Floristik, Geographie, S_vstematik ect. 395 



(220 in all) of trees, shrubs and herbs noted in different parts of the 

 country traversed. The relative frequency of each species is indi- 

 caled b)^ numerals and comparisons are drawn so as to show the 

 character of the flora north and south. John W. Harshberger. 



Hill, J. R., The Buchan Field Club and regional re- 

 search. (Trans, bot. Soc. Edinburgh, XXIV. Pt. I. p. 4—7. 1909.) 



The possibilities of organised observations by members of local 

 naturalists societies are briefly discussed. The above-named club 

 has published 9 volumes of contributions which include amongst 

 the botanical memoirs "the Flora of Buchan" by Prof. Trail of 

 Aberdeen. Publications of this kind are advocated. 



W. G. Smith. 



Hooker, J. D., Indian Species oi Impatiens. (Kew Bull. Mise. 

 Inform. p. 291-300. 1910.) 



In this paper Sir J. D. Hooker deals with a valuable collection 

 of species of Impatiens made in various parts of India and in the 

 Manipur district of Indo-China by Mr. A. Meebold. 



The specimens collected in the N. W. Himalayas were found 

 to represent two species, both new, /. Meeholdii and /. pahal- 

 gamensis. 



From the Western Peninsula set three new species are 

 described: /. hahabudenensis, 1. Nataliae, and /. rupicola. The last 

 named species is represented by various other collections which 

 show that it is a native of the Western Ghats from the latitude 

 ot Goa to that of Poona, but, the author remarks, it may be 

 regarded as a small fiowered and fruited and almost spurless State 

 of /. chinensis Linn. Besides the new species there are enumerated , 

 a form of /. chinensis, I. Kleinii, Wight and Arn. which is repre- 

 sented by a good set of specimens showing "great variety of habit 

 and foliage", /. pusilla, Heyne var. nematostachys, Hook, f., and a 

 rather poor collection referred doubtfully to /. Gardneriana, Wight. 

 Under /. pusilla is given what the author hopes may be a complete 

 list of the complicated synonymy of this variable species. 



Six new species are described from the material collected in 

 Manipur: /. gibhisepala, I. longirama, I. odontosepala, I. ruhroli- 

 neata, I. spissiflora, and /. tenerißora. From the same district there 

 are also enumerated the foUowing: /. drepanophylla, Hook, f., /. 

 laevigata, Wall. var. gtandifolia, Hook, f., and /. tripetala, Roxb. var. 

 microscypha, Hook. f. W. G. Craib. 



Hooker, J. D., New Impatiens from China, (Kew Bull. Mise. 

 Inform. p. 269-275. 1910.) 



The author gives the result of his examination of ten species 

 of Impatiens collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson in Ch i na in 1908 

 and forwarded for determination by Prof. C. S. Sargent of Arnold 

 Arboretum. Eight new species are described: I. brevipes, I.distracta, 

 I. Faberi, I. gastrochila, I. latebracteata, I. ^nicrostachys, I. pterose- 

 pala, and /. tortisepala. I. Faberi and /. pterosepala although descri- 

 bed here for the first time were previously known to the author 

 from Henry's and Faber's collections. 1. Faberi would appear to 

 be rather a variable plant unless — and the author admits the 

 possibility — the description has been made to cover two species. 



