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new species, namelv Festiica <,ororia {F . fratercula Piper, Contr. U. S 

 Nat. Herb. X. p. 39." 1906, not. Rupr.). J. M. Greenman. 



Piper, C. V.. New or noteworth}'^ species of Pacific Coas^ 

 Plants. (Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. XVI. p. 207—210. 1913.) 



Contains the following new species: Alswe viridula. Oreobroma 

 longipetala , Arabis olympica, Pentstenion cinereus, Aster coliimbianus, 

 A. delectus, A. palitdicola. J. M. Greenman. 



Piper, C. V., The Identity of Heiichera cylindrica. (Contr. U.S. 

 Nat. Herb. XVI. p. 205-206. 1913.) 



Includes the description of a new species from the northwestern 

 States, namely Heiichera chlorantha. J. M. Greenman. 



Prain, D. and I. H. Burkill, Dioscoreae Elmerianae. A contri- 

 bution to our knowledge of the genus Dioscorea i n t h e 

 Philippine Islands. (Leafl. Philip. Bot. V. p. 1589-1599. 1913.) 



The paper contains a list of all species of Dioscorea known to 

 occur in the Philippine Islands and includes descriptions of the 

 following new species and new combinations: Dioscorea ßabellifolia, 

 D. aculenta L. var. tiliaefoHa {D. tiliaefolia Kunth.), D. Elmeri, D. 

 inaequifolia Eimer, D. triphylla L. var. mollissima {D. mollissima 

 Biume;, D. peperoides, D. Merrillii, D. Soror. J. M. Greenman. 



Radlkofer, L., Sapindaceae Pliilippinenses novae II. 

 -Leafl. Philip. Bot. V. p. 1601 — 1616. 1913.) 



Contains the following new species: AUophylus simplicifolius, 

 A. leptocladus, A. subinciso-dentaius, A. repatido-dentaius , Lepisanthes 

 palawanica, Trisiiropsis ovata, Euphoria gracilis, Nephelium robustum, 

 N. xerospennoides, Giiioa salicifolia, G. lasiothrysa forma Elmeri, G. 

 discolor, G. myriadenia, G. tnmcata, Cupaniopsis patentivalvis, Dic- 

 tyoneiira philippinensis, Trigonachras hrachycarpa , and Mischocarpus 

 endotrichus. J. M. Greenman. 



Ridley, H. N., A new Alpinia from Borne o. (Journ. Bot. LI. 

 608. p. 247 1913.) 



The author describes as a new species Alpinia longiflora col- 

 lected in Sarawak by C. J. Brooks. W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Ridley, H. N., Some Bornean Aroideae. (Journ. Bot. LI. 607. 

 p. 201—202. 1913.) 



The author describes a new genus under the name Aridarurn 

 with one species A. montanum founded on a plant collected in 

 Sarawak by C. J. Brooks. Some notes are also given on Arisaema 

 microspadix and Piptospatha elongata. In the course of the discus- 

 sion on the latter the new combination Rhynchophyle perakensis is 

 made for Piptospatha elongata, var. perakensis, Engler. 



W. G. Craib (Kew). 



