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Whytei n. sp., 6\ gwelense n. sp., «S. Baumii Schlechter MSS., £. aciculare 

 n. sp., vS. Welwitschii n. sp., S. Carsoni n. sp., S. chlorojodinum n. sp. 

 »S. spurium n. sp., S. dolichoglossum n. sp., 5. simulans n. sp., 5. eximium 

 ii. sp., 5. 'distinctum n. sp., rachycarpus rhinophyllus n. sp., Paüairopis 

 fasciculatus n. sp., O.xystelma esculentum R. Br. var. Alpini n. var. 

 Stomatostemma N. E. Br. is the only new genus described. 



F. E. F ritsch (Kew). 



TlJTCHER, W. J., New or Notevvorthy Plants. — A new 



Chinese Musa, Musa Wilsoni W. |. T u t c h e r , n. s p. 



(The Gardeners' Chronicle. Ser. III. Vol. XXXII. 1902. 



No. 834. p. 450. Fig. 151.) 



The new species of Musa is closely allied to M. glauca Roxb., 

 differing from it in the much shorter trunk, the longer petioie and leaves ; 

 the flowers are twice as large, and the seeds are wrinkled. This species 

 is cultivated in Yunnan, the inner portion of the trunk being used as 

 lood by the natives. F. E. Fritsch (Kew). 



Benson, Margaret, The Fructification o f Lyginodendron 

 Oldhamium. (Annais of Botany. Vol. XVI. 1902. p. 575 

 — 576. Text-fig. 31.) 



The fructification described in this preliminary note, was 

 discovered in sections of calcareous nodules from the Coal- 

 measures of Lancashire. It consists of elongated sporangia, 

 about 4 mm. in length by 1 mm. in width, grouped in Clusters 

 of eight. The wall on the exposed side of each sporangium is 

 considerably thicker than that directed towards the centre of 

 the Cluster. The agreement with the Calymmatotheca type of 

 fructification, which there is reason to attribute to Lyginodendron, 

 is pointed out, and on grounds of association and structure the 

 claim of these Clusters to be the fructification of that plant is 

 regarded as overwhelmingly strong. d. h. Scott (Kew). 



MÖLLER, Hjlmar, Bidrag tili Bornholms fossila flora. 

 Pteridopyter. (Lunds Universitets Arsskrift. Bd. XXXVIII. 

 Lund 1902. Afd. 2. No. 5. 4°. 63 pp.) 



Fossile Pflanzen von Bornholm sind früher von Brong- 

 niart, Nathorst, Bartholin und Hjorth beschrieben; sie 

 sind von 9 Localitäten bekannt; nur von 2 Localitäten, Bagaa 

 und Vellengsby, stammen jedoch so bedeutende Samm- 

 lungen, dass eine nähere Bestimmung von ihrer Stelle in der 

 Lagerserie möglich ist. 



Die fossile Flora von Bagaa ist die reichste; die 

 Pflanzen liegen theils in einem weissen, gelblichen oder roth- 

 braunen Thone, theils in Thoneisenstein. Der Thon und der 

 Thoneisenstein haben recht verschiedenen Pflanzeninhalt; nur 

 drei Arten: Podozamites angustifolius (Eichw.) Schimp., P. 

 Schenkii Heer und Nilssonia polymorpha Schenk sind gemein. 

 Die ganze Flora von Bagaa besteht aus 68 Arten, von welchen 

 die folgenden 14 Arten an keinem anderen Orte gefunden sind: 



