526 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



publication by the Linnean Society, are included: Millettia coruscans, 

 fulgens, lucens, Lecomtei, Klainei, Scott Ellioli, porphyrocalyx, aureo- 

 calyx, Tholloni, chrysophylla, Sacleuxii, oblata, dura, leptocarpa , lasi- 

 antha, tricolor, Gagnepainiana , calabarica. M. macrostachya and M. 

 Barteri are new combinations. Diagnoses are also given of two new 

 sections Efulgentes and Compressogemmatae. Author's abstract. 



Duthie, J. F., Flora of the Upper Gangetic Piain and ol 

 the adjacent Siwalik and sub-Himalayan Tracts. Vol. 

 IL (Rs. 2 or 3/-. Calcutta 1911.) 



This volume completes the families of the Gamopetalae and con- 

 tains one new species: Brachystelma pauciflorum. An index is given 

 to the families and genera. W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Ewart, A. I., B. Rees, J. White and B. Wood. Contribu- 

 tions to the flora of Australia. (Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria. 

 XXIII— XXIV. 1910-1911.) 



The critical notes on the Australian flora by two or more of 

 the above authors contributed to the last two volumes of this Jour- 

 nal contain the following new species: 



Halgania erecta Ewart and Rees, Melaleuca neglecta Ewart and 

 Wood, Atriplex pterocarpa Ewart and Rees, Gastrolobium Laytoni J. 

 White, Acacia Kochii Ewart and White, A. Ewavtii White, Augian- 

 thus lanigerus Ewart and White, Linum albidum Ewart and White, 

 Sarga stipoidea Ewart and White, gen. et sp. nov., Pimelea Trey- 

 vandi Ewart and Rees, Wehlia pedicellata Ewart and Rees, W. pul- 

 cherrima Ewart and Rees, Stera Ewart is a new genus formed for 

 the reception of Pluchea conocephala and its varieties microphylla 

 and stibspinescens. A new genus of Florideae is also described with 

 one species, namely Erythrostachxs prolifera White. 



A. D. Cotton. 



Fawcett, W. and A. B. Rendle. Flora of Jamaica. contai- 

 ning descriptions of flowering plants known from the 

 islands. Vol. I. Orchidaceae. (London. Printed by order of the 

 Trustees of the British Museum, p. 150. 32 pl. 1910.) 



The present volume forms the first part of a proposed complete 

 "Flora of Jamaica". It deals solely with the order Orchidaceae. The 

 total number of species is 194, of which 73 are endemic. A füll 

 description of each plant is given, together with the synonomy and 

 distribution. 32 lithograph plates illustrate the text, and keys are 

 provided for both genera and species. A number of new combina- 

 tions are proposed, but the new genera and species included have 

 been previously described in papers in the Journal of Botan3>\ 



A. D. Cotton. 



Focke.W.O., Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae: Enumeration 

 and description of species of Rosa and Enumeration and 

 description of species of Rubus. (Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin- 

 burgh, N°. XXIII. p. 65—78. 1911.) 



A systematic enumeration of species of Rosa and Rubres col- 

 lected by George Forrest during his first exploration of Yunnan 

 and Tibet in the years 1904, 1905 and 1906. Forrests' copious field 



