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and 305 species. Two genera and 31 species are described as new to science. The new genera 

 are Xerocarpa, monotypic from New Guinea, and Viticipremna from the Philippines, New 

 Guinea, and other islands, both of the tribe Viticoidi ae, the first of the subtribe Teysmannio- 

 dendruK , the second of the subtribe Viticeae. New species are: Callicarpa glabra, C. lacini- 

 ala, Clerodendron albiflos, C. coccineum, C. kalaoloensc, C. macrocalyx, C. membranifolium, 

 Faradaya nervosa, F. squamata, (!> unsia Pullei, Gmelina Ledermanni , G. palawensis, G. 

 Schlechteri, Premna alba, P. angustifiora, P. angusti folia, P. borneeusis, P. Curranii, P. 

 Ledermanni, P. macrophylla, P. paulobarbata, P. Peekelii, P. rcgularis, P. Ruttenii, P. 

 sessilifulia. Vitex Curranii, V . glandulosa, V. luteoglandulosa, V. macrophylla, V. Merrillii, 

 Xerocarpa aviccnniacfoliola. A supplement from the Buitenzorg herbarium will soon follow. 

 [See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1S30.]— //. ./. Lam. 



421. Lecomte, Henri. Sapotacees recueillies a Madagascar par M. Perrier de la Bathie. 

 [Sapotaceous plants collected in Madagascar by M. Perrier de la Bathie.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 

 [Paris] 25: 269-275. 3 fig. 1919. — In addition to several species previously known the follow- 

 ing species and varieties new to science were collected: Sideroxylon Perrieri, S. Perrieri var. 

 oblongifolium, S. saxorum, S. collinum, and S. madagascariense . — E. B. Payson. 



422. Lecomte, Henri. Quelques Sapotacees Africaines. [Several African Sapotaceae.] 

 Bull. Mus. Hist, Nat, [Paris] 25: 189-193. 7 fig. 1919.— The genus Pachyslela is believed to 

 contain two sections, Eupachystela and Zeyherella, which are here defined. The following 

 new combination is made and new species described: Pachystela Antunesii (Engl.) H. Lee. 

 (Chrysophyllum Antunesii Engl.) and P. Pobeguiniana Pierre. — E. B. Payson. 



423. Lecomte, Henri. A propos du genre Planchonella Pierre de la famille des Sapota- 

 cees. [In regard to the genus Planchonella Pierre of the family Sapotaceae.] Bull. Mus. Hist. 

 Nat. [Paris] 25 : 123-125. 1919. — Planchonella is considered to be worthy only of sectional rank 

 under the genus Sideroxylon but Sersalisia which is similar in fruit characters is held to be 

 distinct from Sideroxylon for other reasons. The following new combination is suggested: 

 Sideroxylon racemosum (Planchonella racemosa Pierre). — E. B. Payson. 



424. Lecomte, Henri. Un Labourdonnaisia nouveau (Sapotacees) de Madagascar. [A 

 new Labourdonnaisia (Sapotaceae) from Madagascar.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 25: 53- 

 55. 1919. — Labourdonnaisia hexandra is described as new to science and there is given a brief 

 characterization of the other known species of this genus. — E. B. Payson. 



425. Leveille, H. Souvenir de guerre. [War recollection.] Bull. Geog. Bot. 1918: 

 143-145. 191S. — Fumaria graminifolia, Anacyclus Duguei, Artemisia Duguei, Convolvulus 

 Duguei, and OrnUhogalum Duguei are described as new species. Ononis Natrix L. var. integ- 

 rifolia is described as a new variety. The forms new to science are described from southeast- 

 ern Europe. The paper also includes a list of recognized phanerogamic species from the same 

 region. — J. R. Schramm. 



426. Long, Bayard. Notes on the American occurrence of Crepis biennis. Rhodora21: 

 209-214. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 347. 



427. Long, Bayard. The specific characters of Eragrostis peregrina and its two allies. 

 Rhodora 21: 133-140. 1919. — Hackel based his Eragrostis pilosa var. condensa upon a weed 

 occurring in the Grand-Ducal Palace Garden at Karlsruhe. When K. M. Wiegand renamed 

 this plant E. peregrina in 1917 he had material from eight stations. The writer has recently 

 had a favorable opportunity to make a study of the characters of this same plant from several 

 hundreds of specimens from more than fifty stations, which have accumulated at Philadelphia, 

 having been collected in the surrounding country. He compares in considerable detail the 

 characters of this species with those of its two closest allies, E. pilosa and E. Purshii, ampli- 

 fying and reconsidering the characters advanced by above mentioned authors, and weighing 

 their critical comments. The article is concluded by a summary of the distinguishing char- 



