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(Funck) Brid. (Mielichhoferia nitida, Hornsch.); Leptobryum 
pyriforme, (L.) Wils. and Pohklia acuminata, Hornsch. (Webera 
acuminata, Schimp). We commend this work to students of 
American mosses, for its conscientious historical research and 
concise descriptions. Be GB, 
Monographie der Gattung Stylosanthes. P.Taubert. (Verhand. 
Bot. Ver. Brandenburg, xxxii. Reprinted). 
This is the first time since the publication of De Candolle’s 
Prodromus Vol. ii, in 1825, that the species of this Leguminous 
genus have been treated of collectively. Herr Taubert now 
recognizes 22. Of these two are North American: TJ. dzflora 
(L.) B.S. P. (S. elatior, Sw.; Trifolium biflorum, L.) the bino- 
nial attributed by the author to himself, probably not being in- 
formed of the fact that it was used in 1888 by the authors of the 
Preliminary Catalogue of Plants growing within one hundred 
miles of New York, and S. hamata (L.), Taub. (S. procumbens, 
Sw.; Hedysarum hamatum, L.), the latter a common West 
Indian plant, occurring also in Florida and including, according to 
him, Curtis No. 609 from Tennessee. S. Schaffneri from Mex- 
ico, S. sympodialis from Ecuador and S. Pohliana from Brazil 
are described as new. Of the 22 species, only five occur in the 
Old World. Herr Taubert, it will be noticed, maintains the 
earliest specific names. Ny hi Os 
Index to Recent Literature on North American Botany. 
Abies Fraseri. (Gard. Chron. viii. 684, 685, fig. 132). 
Abrus precatorius—Ucber. Prof. Kobert. (Sitzungsb. Naturf. 
Gesell. Dorpat, ix. 114-117). 
Araucaria imbricata. (Gard. Chron. viii. 587, 588, figs. 117, 118 
also full page illustration). 
Aristolochia grandiflora. (Gard. & For. iii. 596, figs. 78-80). 
This remarkable plant, native of the West Indies and tropical 
America generally, has recently flowered at the nursery of Mr. 
E. D. Sturtevant, at Bordentown, N. J. The flowers are among 
the largest of any known, one reaching the extraordinary dimen- 
sions of twelve by eighteen inches, with forty-two inches of tail, or 
a total length of five feet. 4 
