74 MORPHOLOGY, ETC., VASC. PLANTS [Bot. Absts., Vol. V, 



558. Gertz, Otto. Proliferation av Honhange hos Alnus glutinosa (L.) I. Gaertn. [Pro- 

 liferation of the female catkins of Alnus glutinosa.] (Resume and legends of illustrations in 

 German.) Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. [Stockholm] 13: 71-74. 1919. — Author describes and illus- 

 trates a case of proliferated female catkins in Alnus glutinosa not heretofore reported in lit- 

 erature. — W. W. Gilbert. 



559 Grier, N. M. Note on proliferative power of Pinus sp. Ohio Jour. Sci. 20: 21-23. 

 1919. 



560. Groves, James. Sex-terms for plants. Jour. Botany 58: 55-56. 1920. — A brief 

 note continuing the discussion of the terminology of plants begun in Jour. Botany 57. The 

 codification of botanical terminology is very necessary. Authors are now constantly in- 

 venting new terms and piling up a mass of terminology which cannot but retard and embar- 

 rass future workers. This problem should be dealt with in future meetings of the Inter- 

 national Botanical Congress. — K. M. Wiegand. 



561. Hawtrey, S. H. C. Notes on a few useful plants and home industries of Paraguay. 

 South African Jour. Indust. 3: 35-41. 1920. 



562. Hill, J. Ben. Anatomy of Lycopodium reflexum. Bot. Gaz. 68: 226-231. 6 fig. 

 1919. — The chief points of interest are the presence of typical cortical roots and the various 

 "types" of stele in the stem. The development and differentiation of the tissues in the 

 steles of the cortical roots parallel those in the stele of the stem. The xylem arrangement 

 may be radial, parallel-banded, or radial so modified as to consist of an inner cylinder of xy- 

 lem inclosing a small strand of phloem, the last being most frequent. The author's previous 

 suggestion that in Lijcopodium all xylem arrangements may occur in the same stem is con- 

 firmed. — H. C. Cowles. 



563. Hirscht, Karl. Verschlossenblutige Pflanzen im Zimmergarten. [Cleistogamous 

 flowers in a window garden.] Monatsschr. Kakteenkunde 29: 103-104. 1919. — The cleistoga- 

 mous flowers of Anacampseros filamentosa Sims, are described. — A. S. Hitchcock. 



564. Jauch, Berthe. Quelques points de l'anatomie et de la biologie des Polygalacees. 

 [Certain details of the anatomy and biology of Polygalaceae.] Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 10: 47- 

 84. 15 fig. 1918. 



565. Jatjffret, Aime. La determination des bois de deux Dalbergia de Madagascar, 

 d'apres les caracteres de leurs matieres colorantes. [Identification of wood of Dalbergia by 

 staining reactions.] Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 168: 693-694. 1919. — The wood of two 

 species of Dalbergia from Madagascar showed very characteristic specific reactions when 

 treated with alcohol, sulphuric acid, caustic soda, ammonia, iron perchloride, bisulphite of 

 soda, ether, chloroform, and benzene. The alcoholic solution of the powdered wood of each 

 species also gave a characteristic spectrum. Such characters offer a basis for the identifi- 

 cation of species in the absence of other parts of the plant. — F. B. Wann. 



566. Johansson, K. Fyllomorfi och diafys hos Geranium pyrenaicum L. [Phyllomorphy 

 and diaphysis of Geranium pyrenaicum L.] Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. [Stockholm] 13: 99. 1919. 

 — A brief description of cases of phyllomorphy and diaphysis in Geranium pyrenaicum is 

 given and references made to cases of teratology in other species of Geranium. — W. W. Gilbert. 



567. Kondo, M. Ueber die in der Landwirtschaft Japans gebrauchten Samen. [Seeds 

 used in Japanese agriculture.] Ber. Ohara Inst. Landw. Forsch. 1: 261-324. 17 fig. 1918. — 

 See Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 37. 



568. McMurray, Nell. The day flower. Amer. Bot. 25: 150. 1919.— The flower of 



Commelina communis is described. — W. N. Clule. 



