310 TAXONOMY, VASC. PLANTS [Bot. Absts., Vol. V, 



A. decipiens (Alsine decipiens Fenzl), A. dianthifolia (Alsine dianthifolia Boiss.), A. interme- 

 dia (Alsine intermedia Boiss.), A. leucocephala (Alsine leucocephala Boiss.), A. pulvinaris 

 (Alsine pulvinaris Boiss.), A. makmelensis (Alsine libanotica Boiss., not Ar. libanotica Kot- 

 schy), A. rimarum (Alsine rimarum Boiss. & Balansa), A. Schimperii (Alsine Schimperii 

 Hochst.), A. stellata (Cherleria stellata Clarke), A. diver sifolia (Moehringia diver sifolia Dol- 

 liner), A. Grisebachii (Moehringia Grisebachii Janka), A. Jankae (Moehringia Jankae Griseb.), 

 A. dasyphylla (Moehringia dasyphylla Bruno), A. dasyphylla var. sedoides (Moehringia mucosa 

 /8 sedoides Cumino), A. Tommasinii (Moehringia Tommasinii Marches), A. glaucovirens 

 (Moehringia glaxicovirens Bertol.), A. polygonoides Wulf. var. obtusa (A. obtusa All.), A. 

 papulosa (Moehringia papulosa Bertol.), A. platysperma (Moehringia platysperma Maxim.), 

 A. Cossoniana (Moehringia stellarioides Coss., not Ar. stellarioides Willd.), A. octandra 

 (Cherleria octandra Sieb.), A. obtusiloba (Alsinopsis obtusiloba Rydb.), A. marcescens, A. 

 groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. var. glabra (A. glabra Michx.),^4. verna L. var. pubescens (A. 

 hirta £ pubescens Cham. & Schlecht.), and A. verna var. pubescens forma epilis (A. verna 

 var. propinqua forma epila Fernald). — James P. Poole. 



2380. Girola, Carlos D. Maices argentinos y aclimatodos: Variedades de Maiz culti- 

 vadis en Argentina. 169 p. 35 pi. Buenos Aires. 1919. — See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 71. 



2381. Gleason, Henry Allan. Taxonomic studies in Vernonia and related genera. 

 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 235-252. 1919. — The following species and varieties of Vernonia 

 are discussed: V. borinquensis Urban, V. borinquensis var. Stahlii Urban, V. sericea L. C. 

 Rich., V. gnaphaliifolia Rich. , V. icosantha DC, V. racemosa Delp., V. rigidaSv?., V. mollis 

 HBK., V. missurica Raf., V. altissima var. pxibescens (Morris) Daniels. Descriptions of new 

 species appear as follows: V .Shaferi, V, morelana, V. salamana, V. ctenophora, V. aborigina, 

 V. jucunda. The following new varieties are given: V. borinquensis var. resinosa, V. borin- 

 quensis var. hirsuta, V. gnaphaliifolia var. platyphylla, V. Sagraeana var. angusticcps (Ek- 

 man), V. missurica var. austroriparia, V. fasciculata var. nebraskensis , V. altissima var. 

 brevipappa, V. altissima var. laxa, V. flaccidifolia var. angustifolia, and V. ovalifolia var. 

 purpurea. A new genus Ekmania is created for E. lepidota (Griseb.) ; Vernonia Milleri Johns- 

 ton is referred to the genus Oliganthes; and Piptocoma rufescens var. latifolia and Elephanto- 

 pus elatus var. intermedins are described as new varieties. — P. A. Munz. 



2382. Gourlay, W. Balfour, and G. M. Vevers. Vaccinium intermedium Ruthe. 

 Jour. Botany 57: 259-260. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 2128. 



2383. Lorenz, Annie. Nardus stricta in the White Mountains. Rhodora 21: 22-23. 

 1919. — Reporting new station for Nardus stricta at Waterville, New Hampshire. Descrip- 

 tion of habitat and list of stations in U. S. A. previously reported. — James P. Poole. 



2384. Matouschek. [Rev. of: Holmberg, O. Orohanche caryophyllacea Sm. tagen i 

 Sverige. (Orobanche caryophyllacea in Schweden entdeckt.) (Orobanche caryophyllacea dis- 

 covered in Sweden.)] Bot. Notiser 1917: 193-195. 1 fig. 1917.] Zeitschr. Pflanzenkrankh. 

 29: 59. 1919. 



2385. Miller, W. DeW. A distinction between two Carices. Rhodora 21 : 23-24. 1919. 

 — An additional character distinguishing Carex laxiculmnis Schweinitz and C. digitalis Willd. 

 ( >ne to three staminate flowers at the base in most of the pistillate spikes of the former, but 

 in the latter all staminate flowers are at the tip of the spike. — James P. Poole. 



2386. Nakai, Takenoshin. Genus novum Oleacearum in Corea media inventum. [New 

 genus of the Oleaceae found in central Corea.] Bot. Mag. Tokyo 33: 153-154. 1919. — Latin 

 diagnoses of the new genus Abeliophyllum Nakai and the new species Abeliophyllum distichum 

 Nakai. — L. L. Burlingame. 



2387. Nelson, James C. The grasses of Salem, Oregon, and vicinity. Torreya 19: 216- 

 227. 1919— See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 357. 



