584 Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 



capsule allongee, ä peine cordiforme ; esp. unique: V. Martini, du Kouy- 

 Tcheou. 



Parmi les Composees, M. V a n i o t decrit les especes nouvelles 

 suivantes: Vernonia Seguini, Diclirocephala Leveillei, D. Bodinieri, D. 

 minutifolia, Lactuca (Chorisma) crepidioides, L. diversifolia. 



Parmi les Ericace'es et Vacciniace'es, M. L e v e i 1 1 e decrit pour la 

 premiere fois Agapetes vaccinioidea, Pieris Gagnepainiana, P. divaricata, 

 P. repens, P. Martini, P. Kouyangensis, P. Duclouxii, P. Bodinieri, 

 Zenobia cerasiflora, Pyrola Corbieri; de plus, dans le genre Paris, P. 

 Mercieri, P. Christa, P. Franchetiana. A. Decleiz (Montpellier). 





MACOUN , J. M., Contributions to Canadian Botany. 

 XVI. (The Ottawa Naturalist. Vol. XVI. 1903. No. 11. 

 p. 211—223.) 



The following species are new to Canada: 



Meibomia sessilifolia (Torr.) Kuntze; Potcntilla pnmila Poir. ; 

 Sorbus occidentalis Greene; Saxifraga hypnoides L. (new to America!); 

 Hemieva violacea Wheelock; Mitella ovalis Greene; M. caulescens Nutt. ; 

 Epilobium luteum Pursh; Eupatorium Rydbergii Britt. ; Aster polyphyllus 

 Willd.; Galinsoga parviflora Cav. ; Gaylussacia frondosa T. and G.; 

 Allotropa virgata T. and G. ; Phlox paniculata L.\ Salix prinoides Pursh; 

 Streptopus brevipes Baker; Elecharis olivacea Torr.; Carex lupuliformis 

 Sartwell ; Bromus erectus Huds. F. E. Fritsch. 



Mac Pherson, J., Garden Plants-Their geography. 

 LXXXVI. (Park and Cemetery. XII. Febr. 1903. p. 490 

 —492.) 



Coniferales, continued. lllustrated by habit pictures of Picea ex- 

 celsa inverta, P. alba, P. pungens, P. pungens argen tea, Tsuga Caroli- 

 niana and T. Canadensis pendula Sargenti. Trelease. 



MARANNE [J.], Sur X Achillea Millefolium L. (Bull. Acad. intern. 



Geogr. botan. XII. 1903. p. 179—181.) 



L'auteur considere les Achillees millefeuille ä fleurs roses et ä 

 fleurs blanches comme appartenant ä deux varietes bien distinctes, qui 

 different non seulement par leur couleur, mais aussi par la forme de leur 

 receptacle et des bractees involucrales, des petales et des feuilles. 



A. Decleiz (Montpellier). 



Masters, M. T., Chinese Conifers. (The Gardeners' Chro- 



nicle. Vol. XXXIII. Series III. 1903. No. 838. p. 34. 



Figs. 18, 19.) 



Pinus Koraiensis Sieb, et Zucc, from West Hupeh is described 

 and figured. The figure of the cone, given by the authors of the species, 

 was incorrect; the cones are shortly stalked, pendulous, rounded 

 basally, cylindric-conic and tapering slightly apically. In the leaf the 

 hypoderm is almost absent, the fibro-vascular bündle is unbranched, and 

 the resin-canals are in the middle of the mesophyll. F. E. Fritsch. 



M|asters], M. T., Chinese Conifers. (The Gardeners' Chro- 



nicle. Vol. XXXIII. 1903. 3rd S er. No. 840. p. 66. 



Figs. 30, 31). 



Pinus Armandi, a five-leaved species of the section Cenibra, is de- 

 scribed and contrasted with allied species. The .leaves have median 



