY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

AND

WILLIAM GILSON FARLOW, M.D.

PROFESSOR OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A.

ASSISTED BY OTHER BOTANISTS

London

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Oxford

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1889

Printed by HORACE HART, at the CLARENDON PRESS, Oxford.—Issued January, 1890.

Vol. IV. No. XIII. NOVEMBER, 1889.

Price 12s. 6d.

ANNALS OF BOTANY

EDITED BY

ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY

AND KEEPER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH

SYDNEY HOWARD VINES, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, AND SHERARDIAN PROFESSOR OF BOTANY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

AND

WILLIAM GILSON FARLOW, M.D.

PROFESSOR OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS, USA.

ASSISTED BY OTHER BOTANISTS

London

HENRY FROWDE, AMEN CORNER, E.C.

Oxford

CLARENDON Press depositTORY, 116 HIGH STREET

1889

Printed by HORace Hart, at the CLARENDON Paiss, Oxford - Tused January, ata

CONTENTS.

MASSEE, GEORGE.-A monograph of the British Gastromycetes.
(With Plates I, II, III, and IV)

BARBER, C. A.-On a change of flowers to tubers in Nymphaea
Lotus, var. monstrosa. (With Plate V)

BATESON, ANNA.-On the change of shape exhibited by turgescent
pith in water.

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WAGER, HAROLD W. T.-Observations on the structure of the nuclei
in Peronospora parasitica during the formation of the oospore.
(With Plate VI)
SCOTT, D. H.-On some recent progress in our knowledge of the
anatomy of plants.

NOTES.

GARDINER, WALTER.-A new application of Photography to the demonstration of certain physiological processes in Plants

MASTERS, MAXWELL T.-Double-flowered Ceanothus

BOWER, F. O.-On Dr. Macfarlane's observations on Pitchered
Insectivorous Plants. (With Woodcuts 1, 2, 3)

Bower, F. O.-Attempts to induce aposporous developments in
Ferns

KEAN, A. L.-A lily-disease in Bermuda

KEAN, A. L.-The onion-disease in Bermuda

Bennett, AlfrED W.-A hybrid Desmid. (With Woodcut 4)
BENNETT, ALFRED W.-Vaucheria-galls. (With Woodcut 5).
FARMER, J. BRETLAND.-The stomata in the fruit of Iris pseuda-
corus, Linn. (With Woodcuts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
JOHNSON, T.-Mystropetalon Thomii, Harv.

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