ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 5T 



General. 



Note3 on Styraceae.* — Janet Perkins gives descriptions of some new- 

 species of Sty rax from tropical America, and a list of all known tropical 

 Asiatic species of the genus arranged in clavis form. A few new species 

 are described from China and Sumatra. 



Revision of the Species of Lisianthus.f — The same author con- 

 tributes a systematic revision of the fifteen species of this West Indian 

 and Central American genus of Gentianaceae. 



Monograph of the Myricaceae.J — Aug. Chevalier gives an exhaus- 

 tive monograph of this family, including a brief historical introduction, 

 a general detailed account of the anatomy, histology, and organography 

 of its members, and a systematic revision of the species, including full 

 descriptions and notes on geographical distribution. He restores to- 

 generic rank Gale, which includes the common species Myrica Gale L. v 

 and Comptonia, which comprises the Canadian Myrica asplenifolia L. 



Floral Distribution in the Alpine Zone.§ — P. Jaccard discusses 

 the factors which determine the plant distribution in alpine zones, and 

 formulates a number of laws by which it is governed. 



Plant-Formations and Flora of South Bulgaria.! — J. Podpera 

 describes the topographic and climatic condition of the country and the 

 various plant-formations. He then begins an enumeration of the plants, 

 among which are included several new species, varieties, and forms. 



Chinese Flora.1T — The continuation of Forbes' and Hemsley's 

 Enumeration of Plants from China and adjoining Islands, part xiii., 

 contains the Gymnosperms. Dr. Masters has elaborated the Conifers 

 and Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer the Cycads. This portion completes a 

 volume (Stylidiese to Cycadacea?) and is an index number. 



Flora of Uruguay.** — J. Arechavaleta supplies notes on various 

 species of seed-plants and descriptions of new species of lonidiam, 

 Monnina, Gordia, Hypericum, and Eriocaidon. . 



Monograph of North and Central American Species of Senecio.ff 

 — J. M. Greenman gives the first part of his monograph. It comprises 

 a general account of the morphology of the genus, a review of the 

 systematic grouping of the species in sections and subgenera, a nominal 

 enumeration of the species in their respective sections, and an account 

 of their geographical distribution. The second part, which is to follow, 

 will contain the special systematic portion. 



Notes on Australian Botany. — R. H. Cambage \% continues his. 

 notes on the botany of a portion of^ the interior of New South Wales,, 

 the present instalment forming part vi. 



* Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xxxi. (1902) pp. 478-88. f Tom. cit., pp. 489-94. 



X Mem. Soc. Natur. d«rs Sci. Nat. et Math. Cherbourg, xxxii. (1902) pp. 85-340' 

 (8 pis. and 1 map). 



§ Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat., ser. 4, xxxviii. (1902) pp. 69-130 (5 pls.\ 



I! Verhandl. k. k. Zool.-bot. Ues. Wien, lii. (1902) pp. 608-64. 



\ Journ. Linn. Soc, xxvi. (1902) pp. 537-92. 



** Anal. Museo Naeion. Montevideo, iv. (1902) pp. 1-24 (5 pis. and 3 figs, in text). 

 tt Engl. Bot. Jalub., xxxii. (1902) pp. 1-33. 

 XX Proc. Linn. Soc. New Soutli Wales, xxvii. (1902) pp. 186-204 (3 pis.). 



