Floristik etc. — Pflanzenchemie. 93 



nov.), G. Lynchii Dümmer (sp. nov.), G. Kraiissii C. H. Schultze, 

 var. sinuata Dümmer (var. nov.), G. BurchelUi Dümmer (sp. nov.). 



E. M. Jesson (Kew). 



Ramaswami, M. S., A botanical tour in the Tinnevelly 

 hills. (Records Bot. Surv. India. VI. 5. p. 105—171. 2 pl. and 

 map. 1914.) 



The writer makes a few introductory remarks on the Vegetation 

 of the districts visited and gives a systematic enumeration of the 

 plants collected, noting for each species the locality in which it was 

 coUected as also its distribution in India. One new species S. cal- 

 cadensis is described and ligured. A species of Teucrmni is also 

 described and figured but not named. W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Schindler, A. K., Two new Leguminosae. (Trans, bot. Soc. Edin- 

 burgh. XXVI. 3. p. 285—286. 1914.) 



Campylotropis Howelii from China and Alysicarpiis Brownii 

 from N. Australia are described. W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Scott, M. B. , Diospyros Ebenaster. (Kew ßuU. Mise. Inform. 2. p. 

 64-67. 1915.) 



The object of the paper is to determine the natural habitat of 

 this widely cultivated tree, seeing that confusion has existed on 

 this point in the past. From the evidence collected it is concluded 

 that Diospyros Ebenaster Retz is a native of the West Indies, 

 though it was introduced into Mexico b}^ the Spaniards, at a very 

 earl}^ date. E. M. Jesson (Kew). 



Smith, W. W., A tuberous Senecio from China. (Trans, bot. 

 Soc. Edinburgh. XXVI. 3. p. 279—280. 1914.) 



The new species, 5. tuberivagus, is described from plants grown 

 from seeds collected by Wilson in China. It is distinguished by 

 its long tuber-bearing stolons. W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Sprague, T. A., The South African sections of Loranthus. 

 (Kew Bull. Mise. Inform. 2. p. 67—71. 1915.) 



In the Flora of Tropical Africa the author classified the 215 

 species of Loranthus, then known, into 29 sections. The South 

 African species have been arranged in a similar way in the forth- 

 coming part of Dyer, Flora Capensis, Vol. V. sect. 2, but owing to 

 the relatively small number of species concerned it was deemed 

 inadvisable to introduce the names of sections into the )s.Qy. In order 

 therefore to facilitate comparison with the Classification adopted in 

 the Flora of Tropical Africa, a key and enumeration of the 

 South African sections are now given. E. M. Jesson (Kew). 



Atkins, W. R. G., Oxidases and their Inhibitors in plant 

 tissues. (Sei. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc. XIV. p. 143-156. 1913.) 



The distribution of oxidases seems to point to their being con- 

 cerned in the production of cork and sclerenchyma. The guard 



