340 Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 



Claverie, Pascal, Un nouveauBananler deMadagascar. 

 (C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris. CXL. 1905. p. 1610—1612.) 



Description du Miisa Perrieri Claverie^ espece nouvelle trouvee par 

 Perrier de laBathie dans la region duBetsiboka et nommee 

 tsirohoroka par les Saka la v e s. J. Offner 



CONZATTI, C, Los generös vegetalesmexican OS. (Mexico, 

 Secretaria de Tomento. 1903 [—1905]. 4°. 451 pp.) 



A Synopsis^ with brief characters, of the families of Spermatophytes 

 and Pteridophytes recognized asMexican, followed by fuller characteri- 

 zation and analysis into genera, with indication of the number of species 

 of each of the latter recognized as M e x i c a n ^ fuller details being given 

 in some cases. A large index of vernacular names is given. 



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COULTER, Stanley, Cuscuta Americana L. (Proceedings of the 

 Indiana Academy of Science. 1904. p. 207— 211. issued 1905.) 



Comparative notes on Sloanes type in the South Kensington 

 Museum and three sheets in the Linnaean herbarium, one of which has been 

 referred to C Gronovii, one to C iimbellata, and the third, not the same 

 as the Sloane plant, is the type of C. Americana as now currently un- 

 derstood. No other identification is proposed for the Sloane plant. 



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CouLTER, Stanley, The poisonous plants of Indiana. 



(Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. 1904. p. 51 



—63. Issued 1905.) 



A considerable list is given of plants reputed to be poisonous to 

 the touch, but not found to be so. In addition to nettles, the following 

 are said to be definitely contact poisons, and they are arranged in the 

 Order of their virulence : Rhus Vernix, R. radicans, Euphorbia corollata, 

 Cypripediuni hirsiitum, Anthemis Cotnla, Leptilon Canadense, Clematis 

 Virginiana, and Bidens frondosa. Trelease. 



Fedtschenko, B., Notulae criticae Turkestanicae. 



Decas II. (Bull. herb. Boiss. T. V. 1905. p. 313—318. 



pl. 3 et 4.) 



Ces pages renferment des notes critiques sur la synonymie, la 

 distribution geographique chez les especes suivantes: Raniinculus 

 Schaftoanus (Aitch. et Hemsl.) Boiss. ex Buser^ Oxytropis diffusa Krassn. 

 nee Led., 0. aculeata Korsh., Astragalus Paulseiii Freyn, A. pamiricus 

 B. Fedtsch., A. Scheremetianus B. Fedtsch.^ A. Beketowi (Krassn.) 

 B. Fedtsch., A. Tecti Mundi Freyn, Chrysanlhemum pamiricum O. Hoffm., 

 Nepeta kokanica Rgl. — Deux planches representent Astragalus Schere- 

 metianus et Chrysanthemum pamiricum. A. de Candolle. 



Führer zu den wissenschaftlichen Excursionen des 



II. internationalen botanischen Congresses, Wien 



190 5. (Herausgegeben vom Organisationscomite.) 



Der Führer besteht aus 6Theilen: 1. Excursion in die il lyrischen 

 Länder von Dr. A. Ginzberger und K a r 1 M a 1 y. 2. Excursion in 

 das Österreich. Küstenland von Dr. V. Schiffner. 3. Excur- 

 sion in die Ostalpen von Dr. F. Vierha. pper und H. Frh. von 

 Handel-Mazzetti. 4. Excursion in die niederösterreichischen 



