410 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. * 



Pinet et Gagnep., 17 especes dont 0. tonkinensis id. et 11 especes 

 dont A. squmnosa et A. BoMiana id. Toutes les especes nouvelles 

 sont figurees. J. Offner. 



Gagnepain, F., Zingiberacees nouvelles de l'herbier du Mu- 

 seum [18e Note]. (Bull. Soc. bot. France. LIV. p. 161 — 170. Mars 



1907.) 



Especes nouvelles: Aniontini Harnimidii, A. laoticuni , A. mono- 

 phylluni , Gastrochihis Thorelii de l'Indo-Chine, Hedychium yun- 

 nmieiise de Chine et du Tonkin, Kaempferia cochinchinensis , K. 

 Havinandiarm , K. laotica, Zingiher cochinchinense , Z. laoticinn, Z. 

 mekongeiise de l'Indo-Chine, Z. Thorelii. J. Offner. 



Greene, E. L., Revision of the genus Wislisetiia. fProc. biol. 

 Soc. Washington. XIX. p. 127-132. Sept. 6, 1906.) 



In addition to the earlier species, W. refracta Engelm., W. 

 scabrida Eastw., and W. Palnieri Gra3^ the foUowing are described 

 as new: W. melilotoides Greene, W. califoniica Greene, W. divaricata 

 Greene, W. pacalis Greene, W. fruticosa Greene, W. costellata Rose, 

 and W. mamillnta Rose. Trelease. 



Green man, J, M., New species of Senecio and Schoenocaidon 

 from Mexico. (Proc. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sciences. XLIII. 

 p. 19-21. June 26, 1907.) 



Schoenocaidon calcicola , S. caricifolium {Veratruni caricifolium 

 Schlecht.), 5. Ghiesbrechtii , S. jaliscense, Senecio {Ereniophili) ctetto- 

 phylliis and 5. {Tomentosi) loratifolius. Trelease. 



Hamet, R., Note sur deux Kalanchoe malgaches. (Bull. Soc. bot. 

 France. LIV. p. 138—139. Mars 1907.) 



Diagnoses du Kalanchoe Grandidieri H. Baillon, tigure dans 

 l'Histoire naturelle des plantes de Madagascar (1886), mais 

 non encore decrit, et d'une espece nouvelle K. Bonnieri R. Hamet, 



J. Offner. 



Hemsiey, W. B., On the Julianiaceae: A new natural Order 

 of Plants. (Philosophical Transactions of the Roj^al Society of 

 London. Series B., Vol. CIC. 1907. p. 169-197. Plates 18-24; also 

 Proceedings of the Ro3'al Society of London. B. Vol. LXXVII. 

 1906. p. 231-236.) 



The Jtdianiaceae comprise two genera [Jtdiania and Orthoptery- 

 gium) and five species. They are resiniferous, tortuously branched, 

 deciduous, dioecious shrubs or small trees, having alternate exsti- 

 pulate, imparipinnate leaves clustered at the tips of the flowering 

 branches and scattered along the short barren shoots. The flowers 

 are small, green or 3'^ellow green, quite inconspicuous, and the 

 males are verj' different from the females. The male inflorescence 

 is an axillary panicle Jor Compound catkin; the male flowers have 

 a simple, veryj thin perianth, divided nearly to the base into 4 — 9 

 narrow equal segments and an equal number of stamens alternating 

 with the Segments. The female inflorescence is seated close in the 



