42 Pteridoph5^ten. — Floristik etc. 



Elmeri, intermediate between E. decurrens (Desv.) Moore and E. 

 usonicinn Copel. 



The enumcration includes some species of Lycopodium, all 

 already previously described, and Tmesipteris tannensis. 



Jongmans. 



Sim, T. R., The Ferns of South Africa: containing De- 

 scriptions and Figures of the Ferns and Fern Allies of 

 South Africa. Second edition. (Cambridge Univ. Press. 

 80. p. X. + 384. 186 pl. 1915.) 



In the first edition (1892) 179 species were enumerated and 158 

 plates supplied. In the present edition the number of species is rai- 

 sed to 220, and the plates to 186. The additions come mainly from 

 the northern colonies. Four new species are described 2 figured, Hy- 

 menophylliim uncinatmn, Asplenhim Eylesii, PellaeaSwynnertoniana, 

 Notholaena hipinnata; and there are numerous new varieties, Asple- 

 niiini Hollandii is a new combination for a species previousl^'' refer- 

 red to Davallia. The four species of Marsilia given in the first 

 edition are now reduced to one — M. macrocarpa. The nomencla- 

 ture adopted is that of Christensen's Index Filicum. A. Gepp. 



"Watts, W. W., Some Notes on the Ferns of North Queens- 

 land. (Proc. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1914. XXXIX. 4. 

 p. 756—802- 4 pl. Feb. 1915.) 



A list of about 125 species coUected in Jul}^ and August of 1913. 

 Several of the species are of the Mala3^an type and do not occur 

 even in the South ofQuensland. The foUowing are new: Tricho- 

 inanes Baüeyanuni, T. Majorae, T. Walleri, Hymenophyllum Babin- 

 dae, H. pseudo-tunhridgense , H. Kerianiun, Dryopteris albo-villosa , 

 Polystichum fragile, Aspleniinn parvurn, Polypodnnn Gordoni, P. 

 Maideni. Critical notes are appended to several of the species. 



A. Gepp. 



Beccari, O., The palms indigenous to Cuba. I. (PomonaCoU. 



Journ. Econ. Bot. II. p. 253—276. f. 109—118. xMay 1912.) 

 Beccari, O., The palms indigenous toCuba. IL (PomonaCoU. 



Journ. Econ. Bot. II. p. 351-377. f. 144—153. Dec. 1912.) 

 Beccari, O., The palms indigenous to Cuba. III. (PomonaCoU. 



Journ. Econ. Bot. III. p. 391-417. f. 154—172. Feb. 1913.) 



An elaborately illustrated series of papers (of which the first 

 has been noticed in the Centralblatt already), containing as new 

 Ganesia attenuata {Aeria atteniiata O. F. Cock), Calyptrogyne Swartsii 

 [Calyptronoma Swartsii Griseb.), and Acrocomia crispa Bak.) {Cocos 

 crispa HBK.) A note on stem thickening in palms concludes the 

 articles, Trelease. 



Benoist, R., Contribution ä la flore des Guyanes. (A suivre). 



(Bull. Soc. Bot. France. LX. p, 354—362, 392-401, 448-494. 1 fig. 



1913.) 



L'herbier du Museum de Paris a fourni les materiaux de cette 



etude, dans laquelle l'auteur comprend non sculement les trois 



Guyanes, mais encore la plus grande partie du Venezuela et 



le Nord du Bresil jusqu'ä la vaUee de l'Amazone. Les deux 



