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366. Cause, H. A new variety of Pteris macilenta. Trans, and Proc. New Zealand Inst. 

 51: 95. 1919.— Pteria macilenta A. Rich. var. saxoAilis is described from Coromandel Penin- 

 sula, New Zealand. — L. II'. Riddle. 



367. Cheeseman, T. F. Some additions to the New Zealand flora. Trans, and Proc. 

 New Zealand Inst. 51: 92-95. 1919.— Describes four new species of flowering plants; Ligus- 

 ticum pelraeum, Veronica Birleyi, Earina aestivalis, Thelymitra aemula. — L. W. Riddle. 



368. Chermezox, H. Un genre nouveau de Cyperacees. [A new genus of the Cyperaceae.] 

 Bull. Mus. Hist Nat. [Parisl 25: 60-63. 1919.— Mariscopsis is described as a genus new to 

 science and to it is referred one species, .1/. suavcolcns (Cyperus suaveolens Boiv.n mss.), 

 from Madagascar and Zanzibar. The relation of the new genus to allied genera in this family 

 is indicated by a dichotomous key. — E. B. Par/son. 



369. Chermezon, H. Pycreus (Cyperacees) nouveaux de Madagascar. [New species of 

 Pycreus (Cyperaceae) from Madagascar.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 137-140. 1919.— 

 The following species are described as new to science: Pycreus squarrosulus , P. antsirabensis . 

 P. vavavalensis , P. simulans, P. Alleizettei. — E. B. Payson. 



370. Chermezon, H. Kyllingia (Cyperacees) nouveaux de Madagascar. [New Kyllingias 

 (Cyperaceae) from Madagascar.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 208-212. 1919.— The fol- 

 lowing new species are described: Kyllingia coriacea, K. planiculmis C. B. Clarke, K. pluri- 

 foliata, K. imerinensis, K. Perrieri, and K. intricata. — E. B. Payson. 



371. Chermezon, H. Mariscus (Cyperacees) nouveaux de Madagascar. [New species of 

 Mariscus (Cyperaceae) from Madagascar.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 300-304, 405-410 

 1919.— The following new species are described: Mariscus detersus C. B. Clarke, M. Perrieri, 

 M. goniobolbus, M. Aster C. B. Clarke, M. Humberti, M. Viguieri, M. fallax, M. splendens, 

 M. manongarivensis, M. longibracteatus, M. rubrotinctus, M. varicus C. B. Clarke, and M. 

 arcuato-reflexus. — E. B. Payson. 



372. Chiovenda, E. L'Androsace Vandellii (Turra) Chiov. Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. 26: 

 21-29. 1919.— Historical sketch of the treatment of the genus by Haller, Scleicher, 

 Lam ark and others. New classification with subdivision into three groups: a. multiflora, 

 j8. tomentosa, and y. argentea. — Ernst Artschwager. 



373. Chirtoiu, Marie. Observations sur les Lacisteme et la situation systematique de 

 ce genre. [Observations on the species of Lacistema and the systematic position of this genus.] 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 10: 317-349. 18 fig. 1918.— Lacistema, the only genus of the family 

 Lacistemaceae, is placed by Engler — "Die natiirliche Pflanzenfamilien" — between the fam- 

 ilies Piperaceae and Salicaceae. Miss Chirtoiu places the genus Lacistema in a separate 

 family between Violaceae and Flacourtiaceae. This change of classification was the result 

 of a series of anatomical and morphological studies on various species of Lacistema. The 

 glandular pubescence of Piperus, the multiple epidermis of Piper are not found in Lacistema. 

 Calcium oxalate is abundant in the cortex of Lacistema but varies in the Piperaceae. The 

 distribution of the vascular bundles in Peperomia and in Piper are monocotyledonous but in 

 Lacistema dicotyledonous in distribution. In Piperaceae placentation is parietal but only 

 apparently so in Lacistema. In Lacistema the flowers are hermaphrodite and the albumen 

 is zygomorphic. — W. H. Emig. 



374. Chirtoiu, Marie. Remarques sur le Symplocos Klotzschii et les affinites des Sym- 

 plocacees. [Remarks on Symplocos Klotzschii and the affinities of Symplocaceae.] Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. Geneve 10: 350-361. 5 fig. 191S.— The ovules of Symplocos have large integuments and 

 a small nucellus. The integument develops with the appearance of the mother cell sporangia. 

 The fruit is a kind of drupe at the beginning and the walls formed by thehypanthium become 

 sclerified and surround one or two seeds with reduced albumen. The ovule possesses the 



