Pteridophyten. — Floristik etc. 681 



(Christ.), D. falcata (Liebm.), Stigmatopteris opaca (Bak.\ and St. 

 pvasina (Bak.). A large number of species previously described have 

 been reduced to varieties. C. H. Ostenfeld. 



Rodway, L., Notes on Hymetiophylliini peltatuni (Poir.) Desv. 

 (Papers Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1913. p. 38. Hobart 1914.) 



The author calls attention to Hymenophylhim peltatuni Desv. 

 as the correct name of the fern known in Tasmania as H. Wilsoni 

 Hook, or H. unilatevale Willd. And he compares the distinguishing 

 characters of this species and H. timbridgense L. A. Gepp. 



Anonymus. Decades Kewenses. LXXX. (Kew Bull. Mise. Inf. 



NO. 6. p. 205-210. 1914.) 



The following new species are described: Dianthns temiis, F. N. 

 Williams (Hab.?), Devvis Lacei, Dünn (Burma), Millettia suhpalmata, 

 Dünn (Burma), M. iitilis, Dünn (Burma), Cotyledon paraguayensis, 

 N E. Brown (Parag.), Sedwn variflonim, N. E. Brown (China), Myr- 

 tus tnxifolia, Ridley (Borneo), Anaphalis Boiirnei, Fyson (India), 

 Rhododendron Andersonii, Ridley '^Borneo), Echium Peresii, Sprague 

 (Canary Islands, Palma). M. L. Green (Kew). 



Anonymus. New Orchids. XLII. (Kew Bull. Mise. Inf. W. 6. 

 p. 210—214. 1914.) 



The following are new: Pleiirothallis Lankestevi, Rolfe (Costa 

 Rica), Micvostylis Andersonii, Ridley (Borneo), Sarcopodium snberec- 

 tmn, Ridley (Borneo), Coelogyne annaniensis, Rolfe (Annam), Eiilo- 

 phia Lamhli, Rolfe (N. Nigera), E. pnsilla, Rolfe (Gold Coast), Maxil- 

 laria Fletclieriana, Rolfe (Pem), Renanthera ptdcJiella.'RoUe {Bnrmdi.), 

 Afigraectan hirriinense, Rolfe (Gold Coast), Disa nigerica, Rolfe 

 (N. Nigeria). M. L. Green (Kew). 



Anonymus. No vi täte s Africanae. (Ann. Bolus Herb. I. p. 20— 21. 

 1914.) 



The following are new: Pillansia, L. Bolus, gen. nov. {Irideae- 

 Ixieae), P. Templemanni, L. Bolus. E. W. Jessow (Kew). 



Baker, E. G., The African Species of Crotalaria. (Journ. Linn. 

 Soc, XLII. 286. p. 241 -425. pl. 9-14. 1914). 



In the introduction the author deals with the history of the 

 genus, m.orphological characters and Classification, the delimitation 

 of the genus and its properties. In the enumeration of the 309 

 species known to the author as occurring in Africa there are given 

 descriptions in Latin of each species and enumerations of the spe- 

 cimens examined. Keys are provided to the sections and also to the 

 species within each section, Six plates accompan^nng the paper 

 illustrate the characters of the sections adopted. The following new 

 species are described: C. niiniitissinia , C. boiigensis, C. anisophylla, 

 Welhv. mss., C Adamsoiiii, C. kipandensis, C. teniiipedicellata, C. 

 morumbensis, C. sengensis, C. rupicola, C. Kaessneri, C. abbreviata, 

 C. kiitchiensis , C. Jacksonii, C. Ledermannii, C. lepidissima, C. ben- 

 giiellensis, C. nialange)isis, C. Carsonii, C. graniinicola, Taubert mss., 



