220 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



Asplenüim mnoenurti PresL, Herberton District, Q. (R. F. Waller); 

 previously recorded from New Caledonia; we do not see our way 

 to combine A. mnoenum with A. unilaterale Lam., as do some 

 authors; Asple-nmm normale Don, Herberton District, Q. (R F. 

 Waller); also a fern ot wide geographical ränge, d) Species recorded 

 for New South Wales for the first time: Phaseohcs truxilletists H.B., 

 & K., Copmanhurst (Rev. H. M. R. Rupp); Pultenaea setulosa Benth., 

 Nandewar Range (R. H. Cambage); Crotalaria juncea L., Upper Cop- 

 manhurst (Rev. H. M. R. Rupp); Tricostidaria paiiciflora Benth., La 

 Perouse, Sydney (W. Fors3^th); Leura, Blue Mountains (A. A. Ha- 

 milton), e) In addition a number of New South Wales records and 

 miscellaneous notes are given. Author's notice. 



Mayer, A. , Die Orchidaceen Standorte in Württemberg und 

 Hohenzollern. (Jahresh. Ver. vaterl. Nat. Württemberg, LXVI. 

 p. 401—407. Stuttgart 1910.) 



Im Gebiete sind nicht mehr anzutreffen: Aceras anthropophora 

 R. Br., Orchis Spitselii Saut., O. palustris Jacq. 



Es folgen Standorte von Orchis sambucina, Traunsteineri Saut., 

 Epipactis violacea Dur. Duq., Ophrys aranifera Huds., Microstylis 

 >nonophyllos Lindl., Spiranthes aestivalis. Von den in Deutschland 

 vorkommenden Orchideen fehlen in den süddeutschen Staaten nur 

 Orchis tridentata Scop. und Gyntnadenia cucullata Rieh. 



Matouschek (Wien). 



Mc Neil, M., Colonsay, its plants, climate and geolog}'. 

 (216 pp. Edinburgh, D. Douglas. Price 2/6. 1910.) 



This Island in the South Inner Hebrides of Scotland extends 

 to 9 miles long by about 3 miles broad; it is one of the low-lying 

 western isles, its highest point above sea-level 150 metres. The first 

 part is descriptive, topographical, and historical, and contains a list 

 of birds and other animals with the Gaelic names. The climate is 

 mild and uniform, the winter mean about 42° F., the summer mean 

 about 55° F., but frequency of streng winds is an important factor 

 in plant-life. A general description of the Vegetation is nextattempted 

 under the heads of woods, pastures, and lochs. There are two woods 

 of Birch, apparently native, and in these there occur some Quercus 

 Robur, including Q. sessilißora, a considerable amount of Populus 

 treniida, and other smaller trees and shrubs common to all British 

 Oak-birch woods. Most of the woodlands are plantations consisting 

 of Ash, Elm, Beech, etc. with the usual Conifers; RJiodode^idron is 

 Said to grow well, and a list of other ornamental trees and shrubs 

 is given. Tree-growth in the earliex stages is much retarded by 

 wind, but with mutual protection trees üke Ash maj' reach 25 

 metres. Some attempt has been made to deal with pasture and other 

 plant associations, but beyond a list of species little is achieved. 

 The greater part of the book (130 pp.) consists of a list of flowering 

 plants and ferns, with native names and notes on localities; the 

 island is known to contain about 600 species. Crithmuni niaritinnmi 

 and Crambe maritima are amongst the rccent additions. The book 

 has considerable local interest and it will help to augment a some- 

 what scantv knowledge of the flora of the Hebrides. 



W. G. Smith. 



