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500. Holm, Theo. Internal glandular hairs in Dryopteris. Rhodora 22: 89-90. 2 fig. 

 1920.— See liot. Absts. 6, Entry 1183. 



501. House, Homer D. The Genus Aetopteron, Ehrhart. Amer. Fern Jour, 10:88-89. 

 1920. — The author revives the name of Aetopteron of Ehrhart to replace Polystichum and 

 makes the following new combinations: Aetopteron aculeatum {Polystichum aculeatum L.), 

 A. acrostichoides (Nephrodium acrostichoides Michx.), A. Braunii (Aspidium Braunii 

 Spenner), A. Lemmoni {Polystichum Lemmoni Unden\^), A. lonchites {Polypodium lonchites 

 L.), A. munilum {Aspidium munitum Kaulf.), A. scopulinum {Ascidium aculeatum var. scopu- 

 linum D. C. Eaton). — F. C. Anderson. 



502. Weatherby, C. A. Varieties of Pityrogramma triangularis. Rhodora 22: 113-120. 

 1920. — The author recognizes three geographic varieties in addition to the typical P. tri- 

 angularis. The separation is based on the presence or absence of glands on the lamina and 

 stipe, and on the character of these glands when present. A key to the varieties and the 

 bibliography of each is given. — James P. Poole. 



SPERMATOPHYTES 



503. Anonymous. Decades Kewenses. Decades XCII & XCIII. Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 

 1919:221-231. 1919. — The following species are described as new: Aconitum funiculare 

 Stapf, Indigofera Barberi Gamble, Erythrina mysorensis Gamble, Smithia Venkobarowii 

 Gamble, Desmodiiim wynaadense Bedd., Vigna Bourneae Gamble, Rosa Saundersiae Rolfe, 

 Bruguiera Hainesii C. G. Rogers, Sonerila pulneyensis Gamble, Memecylon flavescens 

 Gamble, M. Lawsonii Gamble, M. Lushingtonii Gamble, M. madgolense Gamble, M. sispa- 

 rense Gamble, Pimpinella pulneyensis Gamble, Schefflera Bourdillonii Gamble, 5. bengalen- 

 sis Gamble, Linociera Parkinsonii Hutchinson, Sarcococca vagans Stapf, Chrysopogon seti- 

 folius Stapf.— E. Mead Wilcox. 



504. Anonymous. Decades Kewenses. Decas XCIV. Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1919: 403- 

 407. 1919.— The following species are described as new: Calathodes oxycarpa Sprague, 

 Osbeckia travancorica Bedd., Oldenlandia Bourdillonii Gamble, 0. eualata Gamble, 0. Rama- 

 rowii Gamble, 0. villosostipulata Gamble, 0. wynaadensis Gamble, Ophiorrhiza Barberi 

 Gamble, 0. codyensis, 0. pykarensis Gamble. — E. Mead Wilcox. 



505. Anonymous. Diagnoses Africanae: LXXII. Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1919: 263-267. 

 1919_ — The following species are described as new: Kalanchoe densiflora Rolfe, Anisophyllaea 

 tomentosa Rolfe, Scyphosyce pandurata Hutchinson, Kniphofia Snowdeni C. H. Wright, Erio- 

 caulon recurvifolium C. H. Wright, Brachiaria nana Stapf, Panicum uvulatum Stapf, P. 

 epacridifolum Stapf, P. bambusiusculum Stapf, Rutenbergia Usagarae H. N. Dixon. — E. 

 Mead Wilcox. 



506. Blatter, E., and F. Hallberg. A revision of the Indian species of Rotala and 

 Ammannia. Part II. Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26:210-217. 1918.— Completed from 

 the preceding volume, the second part covering six species of Ammannia; no new names 

 appear. — E. D. Merrill. 



507. Briquet, J. Decades plantarum novarum vel minus cognitarum. [Decades of new 

 or little-known plants.] Annuaire Conservatoire et Jard. Bot. Geneve 20: 342-427. 1919.— 

 This is the twenty-sixth of a series and includes the families from Celastraceae to Valeri- 

 anaceae. The new names are: Maytenus pilcomayensis (Paraguay, Rojas 401), M. Hassleri 

 (Paraguay, Hassler, 1342), M. Mathewsii (Peru, Mathews), M. Pavonii (Peru, Pavon 53), 

 M. evonymoides var. Minarum (Brazil, Glaziou 12538, 13665) and var. pycnodonta (Paraguay, 

 Hassler, 7358), M. retusa {Celastrus retusus Poir.), M. durifolia (Peru, Pavon 564), M. Jame- 

 sonii (Ecuador, Jameson 222), M. vexata {M. myrsinoides Urb. not Reissek), M. Trianae 

 {M. buxifolius Tr. & PI. not Griesb.), M. Schottii {M. repanda Reiss. not Turcz.), M. Lorentzii 



