386 FJoristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



die Verf. während der letztverflossenen vier Jahre in Serbien ent- 

 deckte und die in Pancic's Flora principatus Serbiae sowie in den 

 Additamenta nicht enthalten sind. Die Gegenden, wo die Pflanzen ge- 

 funden wurden, liegen durchweg in Südserbien; bei jeder Art 

 wird ausser dem Standort die Art des Vorkommens (Bodenunter- 

 lage, Formation etc.) angegeben. 



W. Wangerin (Burg bei Magdeburg). 



Arnes, O., Ovchidaceae. Illustra tions and studies oi the fa- 

 mily Orchidaceae. Fase. III. (Boston, Sept. 30, 1908. 99 pp. 59 pl.) 



Contains as new: Dendrochilurn rhomhophorum {CoUogyne rhoni- 

 bophora Reichb.), D. Foxworthyi, D. Loheri, D. anfractoides, D. 

 Curranii, Epipactis clausa A. A. Eaton, Dendrohiutn ornithoßorum, 

 Stelis compacta, Erythrodes Mevvülii {Herpysma Merrillü Arnes), and 

 Liparis cardiophylla, — all attributable to the author unless otherwise 

 noted. The larger part of the Fascicle is devoted to species elsewhere 

 characterized by Mr. Ames, and now illustrated in a series of 

 etchings. Trelease. 



Anonymus, Diagnoses Africanae. XXVII. (Kew Bull. Mise. Inf. 

 p. 49—53. 1909.) 



Nine new species and one new variety are described viz. Sebaea 

 pusilla, Eckl. var. major, A. W. Hill, Exochaenium exiguum, A. W, 

 Hill, Salsola conge&ta, N. E. Brown, Salsola somaliensis, N.E.Brown, 

 Pycnocoma hirsiita, Prain, Tragia Brouniana, Prain, Tragia galla- 

 hatensis, Prain, Tragia inipedita, Prain, Tragia Gardneri, Prain, 

 Gladioliis suhaphylhis, N. E. Br. A. W. Hill. 



Anonymus, New Orchids, Decade XXXIII. (Kew Bull. Mise. 

 Inf. p. 61—66. 1909.) 



The tollowing new Orchids are described: Octomeria arcuata, 

 Rolfe, Oberonia umbraticola, Rolfe, Bidbophyllmn canipamdatuni, 

 Rolfe, Eria solomonensis, Rolfe, Polystachya stricta, Rolfe, Cyaioches 

 densiflorum Rolfe, Ornithidium bicolor, Rolfe, Slaiiropsis Quaisei, 

 Rolfe, Phalenopsis Wilsoni, Rolfe, Sobralia valida, Rolfe. 



A. W. Hill. 



Anonymus, The Varieties of the Oil Palm in West Africa 

 {Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.). (Kew Bull. Mise. Inf. p. 33—49. ill. 1909.) 



An account is given of the varieties of the Oil Palm in the various 

 British, French and German possessions in West Africa, with 

 their native names. Figures are given of the fruits of several of the 

 varieties. Three distinct forms are recognized. 



1. The t)^pical form of Elaeis guineensis which appears to be 

 var. macrospernia, Welw. with an endocarp 3—5 mm. in thickness. 



2. The King Palm in which the pinnae of the leaves are fused 

 together and the endocarp is thick. This variety is not used for the 

 production of the commercial oil. 



3. The thin-shelled variety the var. microspernia, Welw. with 

 an endocarp 1.25 — 1.75 mm. thick. 



A variety in which the shell is reduced to separate fibres is 

 also described. 



