Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 31 



Hiern, 5. densifolia Hiern, 5". tnicrophylla Hiern, Pliyllopodinm Aiigei 

 Hiern, P. sordidnm Hiern. P. calvnm Hiern, P. miiltifolia Hiern, P. mUn- 

 mum Hiern, P. Schlecitteri Hiern, P. Riidolphi Hiern, P. Baurii Hiern, 

 Polycarena coilina Hiern, P. glaiicescens Hiern, P. Leipoldtli Hiern, P. 

 seiaginoides Sclilechter i\lSS, P. MaxU Hiern, P. avcnaria Hiern, P. 

 transvaalensis Hiern, P. gracUipes N. E. Brown, P. tenella Hiern, Zala- 

 zianskya maritima Waip. vars. piibcns Hiern, breviflora Hiern, fragran- 

 tissima Hiern, atro-piirpnrea Hiern, and grandiflora Hiern, Z. deiitata 

 Walp. var. hinnilis Hiern, Z. distans Hiern, Z. Katharinae Hiern, Z. mon- 

 tana Hiern, Z. africana Hiern, Z. villosa F. W. Schmidt vars. glabra 

 Hiern and parviflora Hiern^ Z. coilina Hiern, Z. Flanagani Hiern, Z. 

 Bolusii Hiern. Tlysan flies coufetta Hiern, T. Schlechten Hiern, T. Marddii 

 Hiern, T. Bolusii Hiern, Glninicalyx montantis Hiern nov. gen. et spec. 

 Melasma scabriim Berg. var. ovatiim Hiern^ M. capeiise Hiern, M. barba- 

 tum Hiern, M. hiridnm Hiern, M. natalense Hiern. F. E. Fritsch. 



Turner. F., Botany of South-vvestern New Soutii 

 Wales. (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales. Vol. XXIX. ^ Part I. No. 113. 1904. p. 132— 181.) 



This paper gives an account of the Vegetation between parallel 33° 

 south and the Murray or Hume River (boundary of New South 

 Wales and Victoria) and the meridians 141° to 147' east. Level plains 

 form by far the greater part of the area together with gently undulating 

 country. sand hüls, etc. The soil is black or consists of red loam or 

 sand and the region is well watered. Near the water-courses the arbo- 

 real Vegetation is best developed, whilst the plains have a denser and 

 more dwarfed growth than in the Darling country (cf. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales Proc. 1903. p. 406); the area in question is also consi- 

 derably richer in indigenous species than the Darling area. Consi- 

 derable Stretches of tlie plains are covered by Vegetation, in which forms 

 like Helichrysnm apiculatum DC, Helipterum floribiindiim DC, species 

 oi Lepidinm, Atriplex nummularia, etc , constitute about öü^/o of the total. 

 Swampy country is characterised by Glyceria ramigera F. v. M., Lepto- 

 chlon subdigitata Trin., Mentha atistralis R. Br., etc.; Muhlenbeckia 

 cunninghamii F. v. M. often forms dense growths in such places almost 

 excluding other Vegetation. Some annuals (e. g. Erodium cygnoriim 

 Nees. Portulaca oleracea L.) are often predominant over large areas at 

 certain seasons of the year. Acclimatised species occur chiefly in the 

 eastern portion. 



The subsequent oages of the paper (p. 136—147) contain a dis- 

 cussion of the more important species, which help to determine the aspect 

 of the Vegetation; but the matter does not allow of reproduction in the 

 form of an abstract and reference must be made to the original. Dico- 

 tyledons are well represented (282 genera with 727 species), as also 

 Monocotyledons (89 genera with 212 species), whilst Vascular Crypto- 

 gams are not couspicuous (8 genera with 10 species). The remainder 

 of the paper is taken up hv an enumeration of the species observed 

 (D. 147—181). " F. E. Fritsch. 



Vail, Anna Murray, St u dies in the Asclepladaceae. VIH. 



Anew species of Ascleplas from Kansas and two 



possible hybrids from New York. (Bulletin of the 



Torrey Botanical Club. XXXI. p. 457—460. pl. 16—19. 



September 1904.) 



Asclepias kansana, A. Bicknellii (a possible hybrid between A. sy- 

 riacn and A. amplexicaiilis or exaltata), and A. intermedia (a possible 

 hybrid between A. syriaca and A amplexicaiilis). Trelease. 



