Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 443 



the OvcJiidaceae wich indicate that for plants the conclusions drawn 

 by the zoologists do not hold at all. Instead of closel}^ related species 

 occupying distinct areas, and the occurrence of two cognate forms 

 in the same area being „virtually unknown" as asserted by zoologists, 

 he tinds that thej^ are ver}^ often found in the same habitat. Among 

 plants, then, there is no evidence from geographic distribution 

 against the theory of mutation and little evidence that Isolation has 

 played a considerable part in the differentiation of minor species. 



J. A. Harris. 



Maiden, J. H. and E. Betche. Notes from the Botanic Gar- 

 den s, Sj'dnev. N'^. 12. (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of 

 New South Wales. Vol. XXXI. Part. 4. N^. 124. p. 431—442. 

 Fl. LXIX. 1907.) 



Boroiiia Deanei n. sp. is an erect strong-smelling shrub, per- 

 fectly glabrous, with simple nearlj' erect semi-terete leaves and 

 terminal flowers on a very short and thick, almost turbinate peduhcle 

 (nearest to B. parviflora , Sm.); B. repanda n. sp. == B. ledifolia, 

 J. Gay var. repmida F. v. dl. Herb.; Portidaca bicolor F. v. dl. var. 

 rosea n. var. (with rose-pink Ars. and 5 or 6 petals); Ciipmiia foveolata 

 F. V. dl. {Cupaniopsis foveolata Radlk.), newh^ recorded for New 

 South Wales; Tocclmna desyrvhache Radlk. n. sp.; Acacia accola 

 n. sp. is most nearly allied to A. neriifoUa A. Cumm. but has nar- 

 rower phyllodes, less numerous Ars. in the heads, quite glabrous 

 ovaries and petals and large pods with a waxy lustre; Marsdenia 

 rostrata R. Br. var. Diimiii n. var. (chieflj^ distinguished from tj^pe 

 by the corolla-tube being lined with five thickened longitudinal 

 ridges alternating with the lobes and densely ciliate, in the upper 

 part); RotthoeUin truncata n. sp. has spikelets mostly in threes, 

 rarely in pairs, all sessile on the alternate sides of a flat a-nd very 

 brittle rachis, each spikelet having a Single bisexual fir. without 

 any sterile Ars.; styles and stamens 2. F. E. Fritsch. 



Maekenzie, K. K., Notes on Carex. H. (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 

 XXXIV. p. 151-155. Mar. 1907.) 



Contains the following new names: Carex atistrina (C. Mtihlen- 

 bergii aiistriniis Small), C. hrevisqiiama , C. neoinexicana , and C. 

 tumulicola. Trelease. 



Parish, S. B., Recent additions to the flora of Southern Ca- 

 lifornia. (Muhlenbergia. III. p. 57—62. June 8, 1907). 



Contains the folloAving new names: Eriogonum fascicidatum po- 

 lifolhim {E. polifoliitm Benth.), E. fasciculatuni Tnarithnum, and Sphae- 

 rostigma bistorta Reedii. Trelease. 



Perkins, -l. R., The Leguminosae of Porto Rico. (Contr. U. S. 

 Nation. Herb. Washington. X. p. 133—220. June 10, 1907.) 



Sixty seven genera and 141 species are recognized, of which 

 only one genus [Stahlid] and eight other species are peculiar to the 

 Island. Keys are given for the genera and species. The nomencla- 

 ture generali}' followed being „that of Urban, although at times the 

 Kew Index names have been used." Descriptions are fairl}^ füll, but 

 synonj^m}' is chiefly referred to Urban's flora of the Island in his 



