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IN the Journal of Botany for August Mr. J. G. Baker concludes his notes on British Rubi, and Messrs. Roy and Bisset contribute the second and concluding part of their notes on Japanese Desmids (illustrated).—The number for September commences with an interesting and important paper by Mr. G. Massee, on the structure and functions of the subterranean parts of Lathrœa squamaria, L. (also illustrated). He regards the plant as of saprophytic rather than parasitic habit, the disks or haustoria on which its parasitism depends being frequently entirely absent from old plants. In some instances, but not all, the roots are covered with the mycelium of a fungus similar to that described by Kamienski in the case of Monotropa.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 34, 610–611 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034610b0
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