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385. Dixon, Henry H. Mahogany and the recognition of some of the different kinds by 

 their microscopic characters. Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc. 15: 431-486. 22 pi. 1918. 



386. Doyle, Joseph. Observations on the morphology of Larix leptolepsis. Sci. Proc. 

 Roy. Dublin Soc. 15: 310-327. 2 pi. 1918. — There is a distinct natural affinity between Larix 

 and Pscudotsuga, not recognized in current systematic classifications. — A. E. Waller. 



387. Drummond, J. R. Miliusa and Saccopetalum. Jour. Indian Bot. 1: 162-168. 1920. 

 — The history of the genera Miliusa and Saccopetalum (Anonaceae) is reviewed and the char- 

 acters of the genera and certain species are discussed. The author reduces Saccopetalum to 

 Miliusa, which he then redefines. — Winfield Dudgeon. 



388. Dyer, William T. Thiselton. Flora Capensis: being a systematic description of 

 the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, and Port Natal (and neighbouring territories). 8vo, 

 Vol. V, Sect II, Part III, p. 385-528. L. Reeve & Co. : London, 1920.— The present part 

 concludes the elaboration of the Euphorbiaceae by J. Hutchinson and D. Prain and con- 

 tinues with the Ulmaceae by N. E. Brown and the Moraceae by N. E. Brown and J. Hutch- 

 inson. The following new species and new combinations are included: Drypetes natalensis 

 (Cyclostemon natalenseH&rv.) , D. arguta (Cyclostemon argutusMull. Arg.),D. Gerrardii Hutch- 

 inson (Cyclostemon argutus Sim., not Mull. Arg.), Celtis FranksiaeN . E. Brown (Celtis Soyauxii 

 Wood, not Engl.). — J. M. Greenman. 



389. Eames, Edwin H. Another exceptional specimen of Daucus Carota. Rhodora 21: 

 147-148. 1919.— An account of another specimen of a dark-flowered Daucus Carota L. (see 

 Rhodora 21: 70. 1919) collected at Bridgeport, Connecticut, Sept. 11, 1918, and now in the 

 Gray Herbarium. In this plant the petals throughout all of the umbels were wholly dark 

 purple. The plant bore several similar compound umbels and was normal in all respects except 

 petal color. The article is concluded with a short discussion relative to abnormal flower- 

 color in this species. — James P. Poole. 



390. Earle, F. S. Varieties of sugar cane in Porto Rico. Jour. Dept. Agric. and Labor 

 Porto Rico 3: 15-55. 1919— See Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 1133. 



391. Elmer, A. D. E. New woody plants from Mount Maquiling. Leafl. Philippine Bot. 

 8: 3069-3105. 1919. — This is article 121 of this publication and consists of the descriptions 

 of new species of flowering plants as follows: Papualthia Bakeri, Desmos elegans, Ilex apo- 

 ensis Elm. var. punctata, Parsonsia magnifolia, Rhaphidophora lagunensis, R. stenophylla, 

 R. trinervia, Heterostemma Herbertii, Toxocarpus rubricaulis, Capparis viridis, Vernonia 

 acuminatissima, Erycibe Copelandii, Weinmannia luzonensis Vid. var. puberula, Dillenia 

 reifferschiedia F.-Vill. var. rosea, Elaeocarpus maquilingensis , Antidesma fusicarpum, Glo- 

 chidion canescens, Casearia Zschokkei, Cyrtandra maquilingensis, Cratoxylon arboreum, 

 Gomphostemma cinereum, Derris canescens, Spatholobus sanguineus, Viscum loranthi, Mela- 

 stoma Holmani, Astronia Merrillii, A. Foxworthyi, A. maquilingensis , Dysoxylum testaceum, 

 Ficus maquilingensis, Eugenia Silvestrei, E. subsulcata, E. maquilingensis, Freycinetia 

 robusla, F. subflagellata, Plectronia Mabesae, Neonauclea Kobbei, Pegia philippinensis , Lepi- 

 santhes perviridis, Palaquium montanum, Leea pauciflora, and Leea luzonensis. — E. D. Merrill. 



392. Evrard, F. Un Alangium (Cornacees) nouveau dTndo-chine. [A new Alangium 

 (Cornaceae) from Indo-China.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 524-525. 1 fig. 1919 — 

 Alangium decipiens, a species new to science, is described and illustrated. — E. B. Payson. 



393. Farwell, Oliver A. Tsuga americana (Mill.) Farwell, a final word. Rhodora 21: 

 108-109. 1919.— In a previous paper (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41 : 621-629. 1914.), the present 

 writer published the name of our common northern hemlock as Tsuga americana (Mill.) 

 Farwell. In a later paper (Rhodora 20: 185-188. 1918), Ivar Tidestrom criticised this new 

 combination, arguing for the retention of the name Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., and giving 



