104 Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 



Hooker's Icones plantarum, or figures, with descriptive 

 characters and remarks, of new and rare plants, 

 selected from the Kew Herbarium. Fourth serles. 

 Edited for the Bentham Trustees by Sir William T[urner] 

 Thiselton-Dyer . . . Vol. VIII. (or. Vol. XXVIIl of the 

 entire work). Part. 1. September 1901. (Dulau & Co., 

 London.) 



The following are the new species contained in the pre- 

 sent part: 



Hemicyclia Porten Gamble, t. 2701. — India. 



Caesalpinia rostrata N. E. Brown, t. 2702. — S. Africa. 



Lepinia solomonensis Hemsl. t. 2703. — Solomon Islands. 



Ciiscuta Hygrophilae H. H. W. Pearson, t. 2704. — Malay Peninsula. 



Vitex mnoiensis H. H. W. Pearson, t. 2705. — S. Africa; with its 



variety Rudolphi, H. H. W. Pearson. 

 Pentaphragma albiflorum H. H. W., t. 2706. — Borneo. 

 Lysimachia trientalioides Hemsl., t. 2707. — China: syn. L. para- 



difolia Franch. var. stenophylla. 

 Bretschneidera Hemsl., gen. nov. (Sapindaceae), t. 2708. 

 B. sinensis Hemsl., 1. c. — China. 



Hermannia Johansseni N. E. Brown, t. 2709. — S. Africa. 

 Urnularia Stapf, gen. nov. (Apocynaceae Inb. Landolphieae.) t 27 \l 

 U. Beccariana Stapf, 1. c, Borneo. 



U. oblongifolia Stapf, 1. c. sub. t. 2711, p. 2. — Borneo. 

 U. ovalifolia Stapf. 1. c. sub. t. 2711, p. 3. — Borneo. 

 U. flavescens Stapf, 1. c. sub. t. 2711, p. 2 in obs. ; syn. Willughbeia 



flavescens Dyer ; India. 

 U. javanica Stapf, 1. c. sub. t. 2711, p. 2 in obs.: Java. 

 Parvatia decora Dünn., t. 2712. — China. 

 Clematis pterantha Dünn., t. 2713. — China. 

 Ilicium micranthutn Dünn., t. 2714. — China. 

 Scalesia retroflexa Hemsl., t. 2715. — Galapagos archip. 

 Sympetalandra Stapf., gen. nov. {Leguminosae: Trib. Dimorphati- 



dreae). t. 2721. 

 5. borneensis Stapf, 1. c. — Borneo. 

 Juliania mollis Hemsl., t. 2722. — Mexico. 

 Embelia saxatilis Hemsl., t. 2723. — China. 

 E. procumbens Hemsl., 1. c, in textu. — China. 



In addition to these new genera and species, figures are 



given of three species of Scalesia, S. inclsa, S. pedunciilata, 



and 6". affinls, published long since by Sir J. D. Hooker, 



and now figured from the original specimens in the Cambridge 



University Herbarium; and the original species of Juliania 



adstrlngens Schlecht., concerning which, and the new species 



J. mollis, Mr. Hemsley prints his uncertainty as to its position, 



suggesting that they may prove to be the types of a new 



natural order having affinities with such diverse Orders as 



Burseraceae, Anacardiaceae and Juglandaceae. 



B. Daydon Jackson (London). 



Prain, D(avid], Noviciae Indicae XVIII. The Asiatic 

 species o\ Dalbergia. Calcutta. (Journal As. Soc. Bengal, 

 70. part. II. No. I., 1901. Issued August 14th, 1901. 

 p. 39—65.) 



This genus has occupied the author at intervals for four 



years, during which time he has examined the material con- 



