Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 551 



ansprüchen^ steht mit diesen Thatsachen in Uebereinstimmung. Die 

 wärmere Periode scheint einem nicht weit hinter uns liegenden Theil der 

 Postglacialzeit anzugehören oder etwas früher bestanden zu haben, als 

 der höchste Stand des Litorinameeres. Aus derselben Zeit stammen 

 übrigens auch die ältesten bekannten Funde von Kulturgeräthen aus der 

 neolithischen Steinzeit Schwedens. M. Rikli. 



Busch, N., Tabelle zum Bestimmen der Trigonella- 

 Arten aus der Krim und dem Kaukasus. (Act. Hort. 

 Jurjew. Bd. III. 1902. p. 166—167. Russisch.) 



Die Tabelle ist für 16 Arten ausgearbeitet; bei jeder Art wird ganz 



kurz Verbreitung und Vorkommen angegeben. G. Westberg (Riga). 



DUTHIE, J., Flora of the Upper Gangetic Piain etc. 



The area dealt with comprises 196 000 sq. miles. It contains the 

 whole Gangetic Piain as far as the confines of Bengal; also the 

 Siwalik Hills and the Sub-Himalayan tracts from the Jumna to 

 the Gandak. Their is an excellent map. Vol. I contains, the Orders as 

 far as Campaimlaceae, Vol. II those from Pliimbaginaceae to Gramineae. 

 The appendix affords a few remarks on the history of botanical research 

 within the area, and a brief account of the physical features of the 

 country in relation to plant distribution. W. C. Worsdell. 



Eastwood, Alice, N e w s p e c i e s of western plant s. (Bulletin 



of the Torrey Botanical Club. XXX. p. 483—502. Sept. 



1903.) 



Zygadenns micranthns, AUiiini Hickmanl, Fritülaria Brandegel, Iris 

 aniabilis, Chorizanthe villosa, Spragnea eximia, Silene graiidis, tsch- 

 scholtzia dolicliocarpa, E. urceolata, Arabis Mc Donaldiana (with figure), 

 Cleomella nana, Wisllzenla scabrlda, Lathyrus Brown il, Clarkia parvi- 

 flora, Scntellarla Nevadensis, S. llnearlfolla, S. Austlnae, Fraxlnus macro- 

 petala, Convolvnlus saxlcola, Sphacele Blochmanae, Monardella tomen- 

 tosa, Lappula mlcrantha, Symphorlcarpos glaiicns, S. parvlfolius, S. 

 Austlnae, S. glabratns, Echinocystls scabrlda, Nemacladus gracllls, Ago- 

 serls maritima, and Crepls Cuslckll. Trelease. 



KiRTiKAR, K. R., The Poisonous Plauts of Bombay. 



(Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XV. 1. p. 56.) 



Jatropha Curcas Linn. a füll description of this plant is given, and 

 the general remarks at the end deal with its origin, economic uses. 

 general habit and a history of the descriptions, which have been given of 

 it is afforded. A special paragraph is also devoted to a detailed account 

 of its poisonous properties. W. C. Worsdell (Kew). 



Lester, Harland, L. V., Flora of Island of Jersey. 1903. 



The Introduction deals with a general description of the Island, with 

 its climate, with its cultivation, with the sources of Information as to its 

 botany, and with the arrangement of the Flora, which is that according 

 to Engler, and is governed by the general principle of a gradual as- 

 cent from lower to higher types. 



A list of British genera according to Engler 's System and based 

 on the 9 th. edition of the London Catalogue is then given. In the 

 appendix is given, in tabulated form, a list of the plants of the four 



