16 Floristik etc. — Angewandte Botanik. — Personalnachricht. 



Safford, W. E., Raimondia, a new genus of Amionaceae from 



Colorabia. (Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. XVI. p. 217-219. pls. 52-53. 



1913.) 



The author proposes a new genus of the Annonaceae allied to 



the custard apples or Annonas, namely Raimondia monoica gen. et 



sp. nov. J. M. Greenman. 



Smith, W. W., The Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation of 

 South-east Sikkim. (Records Bot. Surv. India. IV. 7. p. 323— 

 431. 1913.) 



The first nineteen pages are devoted to descriptions of the 

 routes followed on the coUecting tour and to notes on the flora of 

 the various districts visited. The remainder of the paper is devoted 

 to an enumeration of the plants coUected with field notes on many 

 critical species. One new genus allied to Oxygraphis with one spe- 

 cies {Pavoxygraphis sikkimensis) is described. Wahlenhergia? dicen- 

 trifolia C. B. Clarke is transferred to Wahlenhergia and the fol- 

 lowing new species are described: Draba cholaensis, Arenaria Bal- 

 foiiriana, Saxifraga pluviarwn, Trachydium affine and Pedicularis 

 sikkimensis for all of which the author of the paper is responsible 

 except the Pedicularis which is described by Bonati. 



W. C. Craib (Kew^). 



Smith, J. D. and J. N. Rose. A Monograph of the Hauyeae 

 Gongylocarpeae, Tribes otthe Onagraceae. (Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. XVI. p. 287—298. 1913.) 



The authors present the results of a critical study of the tribe 

 Hauyeae, which is represented by Hauya and a new genus Xylo- 

 nagra, and propose a parallel category, the Gongylocarpeae , to receive 

 Gongylocarpus and a second new genus Burragea. The paper inclu- 

 des the following new names and combinations: Hauya Rusbyi, 

 Xylonagra arborea [Oenothera arborea Kellogg), Burragea fruticulosa 

 (Gaura fruticulosa Benth.) and B, frutescens [Gongylocarpus frutes- 

 cens Curran). J. M. Greenman. 



Voigt, A., Hydnocarpus venenata Gärtn., die Stammpflanze 

 des zur Backa-Margarine verwendeten giftigen 

 Cardamom-(Maratti-) Fettes. ( Jahresber. Ver. angew. Bot. 

 VIII. p. 171-172. 1911.) 



Das bei der Herstellung der Mohr'schen Giftmargarine „Backa" 

 verwendete Pflanzenfett stammt aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach aus 

 den Samen der Flacourtiacee Hydnocarpus venenata Gärt., deren 

 Giftigkeit wiederholt angegeben worden ist. Ihre Giftigkeit ist so 

 gross, dass Fische, die damit gefangen sind, als Nahrungsmittel 

 unverwendbar sind. W. Herter (Berlin-Steglitz). 



Personalnaehrieht. 



Gestorben in Berlin am 23 October 1913 Geheimer Bergrat 

 Prof. Dr. H. Potonie. 



.^usgeseben: 6 JanuEir 1914t. 



Veriag von Gustav Fischer in Jenjk. 

 Buchdruckerei A. W. Sil th off in Leiden. 



