No. 3, January, 1922] TAXONOMY, VASC. PLANTS 215 



1410. Danguy, p. Contribution k I'etude de la flore forestiere de Madagascar. [Con- 

 tribution to the study of the forest flora of Madagascar.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 26: 

 253-253. 1920. — Tisonia Faucherei and Turraea Thouvenotii are described as new to science. 

 — E. B. Payson. 



1411. Danguy, Paul. Lauracees de la foret d'Analamazaotra (Madagascar). [Lauraceae 

 from the forest of Analamazaotra (Madagascar).] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 26: 547-550. 

 1920.— Fifteen species of this family are known to occur in this forest. Of these, 6 are here 

 described as new and 2 others redescribed in part. The following new names and new combina- 

 tions occur: Ravensara ferruginea, R. crassifolia (CrypiocaryacrassifoliaBak.), R. latifolia. 

 R. ovalifolia, R. cryptocaryoides, R. anisata, and R. Thouvenotii. — E. B. Payson. 



1412. Evans, A. H. On Geranium purpureum Vill. and G. Robertianum L. Bot. Soc 

 and Exchange Club British Isles Rept. 5: 724-720. 1919 [1920]. 



1413. Gamble, J. S. Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Part IV. 679-768. Adlard 

 and Son and West Newman: London, 1921. — This part includes the families Rubiaceae to 

 Ebenaceae ending with a description of the genus Diospyros. The following new combina- 

 tions are recorded: Oldenlandia nitida (Hedyotis nitida W. & A.), O. caerulea (Hedyotis 

 caerulea W, & A.), O. articularis {Hedyotis articularis\ir.),0.sisaparensis {Hedyotis sisapar en- 

 sis Gage), 0. alho-nervia {Hedyotis albo-nervia Bedd.), Randia Brandisii {R. tomentosa W. 

 & A., not Bl.), Tricalysia sphaerocarpa {Diplospora sphaerocarpa Hook, f.), T. apiocarpa 

 (Diplospora apiocarpa Hook, f.), Plectronia ficiformis {Canthium ficiforme Hook, i.), Pavetta 

 zeylanica (P. hispidula var. zeylanica Hook, f.), Stylocoryne lucens {Webera lucens Hook, f.), 

 S. canarica {Webera canarica Hook, f.), S. nilagirica {Webera nilagirica Hook, f.), Anaphalis 

 subdecxirrens {Gnaphalium subdecurrens DC), A. Lawii {A. oblonga DC. var. Laivii Hook, 

 f.). Campanula Wightii {C. ramulosa Wt., not Wall.), and Isonandra montana {I. Wightiana 



A. DC. var. montana Thw.). — J. M. Greenman. 



1414. GuiLLAUMiN, A. Contribution a la flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. [Contribution 

 to the flora of New Caledonia.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 26: 254-261, 361-368, 434-435. 

 1920. — XXXI (254-261). Various species collected by M. Franc in New Caledonia are listed 

 and the following new species are described: Uvaria Baillonii, Pittosporum hematomallurn, 

 P. pronyense, P. sylvaticum, Sterculia Francii, Antholoma haplopoda, Sarcomelicope argyro- 

 phylla. XXXII (361-368). Species collected by various collectors are listed. The species 

 of Agation and Pittosporum are differentiated by means of dichotomous keys. XXXIII 

 (434-435). The list of species collected by various authors is continued. — E. B. Payson. 



1415. GuiLLAUMiN, A. Les especes cultivees du genre Listrostachys (Orchidacees- 

 Sarcanthees). [The cultivated species of the genus Listrostachys (Orchidaceae-Sarcantheae).] 

 Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris] 26: 574-577. 1920. — Notes are given concerning the origin of 

 34 species of this genus that have been introduced into cultivation. — E. B. Payson. 



1416. Haines, H. H. Notes on Bridelia. Jour. Botany 59: 188-193. 1921.— The con- 

 clusion reached in the study of Indian species of Bridelia is that B. montana Hook. f. is not 



B. montana Willd. but a new species, B. vernmosa. B. montana Willd. is a widely distributed 

 species including 3 Varieties, one of which is new, B. montana var. Stapfii. — S. H . Burnham. 



1417. HoEHNE, F. C. Leguminosas forrageiras do Brasil, I. Meibomia Moehr. [Legumin- 

 ous forage plants of Brazil, I. Meibomia Moehr.] Anex. Mem. Inst. Butantan 1': 5-54. PI. 

 1-21, S photo. 1921. — A brief resume is given of the nomenclatorial history of Meibomia. 

 This name, which was proposed exactly 50 years before Desmodium DesV., is accepted as valid. 

 A synoptical key contrasts briefly the characters of the 24 recognized Brasilian species. Each 

 of these species is described in detail and information given as to its geographical distribution. 

 The forage value is indicated for certain species. The following new combinations are made: 

 Meibomia cajanifolia {Desmodium cajanifolium DC), M. cuneata {Desmodium cuneatum 

 Hook. & Arn.), M. discolor {Desmodium discolor Vog.), M. leiocarpa {Hedysarum leiocarpum 

 Spreng.), M. aspera {Hedysarum asperum DesV.), M. triflora {Hedysarum triflorum DC), 



