356 Pteridophyten. — Floristik etc. 



Shakespeare, and since applied loosely to several different South 

 American species, is shown in this paper to properly apply to the 

 species known usually as Heniitelia nigricans Presl. The species is 

 fully redescribed and figured as H. nmltißora (J. E Smith) R. Br. 

 It extends from Guatemala to Panama and is not known from 

 the West Indies. the type having come probably from northern 

 South America. Alaxon. 



Maxon, W. R., Sajfordia, a new genus of ferns from Peru. 

 (Smiths. Mise. Coli. LXI. 4. p. 1—5. pl. 1—2. Textfig. 1. May 26. 

 1913.) 



The author publishes as new the genus Sajfordia Maxon, with 

 Sajfordia induta Maxon, sp. nov., as its t3'pe and sole species. upon 

 specimens collected in the mountains back of Lima, Peru, by Mr. 

 William E. Safford (no. 989). This new genus is compared with 

 Notholaena, Doryopteris and Trachypieris. From Notliolaena it is 

 excluded "by its strictly areolate venation and by the position of 

 its sori, which are borne in a rather broad marginal band, largely 

 upon the leaf tissue, instead of upon the tips of the veins.'' From 

 Doryopteris. which it resembles in the form of its fronds, it differs 

 widely "in its dense paleaceous covering, in the absence of any 

 indusium whatever, and in its more ample soriation." It is more 

 nearl}' related to Trachypieris (which, however, differs widely in 

 habit and in the extreme dimorphism of its fronds), and is com- 

 pared with that species at length. 



The conclusion is reached that ^'■Sajfordia thus represents a new 

 type of fern almost exactly intermediate between Doryopteris and 

 Trachypieris , having the habit and general structure of the former 

 and the scaly covering and soriation characteristic of the latter 

 genus. It is clearly a member,. of the Pterideae, as is Doryopteris, 

 and must carr}^ with it to that tribe the genus Trachypieris, which 

 latterly has been placed among the Acrosticheaey Maxon. 



Bocquier, E., A la decouverte du roi de l'Alpe. Ascensions 

 botaniques en Tarentaise. (Bull. Soc. bot. des Deux-Sevres. 

 XXII, 1910-1911, p. 174—207, 4 lig. et 1 carte. XXIII, 1911-1912, 

 p. 35-82, 3 tig. Niort, 1911 et 1912.) 



Relation d'un voyage en Tarentaise, accompagnee de nom- 

 breuses enumerations de plantes recoltees au Montjovet, dans les 

 massifs de Peclet et de la Vanoise, dans la vallee des Allues, 

 dans la haute vallee de l'Isere de Moütiers ä Seez et ä Val- 

 d'Isere. Le „roi de l'Alpe" est V Eriirichiimi p/cc^zww^ dont l'auteur 

 fait connaitre plusieurs stations nouvelles. J. Offner. 



Bouly de Lesdain, M., Ecologie d'u n e petite panne dans 

 les dunes desenvironsdeDunkerque (Phanerogames 

 et Cryptogames). (Bull. Soc. bot. France. LIX. p. 177—184, 

 207-216. 1912.) 



La petite panne situee dans les dunes de Malo-Term inus 

 dont l'auteur a tait l'etude ne mesure que 40 m. de long sur 15 de 

 large. Le releve de la flore a fourni comme Phanerogames 42 

 especes, comme Muscinees 10 especes et une variete, comme 

 Lichens 39 especes et 16 formes, comme Champignons 64 especes 



