378 Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 



Briquet, J., Descriptions de quelques plantes re- 



coltees par M. R. de Frosch dans le Bassin du 



Haut-Zambeze. (Extrait de l'Annuaire du Conser- 



vatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Geneve. Annee VI. 



1902.) 



Les nouveautes suivantes sont decrites en detail: Satyrinm 

 Proschü Briq., Kaempferia Evae Briq., Eriosema Proschü Briq., Crotalaria 

 intermedia Klotsch var. Proschü Briq., Paropsia reticiilata Engl. var. 

 Proschü Briq., Dissotis Proschü Briq., Hygrophihi Evae Briq., Vangueria 

 Proschü Briq., Olclenlandia Proschü Briq., Gynura Proschü Briq. 



A. de Candolle. 



Stefansson, Stefan, Flora Islands. Gefin üt af hinu fs- 

 lenzka bökm enntaf j elagi. Kaupmannahöfn. 1901. 8'^. 

 (18^2 cm). XXXVI 4- 258 pp. (Flora of Iceland. 

 Published by the Iceland society of litterature. Kopen- 

 hagen 1901.) 



It is the first larger botanical publication written in the 

 Iceland language. Hitherto most publications about the Iceland 

 Botany have Seen written in Danish, some few in English and 

 German. The older flora by C. Grönlund was written in 

 Danish and other defects put aside, very dificult to understand 

 for the Icelanders who are not generally acquainted with the 

 Danish language. 



For this reason the author has done a great work for his 

 countrymen in forming an Iceland botanical terminology and 

 describinj^ all the Iceland phanerogams and ferns by means of 

 lt. But for people who do not understand the Iceland language, 

 the work is not accessible, and we may hope that the author 

 who during many years has investigated his country, will publish 

 liis results in a more accessible language. 



The treatment of the content is the same as in the newer 

 floras e. g. Ascherson und Graebner: Flora des Nord- 

 deutschen Flachlandes, and Mr. Stefansson has followed this 

 book in placing the names of the authors only in the index. 

 Artificial keys are placed in front of the Orders and genera 

 and about 130 figures (some of them original drawings) eluci- 

 date the text. The Carices heterostachyae are treated by Mr. 

 C. H. Ostenfeld and the Hieracia by M. H. Dahlstedt 

 of Stockholm; while the author himself has treated all the other 

 plants. 



There are no new species, but some new forms, which are 

 only of Iower systematical value. 



The number of phanerogams and ferns found in Iceland 

 amount to 359, while Grönlund in his flora has 357, but of 

 the latest number several plants were indicated on the authority 

 of older collectors; now the number of 359 comprehends only 

 the species of which the author has seen specimens, and he 

 has added about 50 species to the flora while effacing about 

 the same number. C. H. Ostenfeld. 



