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tures and physiological and cytological phenomena which occur in the family." The gen- 

 eral conclusions reached in previous chapters are here summarized in convenient form. The 

 phyletic results are next brought together. The family history is «iven, tribe by tribe, in 

 complete and positive fashion. The conclusions are based in part on paleontology and 

 geographical distribution, but more largely on comparative anatomy. In the concluding 

 chapter an attempt is made to give, on the basis of an elaborate family tree, a ''coherent 

 account of the evolution of the family" based on "modern theories of heredity, evolution and 

 geographical distribution." Step by step, from the Cretaceous to the Pliocene, the origin 

 and differentiation of the tribes and genera in time and space are given in an "attempt to 

 bring a real, living picture of the origin and development of the Compositae before the mind 

 of the ordinary student." [See next preceding Entry, 451.] — I. F. Lewis. 



453. Smith, Charles Piper. Studies in the genus Lupinus— IV. The Pusilli. Bull. 

 Torrey Bot. Club. 46: 389-410 Fig. 43-52. 1919.— The following published names are con- 

 sidered in this paper: L. pusillus Pursh, L. brevicaulis Wats., L. Kingii W&ts. , L. Sileri Wats., 

 L. S hoc kleyi Wats., L. capilalus Greene, L. odoratus Heller, L. scaposus Rydberg, L. rubens 

 Rydberg, L. dispersus Heller, L. flavoculatus Heller, L. intermontanus Heller, and L. argil- 

 laceus Woot. & Standi. The following new combinations are made: L. Kingii argillaceus 

 (Woot. & Standi.), L. rubens flavoculatus (Heller), L. pusillus intermontanus (Heller). 

 L. odoratus Heller var. pilosellus is described as a new variety. — P. A. Munz. 



454. Smith, J. J. Index Orchidacearum quae anno 1919 in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi 

 coluntur. [Index of the orchids grown during the year 1919 in the Buitenzorg Botanical Gar- 

 den.] Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 1: 91-126. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 875. 



455. Standley, P. C. Two new species of plants from Cuba. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton [D. C] 32 : 241-242. 1919. — Achyranthes crassifolia Standi., and Torrubia insularis Standi, 

 are described as new species from Cuba. — J. C. Gilman. 



456. St. John, Harold. Two color forms of Lobelia cardinalis L. Rhodora 21: 217-218. 

 1919.— A brief account of some of the recorded occurrences of the rose-colored form of Lobelia 

 cardinalis L. For this form the writer proposes the name L. cardinalis L., f. rosea n. f. The 

 albino form of the same species is designated as L. cardinalis L., f. alba (A. Eaton) n. comb., 

 and the synonyms are given. — James P. Poole. 



457. Thompson, H. S. Carex montana L. Jour. Botany 57: 274-275. 1919.— Notes are 

 given on the discovery and occurrence of this rare sedge on the Mendip plateau in England. 

 The peculiar yellow-green foliage is mentioned as a means of quick identification in the field. 

 It flowers early and the fruits are soon shed. This, together with the fact that many plants 

 do not flower, is the whole cause of its tardy discovery in Mendip, where it was not found 

 until 1890.— A". M. Wiegand. 



458. Thompson, H. Stuart. The genus Euphrasia and E. minima. Jour. Botany 57: 

 335-337. 1919.— Attention is called to a paper by John Ball (Jour. Botany 11: 272. 1873), 

 which seems to have been overlooked by recent writers on Euphrasia. Ball, like Town- 

 send formerly, expressed his doubt of there being many species of Euphrasia rather than one 

 polymorphic species. Conditions in the British Isles are not opposed to this interpretation, 

 but on the continent the forms are more diverse. Ball noted that one form, E. minima, is 

 more distinct than others, and is probably ancient, as it occurs on widely separated mountain 

 tops. The author finds E. minima one of seventy plants having the greatest vertical range in 

 the western Alps. He is still skeptical of the occurrence of E. minima in Britain. Euphrasia 

 is an interesting genus in which to study the course of evolution and distribution, and much 

 can be learned from it. We should not forget the suggestion of Ball that insect visitors play 

 an important part in the polymorphism of the genus. No seeds of Euphrasia have been found 

 in glacial beds, though those of the allied Bartsia have been so found. The distinguishing 

 features of Euphrasia and related genera have been recently ably stated and illustrated by 

 Beattverd (Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 3. 1911).— A'. M. Wiegand. 



