232 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



Brand, A., The Symploceae of the Philippine Islands. (Philip. 

 Journ. of Science. C. Botany. III. p. 1-10. Feb. 1908.) 



Contains the following new names: Symplocos Foxworthyi, S. 

 patens f. eupatens {S. patens Presl.), 5. patens f. ciliata (5. ciliata 

 Presl.), vS. patens f. Elmeri [S. Elnteri Brand), 5. ferniginea philip- 

 pinensis, S. Aherniij S. adenophylla Merrittii, S. betula^ S. Whitfordii, 

 S. Merrüliana, S. palawanensis and 5". depauperata sordida. 



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Brandegee, T. S., New species of Mexican plants. (Zoe. V. 

 244-258 [Mar. 5, 1908], 259-262. [Apr. 20, 1908].) 



Apodanthes mexicana, Tradescantia nionospe}ma, Talinuni oli- 

 gospennunij Fendlerella mexicana, Rhynchosia prostrata, Desmodium 

 lunattan, Aeschynoniene Purpusii, Erythrina petraea, Miniosa luisayia, 

 Phaseolus striatus, Bursera filicifolia, B. Purpusii, Xanthoxylum 

 peninsulare, Croton coatepensis, Wissadida conferta, Pavonia Purpusii, 

 Lopesia foliosa, Gaidtheria angustifolia, Asclepias Purpusii, Gonolo- 

 bus xanthotrichus, Microdactylon n. gen. {Asclepiadaceae), M. cor- 

 datunt, Asclepiodora insignis, Nania spathulatum, N. ßavescens, Tri- 

 chostema Purpusii, Hedeoma temäßora, Sa/via zacuapanensis, S. 

 ramosa, S. hamata, Cestrum arborescens, Maurandia Purpusii, Pin- 

 guicula scopulorum, Randia megacarpa, R. albonervia, Peregia tomen- 

 tosa, Hymenatherum aurantiacum, and Calea rupestris, of the earlier 

 date; and Eucelia maculata, Verbesina luisiana, V. Purpusii, Viguiera 

 similis, Perymenium angustifolium, P. glandulosum, P. ovatum, 

 Melampodium parvulum and Barroetea glutinosa, of the later date. 



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Brandegee, T. S., Plants of Sinaloa. (Zoe. V. p. 241—2. [Sept. 15, 

 1906], 243—4. [Mar. 5. 1908].) 



Pectis repens, Dyschoriste Candida, Argithamnia discolor and A' 

 gracilis (name with partial description), of the earlier date; and 

 Roulinia sinaloensis and Gonolobus altatensis, of the later date. 



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Britton, N.L. and J. A. Schafer. North American trees: being- 

 descriptions of the trees growing independently of culti- 

 vation in North America, north of Mexico and the West 

 Indies. (New York, Henry Holt & Co. 1908. 4». X, 894 pp. 781 fig.) 



An admirably conceived and well made treatise, divested as 

 far as possible of technicalities, with popularly cast differential, 

 distributional and economic accounts of families, genera and species. 

 supplemented by concise keys, detail illustrations, and some habit 

 pictures of which a number reproduce West Injdian pho- 

 tographs. The sequence of families is phylogenetic, and in matters 

 of segregation and nomenclature the Neoamerican practice is follo- 

 wed, but the name Sabal is retained for the tree palmetto, and 

 Halesia reappears for the Silver-bell. The following new names are 

 noted: Acacia subtortuosa Shafer, Acer stenocarpurn Britt. , A. inferior 

 Britt. , A. Kingii Britt., Amelanchier alabamensis Britt., Ananiornis 

 dicrana Britt., Crataegus Marshallii Eggleston (C. apiifolia Michx.), 

 Cynoxylon Nuttallii Shafer {Cornus Nuttallii And.), Fraxinus cam- 

 pestris Britt., F. Tomeyi Britt., F. Sntallii Britt., Hicoria cordiformis 

 Britt., {H. minima Britt.), Laurocerasus Lyoni Britt. iCerasus Lyoni 



