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.of northeastern America now passing as Coelopleurum actaeifolium, was Angelica lucida, and 

 l n the 2nd edition of the Manual, at the end of the account of Archangelica peregrina, is the 

 note: "Perhaps it is the Angelica lucida L." In the 5th edition (1867), however, the plant 

 was formally taken up as Archangelica Gmelini DC, while in Watson and Coulter's revi- 

 sion (ed. 6) it became Coelopleurum Gmelini Lebed. The writer finds from familiarity with 

 the plant in the field, and from a comparison of sheets collected in eastern Canada, with Cor- 

 ntjt's plate, that the latter author's Angelica lucida, published in 1635, actually was of Canad- 

 ian origin, and that he illustrated a very characteristic small specimen of the species which 

 has recently passed as Coelopluerum actaeifolium (Michx.) Coulter & Rose. The plant is, 

 then, reinstated and should hereafter be called Coelopleurum lucidum (L.) n. comb. The 

 synonymy and the distribution of the plant are given. A plant differing, in the characters of 

 the involucels, from the typical species is also described as C. lucidum, forma frondosum, n. f., 

 and the stations where it is known to occur are given. — James P. Poole. 



402. Fernald, M. L. The variations of Ranunculus repens. Rhodora 21: 169. 1919. — 

 The writer gives a brief key to the more pronounced varieties of Ranunculus repens L. — James 

 P. Poole. 



403. Fernald, M. L. Coreopsis rosea Nutt., forma leucantha, n. f. Rhodora 21: 171. 

 1919. — At Buck Pond, Harwich, Mass., in August, 1918, where the ordinary pink form of 

 Coreopsis rosea makes a border of color at the margin of the pond, the writer found a milk- 

 white form also abundant, for which he proposes the above name. — James P. Poole. 



404. Fernald, M. L. The white-flowered bird's eye primrose. Rhodora 21: 148. 1919. 

 — The white-flowered form of Primula mistassinica Michx. which is occasionally seen, is very 

 abundant in Newfoundland, often being the only color seen. Because of its strong contrast 

 with the typical form of the species, the author designates it: Primula mistassinica Michx., 

 forma leucantha, n. f. The type specimen was collected on the borders of ponds on the lime- 

 stone tableland, alt. 200-300 m., Table Mountain, Port a Port Bay. — James P. Poole. 



405. Ftson, P. F. The Indian species of Eriocaulon. Jour. Indian Bot. 1: 49-53. IS 

 fig. 1919. — The author presents a synopsis of the groups of Eriocaulon occurring in India 

 preliminary to a full revision of the genus soon to be published. He finds that previous au- 

 thors have failed to note the natural groups; and that Ruhland's treatment in "Das Pflanzen- 

 reich" is especially artificial. The characters heretofore used have been largely ecological 

 or otherwise unessential. Eight groups are given, as follows: (I) Simplicis, 19 sp., (II) 

 Setaceum, 2 sp., (Ill) Hirsutae, 6 sp., (IV) Anisopetalae , 6 sp., (V) Scariosae, 3 sp., (VI) 

 Cristato-sepalae, 8 sp., (VII) Connato-sepalae (not in India), (VIII) Leucantherae , 6 sp. 

 The species in each group are listed by name but not described; thus eleven new species are 

 named without descriptions. These are as follows: E. Geoffreyi, E. barba-caprae, E. roseum, 

 E. Dianae, E. Sedgurickii, E. Rhodae, E. Edwardii, E. Margaretae, E. Eleanorae, E. Thomasi, 

 E. horsley-kundae. Much confusion as to the range of species has arisen through faulty under- 

 standing of the characters and specific limits. An interesting parallel evolutionary develop- 

 ment in several groups is noted and discussed. — K. M. Wiegand. 



406. Fyson, P. F. Short notes on distribution, etc. Jour. Indian Bot. 1 : 125-127. 1 fig. 

 1919. — A new locality is recorded in India for Jmpatiens tangachee Bedd. The collection is 

 recorded of two blue-flowered plants, identical in other characters with Heterocarpus glaber 

 Wight and H. hirsutus Wight, species described as having yellow flowers. Apparently H. 

 glaber and H. hirsutus have yellow flowers at lower altitudes, and blue flowers at higher alti- 

 tudes, and represent a glabrous and a hairy variety of a single species. It is suggested that 

 in these four plants there are "two pairs of Mendelian allelomorphs segregating." The author 

 found a staminate flower on a carpellate tree of Hydnocarpus alpinus Wtk., and calls brief 

 attention to its possible bearing on the problem of sex in flowering plants. — Winfield Dudgeon. 



