682 Horistik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



In an introduction in latin the author describes the history of 

 detecting these 10 species, and brings them in 4 sectiones, viz.: 

 Sectio Drymosphace Benth., Sectio Notiosphace Bunge, Sectio Gym- 

 nosphace Briq. and Sectio Vernales Kudo nov. sect. The latin diagnose 

 of this new Sectio is also given: Folia omnia vel plerumque radi- 

 calia; floralia et bractea minuta. Calyx subtubulosus, labio superiore 

 integro, inferiore bifido. Corollae tubus intus parce pilosus, labium 

 superius bifidum, inferius 4-fidum. Connectiva antice parva, subdeflexa. 



M. J. Sirks (Haarlem). 



Lace, J. H. and W. W. Smith. Tnree Indo-Burmese Rhodo- 

 dendrons. (Notes Roy. Bot. Card. Edinburgh. VIII. N^. XXXVIII. 

 p. 213-217- 3 pl. 1914). 



One new species R. Kyawi, Lace et W. W. Smith from the 

 Kachin hüls is described. Lace further supplies a füll description 

 of R. Parishii of which leaf specimens only were previously known 

 and Smith gives a description of R. Elliottii which had previously 

 been ver}^ briefl^'' described in English. All three species are illu- 

 strated by reproductions of photographs of herbarium specimens. 



W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Lauterbach, C, Die Aristolochiaceen Papuasiens. (Bot. 

 Jahrb. LH. p. 104—107. 1914.) 



Die genannte Familie ist in Papuasien durch etwa 8 holzige 

 Arten der Gattung Aristolochia vertreten, die meist im Strandge- 

 büsch und Uferwald vorkommen und von denen 3 endemisch sind. 

 Ein Schlüssel gibt eine Uebersicht über diese Arten und eine Auf- 

 zählung derselben bringt die bisher bekannt gewordenen Standorte. 



E. Irmscher. 



Merino, P. B., Adiciones a la Flora de Galicia. (Broteria. 

 XIII. 1. 1915.) 



Continuation du catalogue des especes et varietes ä ajouter ä 

 Celles mentionnees dans la Flore. II decrit une nouvelle variete du 

 Senecio Jacohaea, var. elongatns\ la var. inacrocephahts du 5. aqua- 

 ticitSj la var. finitiva du Centaurea resitpiuata, les var. microhlepha- 

 vis, stenocephala et candicans du Centaurea limhata; var. flexicaulis 

 et plani folia du C pauiculata\ var. laxa etfastigiata du C. micrantha. 

 Une espece nouvelle est decrite, C. seniiliniaris, tres prochaine du 

 C. Langeana. J. Henriques. 



Moss, A. M.. The A ri s toi ochias of Pard ßrazil;. With 

 descriptive notes by Spencer and M. Moore. (Journ. Bot. 

 LIII. p. 1 -8. 1 pl. Jan. 1915.) 



Four new species have been added by the author lo the three 

 alread}'^ recorded for this region in the Flora Brasiliensis. M. Moore 

 has named these species as follows: A.lauceolatolorata, A. Huheriana, 

 A. Mossii and A. didyma, while his descriptions are supplemented 

 by notes with regard to habit, appearance etc. by the author. 



E. M. Jessen ;Kew). 



Nakai, T., Plantae novae Japonicae et Korea nae II. (Bot. 

 Mag. Tokyo. XXVIII. p. 301—315. 1914.) 



The continuation of an earlier paper in Fcddes Repertorium, 



