Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 63 



und ssp. Jacquinianus (Rchb.) Dur., bis 2000 m, oft in den Alpen- 

 erlengebüschen und Lägerstellen, nur in der nov. var. subalpestris 

 Br.-Bl. (foliis subsessilibus, glabris vel glabrescentibus, margine 

 ciliolatis, ± inaequaliter dentatis; pedunculis et phyllis + glabris, 

 flores 14—18). Sie durchzieht das ganze bündnerische Rhein- und 

 Inngebiet, die Schweizeralpen bis in Waadt; im Mittelland 

 fehlend oder sehr selten. Im Jura, Schwarzwald und Vogesen 

 vertreten durch var. nov. silvicolus Br.-Bl. (= 5. commutatus B 

 [nemorensis] Sperm) mit folg. Diagnose: foliis subamplexicaulibus 

 crassiusculis, rr pubescentibus; pedunculis et phyllis ± glandulosis; 

 flores 16 — 24. — Neu ist auch noch Hieracium humile Jacq. ssp. 

 lacenun Reuter var. casaccianum Br. et Zahn n. var. (a typo 

 differt pedunculis caulisque floccosis; Maira-Alluvionen bei Casac- 

 cia, 1450 m). — In der Einleitung die Biographie des Floristen 

 Gott fr. Ludwig Theobald (1810—1869). Matouschek (Wien). 



Dünn, E. J., Notes on a New Acacia from Victoria River, 



Northern Territory. (Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria. XXVIII. 2. p. 



228, 229. 1916.) 



Notes are supplied on a new variety of acacia, the specific 



name of which is not given. It is a süperb foliage plant, and ranks 



among the most beautiful of all the acacias, the phyllodes attaining 



a length of 17 in. or more at the base of the stem. An illustration 



is given of the phyllode and of the entire plant. A description is 



furnished by Maiden, but no name is mentioned. 



M. G. Aikman (Kew). 



Ewart, A. J., Contributions to the fiora of Australia. 

 N° 2 3. (Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria. XXXVIII. 2. p. 216—222. 1916.) 



23 species are mentioned in this paper, and the genus, incor- 

 rectly given in Mueller's Census of Australian Plants as Xerotes, 

 R. Br.,~is stated to be Lomandra, Labill., and the alteration given. 

 Three species, also incorrectly included by Mu eller under Xero- 

 tes, are now mentioned as belonging- to Acanthocarpus , Lehm. An 

 illustration is given in natural colours of Caladenia Cairnsiana. 



M. G. Aikman (Kew). 



Ewart, A. J. and P. J. Sharman. Contributions to the 

 Flora of Australia. N° 24. (Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria. XXVIII. 

 2. p. 230-239. 1916.) 



Various species are dealt with, including descriptions of fol- 

 lowing new species: Acacia Beauverdiana , W. Australia, Cowcowing. 

 Pterostylis Joveyana, Victoria, Mentone. Restis iistiilatus , F. Muel- 

 ler, M. S. A Classification is given for various species of Pterostylis 

 hitherto much confused. These specimens of Pterostylis, and the 

 new species described, are illustrated. M. G. Aikman (Kew). 



Fernald, M. L., A new Vitis from New Englan d. (Rhodora. 

 XIX. p. 144-147. Aug. 1917.) 



Vitis novae-angliae, related to V. vidpina and V. Labrusca, of 

 each of which it possesses some characters. Trelease. 



