Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 107 



Coast. (Press, of the New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, Pa. 

 Nov. 10, 1915.) 



An octavo of XIII -f" 418 pages. The region covered, lies be- 

 tween the summit of the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific 

 Ocean from the 49t''i parallel of latitude across the southcrn portit n 

 of Vancouver Island, south to the headwaters of the Willa- 

 mette River, or, more specifically, to the southern boundary of 

 Lane County Oregon, marked in part by the Colaposia 

 Mountains. Keys are provided for families, genera and species 

 of fern Worts and seed plants, and concise descriptions and general 

 ränge are given for each segregable form, — the flora comprising 

 1617 of the latter pertaining to 550 genera and 100 species. 



The following new names appear: Arctostaphylos coliinihiana, 

 Godetia gracilis, Panicularia occidentalis, Popiilus vancoiiveriana 

 Trelease, Solidago algida, S. vespertina, Grindelia oregana Wilkesiana, 

 Argentina grandis {Potentilla anserina grandis T. & G.), Barharea 

 barbarea brachycarpa {B. vulgaris brachycarpa Rony & Fouc), Carex 

 ceha (C. aurea celsa Bailey), Centatiriiim ininimiini (Erythraea nn- 

 nima Howell), Juncoides campestre congestiim {J. congestuni Thuill.), 

 J . majus {Lusula. arcuata major Hook.), J. subsessile {L. comosa sub- 

 sessile Wats.), Kahnin polifolia microphylla {K. glaiica niicrophylla 

 Hook.), Mertetisia denticulata {Litospermunt deiiticiilatittn Lehm.), 

 Oxytropis luteolus {Aragallus luteolus Greene), Panicularia leptosta- 

 chya {Glyceria leptostachya Buckl.), Prunus emarginata erecta (Cera- 

 sus erecta Pres!.), Saxifraga rufidula {Micranthes rufidida Small), and 

 Senecio ochraceus (S. exaltus ochraceus Piper). All are attributable to 

 Professor Piper except for the species of Popidus. Trelease. 



Robinson, B. L., New, reclassified, or otherwise note- 

 worthy Sperma tophytes. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sei. 

 LI. p. 527—540. Jan. 18, 1916.) 



Contains as new: Cleome Fischeri (C serrulata Pax), Hosackia 

 americaua glabra G. S. Torrey {H. elata glabra Nutt.), Piriqueta ca- 

 roliniana viridis G. S. Torrey {P. viridis Small), Lyonia fruticosa 

 G. S. Torrey lAndron^eda ferruginea fruticosa Michx., Ipomoea cras- 

 sicaulis (Batatas crassicaulis Benth.), Stachytarpheta fruticosa {Vale- 

 rianodes fruticosa Millsp.), RhapJiitamnus venustus [Citharexylum 

 venusturn Phill.), Vitex Bakeri {V. diversifolia Bak.), V. viticifolia 

 {Psilooyne viticifolia DC), Caryopteris odorata (Volkanieria odorata 

 Harn.), Sphenodesme involucrata {Vitex involiicratus Presl.), Ageratum 

 Houstonianum inuticescens^ Eupatorium brachychaetuni, E. brachy- 

 chaetuni extentum, E. bidlescens, E. epaleaceum , E. havanense do- 

 mingense [E. ageratifolium domingense DC), E. Kleiniodes lasiolepis, 

 E. leucocephalum anodontutn, E. Mairetianum adenopoduni, E. pul- 

 chellum angustifolium Watson, E. pycnocephaloides, E. pycnocepha- 

 leides glandulipes, E. rhexioides , with its forms typicum, erythrantho- 

 dium, velutipes and ophryolepiSj E. Shaferi, E. urticaefolium angusta- 

 tutn {E. agerotoides angustattan Gray), Brickellia cymidifera , Verbe- 

 sina Holwayi, and Liabum sublobatum. Trelease. 



Rikli, M., Zur Kenntnis der arktischen Zwergstrauch - 

 beiden. (Sep.-Abdr. aus: Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf Ges. Zürich, 

 LXI. p. 231-248. 1916.) 



Den Hauptbestandteil der arktischen Zwergstrauchheiden (dän. 



