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vue de la localit^ d'oü elles proviennent, telles que: Lotus 

 biflonis Desf., Vicia oroboides Wulf., Peucedanum verticillare DC, 

 Euphorbia variabilis- Ges., Pentapera sicula Klotzsch, Armeria 

 vulgaris W. var. denticulata (Bertel); Convolvnlus sabatius Viv., 

 Linaria reflexa Desf. var. Castellii Nie, Teucrium glaucnm 

 Beg., Valeriana celtica L., Antliemis montana L. var. grandi- 

 flora Ten.; enfin dans cette centurie figurent d'intöressantes series 

 de Primula, Linaria, Euphrasia, Pedicularis, Teucrium, Galium, 

 Centaurea et Leontodon. R. Pampanini. 



Gage, A. T., Hedyotis sisaparensis, a hitherto undescribed 

 Indian species. (Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society 

 of Bengal. New Series. Vol. 1. No. 9. 1905, issued 10. January 

 1906. p. 32.) 



The new species is allied to H. mollis Wall, from which it is 

 distinguished by the pseudo-pedicellate flowers being arranged in 

 axillary bracteate cymes, in groups of three on the secondary pe- 

 duncles. F. E. Fritsch. 



GiBSON, W. H,, Our native Orchids. A series ofdrawings 

 from nature of all the species found in the North- 

 eastern United States. VVith descriptive text elabo- 

 rated from the author's notes by Helena Leeming 

 jelliffe. (New York. Doubleday, Page <& Co., 1905. 8". XXXV, 

 158 pp. 58 pl., and 17 text figures. 1,35 Doli.) 



The late W. Hamilton Gibson was an amateur in the sense 

 of loving nature, and like many amateurs he had a distaste for 

 nomenclatorial and other impedimenta with which the professional 

 botanist finds himself loaded. Before his death he had used his 

 pencil effectively in recording the general characters and the poUi- 

 nation adaptions of native orchids, among the many plants that the 

 had sketched. The present book presents somewhat incomplete 

 generic analyses and habit Sketches of species in this family, within 

 the regional limits noted in the title. The text accompaniement of his 

 figures is popularly written. If a criticism of the. book were to be 

 expressed it would refer to the employment of the Neoamerican 

 nomenclature of species without an accompanying reference to the 

 names by which they are known in the writings of Darwin and 

 Gray, from when the artist drew his inspiration. Trelease. 



Hayata, B., Onthe distribution of the Formosan Conifers. 

 (Bot. Mag. Tokyo. Vol. XIX. 1905. p. 43—60.) 



The author calls attention to the similarity of the floras of 

 China, Japan and Formosa with respect to conifers. He ob- 

 serves that the conifers of Formosa are much more like to those 

 of Japan than those of China, in spite of the geographical proxi- 

 mity. Taking into account this fact, he has come to the conclusion 

 that Japan and Formosa must have been in a more close con- 

 nection than they are now, The land mass which has been geologi- 

 cally suggested to have existed between Japan and Formosa, will 

 also botanically hold good to account for the similarity of the two 

 floras. He found that the Chino-Japanese flora is naturally divided 

 into two florules i. e 1. Central Florules, including centro-southern 

 China, 2. Border Florule, including north China, Japan and 



