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characteristic epithelium of most of the Gamopetalae. The Symplocaceae as related to the 

 gamopetalous plants with the parietal type of placentation as found in the Cucurbitaceae. — 

 W. H. Emig. 



375. Cohen Stuart, C. P. Le nom scientifique de la plante de the. [The scientific name 

 of the tea plant.] Bull. Agric. Inst. Sci. Saigon 1: 350-361. 1919. — The author prefers the use 

 of the binomial Camellia theifera (Griff.) Dyer, claiming that the binomial Thea sinensis 

 Linn, is inexact. — E. D. Merrill. 



376. Coker, W. C. The distribution of Rhododendron catawbiense, with remarks on a 

 new form. Jour. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 35: 76-82. PI. 19-22. 1919.— A map is given (PL 

 22) showing a much more extended range for catawbiense than heretofore supposed. A form 

 of the species growing in central North Carolina at low elevations is described as forma insu- 

 laris. The distribution of other species is also indicated in part. — W. C. Coker. 



377. Conard, H. S. The white water-lily of McGregor, Iowa. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 25: 

 235-236. 6 fig. 1920. — Description of a water-lily found also in Clear Lake, Iowa, combin- 

 ing characteristics of Nymphaea odorata and A T . tuberosa, and variable in respect to certain of 

 these characteristics. — H. S. Conard. 



378. Const antin, J. Note sur le Lang-rhoa (Orchidee). [Note concerning the Lang- 

 rhoa (Orchidaceae).] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 218-221. 1919.— The author is unable 

 to identify a certain perfume plant from China with any species of Cypripedium known from 

 that country and proposes the provisional name Cypripedium lang-rhoa for it. The specific 

 name is taken from the Chinese name of the plant. No material has been seen and the 

 provisional description is drawn from a photograph. — E. B. Payson. 



379. Coulter, J. M. North American flora. [Rev. of: (1) Rydberg, P. A. Psoraleae. 

 (2) Pennell, F. W. Eysenhardtia. North American Flora 24: Part 1. Apr., 1919.] Bot. 

 Gaz. 68: 65. 1919. 



380. Coulter, J. M. Opuntia. [Rev. of: Griffiths, David. New and old species of 

 Opuntia. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 46: 195-206. 2 pi. 1919. (See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1826.)] 

 Bot. Gaz. 68: 312. 1919. 



381. Coulter, J. M. [Rev. of: Valeton, Th. New notes on the Zingiberaceae of Java 

 and Malaya. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg. 27. 168 p., 30 pi. 1918. (See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 

 1322.)] Bot. Gaz. 68: 152. 1919. 



382. Danguy, Paul. Descriptions de quatre Meliacees de Madagascar. [Descriptions of 

 four species of Meliaceae from Madagascar.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 364-366. 1919. 

 — The following new species are described: Turraea Geayi, T. Decaryana, T. Humberti, and 

 T. macrantha. — E. B. Payson. 



383. Daveau, J. Ficus Saussreana et F. eriobotryoides Kunth et Bouche. Rev. Hortic. 

 Paris] 91: 389. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 1809. 



384. De Candolle, Casimir. New species of Piper from Panama. Smithsonian Misc. 

 Coll. 71 6 : 1-17. 1920. — In this paper, based upon the collections of H. Pittier and W. R. 

 Maxon, the following new species and varieties are described: Piper minutispicum, P. sper- 

 dinum, P. chiriquinum, P. hirtellipetiolum, P. palmasanum, P. taboganum. P. persubulatum, 

 P. latibracteum, P. pubistipulum, P. portobellense, P. obaldianum, P. dumeticola var. pana- 

 mense, P. fatoanum, P. pallidibracteum, P. aduncum L. var. laevifolium, P. per acuminatum, 

 P. davidianum, P. lucigaudens, P. erectamentum, P. colonense, P. villiramulum, P. hispidum 

 Sw. var. gamboanum, P. tenuimucronatum, P. Chamissonis Steud. var. rubellibracteum, P. 

 sambuanum, P. callibracteum, P. subnudibracteum, P. nitidifolium, P. garagaranum, P. 

 Maxonii, P. magnantherum. — S. F. Blake. 



