154 Floristik, Geographie, S3^stematik etc. 



Rupr.), S. Muelleri, S. neo-rnexicamim, S. cubense {Andropogou 

 cubensis Hack.;, 6". inultinervosinn, Andropogou teniiispntheus, A. 

 modosiis [Dicanthium niodosiun Willem.), Aniphilophis Ischaemum 

 [Andi'opogon Ischaemum L.j. A. Wrightii [Andropogou Wrightii 

 Hack;, A. hirtifoUus [Andropogou hirlifolhis J. Presl), A. saccharoides 

 [Andropogon saccharoides, Sw.;, A. leucopogon [Afidropogon leitcopo- 

 gon Nees;, A. emersus [Andropogou ernersus Fourn.), A. Palnieri, 

 A. Schlumbergeri [Andropogon Schlumbergeri Fourn.), A. piptathenis 

 [Andropogo)i piptatherns Hack.), Sorghastnini intdipes, S. stipoides 

 [Andropogon sfipotdes Hbk.), S. iucotnpletum [Andropogon incom- 

 pletus J. Presl), S. Elliottii [Chrysopogon EUiottii C. Mohr), Holchus 

 trichocladiis [Andropogon trichoclndus Rupr.:, Hilaria Belaugeri 

 {A)ithephora Belaugeri Steud.), H. ciliata [H. cenchroides ciliata 

 Scribn.), Aegopogon imperfectus, A. breviglianis (A. geminißorus 

 breviglumis Scribn.), Schaffnerella gracilis [Schaffnera gracilis'Benth..), 

 Syutherisnia Ischaemum [Panicum. Ischaemum Schreb.), S.paniceum 

 {Milium paniceun: Sw.), S. marginatum [Digilaria marginata Link), 

 A}iastrophus capillaris (Paspalum capillare Lam.), A. furcatus [Pas- 

 paluni furcalum Flügge), xA. obtusifolius [Paspalum obtusifolium 

 Raddi:, A. deludens ' Axonopus deludens Chase), A. laxißorus [Pas- 

 palum laxiflorum Trin.), A. poiophyllus (Axonopus poiophyllus Chase), 

 A. Rosei 'Paspalum Rosei Scribn. & Merr.), Paspalum lo)igicuspe, 

 P. Lioydii, P. Langei [DimorphosTacus Langei Fourn.), P. variable 

 [Dimorphostachys variabilis Fourn.), P. leptocaulon, P. capillifolium , 

 P. maculatum, P. Schreberianum (P. virgatinn Schreberianum Flügge), 

 P. unispicatiim [Panicum unispicaium Scribn. & ISlerr.). 



J. iVI. Greenman. 



Hordström, K. B., Jaktagelser öfver Strand- och vatten- 

 vegetationen i vissa trakter afMedelpad. (Ark. f. Bot. 

 X. 1. 53 pp. 1911.) 



Verf. hat in vier Kirchspielen in Med el päd (im südlichen 

 Norrland, Schweden) Aufzeichnungen über die Vegetation eini- 

 ger Seen, Flüsse, Ströme, Quellen und anderer Wässer ausgeführt. 

 Eine Anzahl Temperaturmessungen werden auch angeführt. Die 

 Untersuchungen sind in derselben Reihenfolge, wie sie unternom- 

 men wurden, publiziert. G. Samuelsson (Uppsala). 



Oliver, R. B., The Vesfetation of the Kermadec Islands. 

 (Trans. N. Zealand In.st.''XLII. p. 118—175. 12 plates and 1 fig. 

 1912.J 



These Islands with Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands form the 

 sub-tropical Islands province lying north of N. Zealand. In the 

 introduction there is a histor}' of botanical exploration since 1854, 

 also an account of the geoiogy and climate The plant formations 

 are grouped as foUows: j^a) Coastal, including rock Vegetation, 

 talus slopes with Mariscus ustulatus, a scrub of wild mangrove 

 {Myoporum laetum). sand dunes and gravel flats; (b) Inland edaphic 

 formations of rocks and clilTs, swamps and lakes; (c) Forest; 

 (d) Young formations of landslips; (e) Introduced formations. The 

 Forest constitutes the more stable closed formation, under warm 

 humid conditions modified locally by wind; the characteristic species 

 are described as to life-form and ecologj' ; Metrosideros villosa with 

 a relatively open undergrowth constitutes a type of "dry forest", in 



