218 TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS [BoT. Absts., Vol. VII, 



1461. Lauterbach, C. Beitrage zur Flora von Papuasien, VII, no. 66. Die Anacardiaceen 

 Papxiasiens. [The Anacardiaceae of Papuasia.] Bot. Jahrb. 56:345-373. 5 jig. 1920. — 

 Twelve genera and 46 species are listed from Papuasia, of which two genera are endemic. 

 Three genera contain cultivated, or at least economic, species. Sixty-two per cent of the 

 species are endemic. Most of the species inhabit the low-lands, especially in the alluvial 

 swamps along the rivers, where they often form an important part of the woody fiira. One 

 species, at least, is a myrmecophile. A few species reach the higher mountain summits. A 

 key is provided to the genera and to the species under each genus. The following varieties, 

 species, and combinations are proposed as new: Buchanania nova-hibernica, B. montana, B. 

 macrocarpa, B. scandens, Mangifera xylocarpa, Skoliostigma defolians, Pentaspadon Moszkow- 

 skii, Campnosperma montana, fEuroschinus Ledermannii, Rhus lenticellosa Lauterb. var. 

 monophylla and var. pentaphylla, R. caudata, Nothopegiopsis nidificans, Semecarpus myrme- 

 cophila, S. nubigena, S. Schlechteri, S. fulvo-villosa, and S. bracteata. The genus Skoliostigma 

 is described as new. Synonomy and nomenclatorial references are given, as well as notes 

 on distribution, morphology, and ecology. — K. M. Wiegand. 



1462. Lewin, L. Ueber einige Pflanzen aus dem Kustengebiet von Beludschistan. [On 

 some plants from the coastal region of Baluchistan.] Bot. Jahrb. 56 (Beibl. 123) : 31-36. 1920. 

 — A list of 63 plants is given, collected by Messrs. Possmann and Palmer along the coast of 

 Baluchistan, and determined by Paul Hennings and Paul Ascherson. Of these, 38 had 

 not previously been reported from the northern and northwestern portions of that country. 

 The native names are added where known. The narrow strip of sandy country between the 

 mountains and the coast supports a type of semi-desert vegetation quite different from the 

 flora farther inland. Published records of Baluchistan plants are fe'w; two based on Stock's 

 collections are mentioned. — K. M. Wiegand. 



1463. LowNEs, Albert E. Notes on Pogonia trianthophora. Rhodora 22: 53-55. 1 fig. 

 1920. — This rather rare orchid was first reported in the region about Asquam Lake, New Hamp- 

 shire, in 1898, from one station. Six stations are now known, scattered over a comparatively 

 small area, and containing between five and six thousand plants. The writer gives a few brief 

 notes as to its manner of growth, method of fertilization, method of propagation, habit of 

 withdrawing moisture from the tubers in time of drought, and habit, which is peculiar for our 

 native orchids, of opening only on clear days and closing during cloudy weather and at night. — 

 James P. Poole. 



1464. Maiden, J. H. A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus. Vol. IV, Part 9. 

 239-304 p., pi. 160-163. William Applegate Gullick: Sydney, 1920.— The present part contains 

 descriptions, synonymy, notes, and illustrations of the following species : Eucalyptus Torelliana 

 F. V. M., E. corymbosa Smith, E. intermedia R. T. Baker, E. patellaris F. v. M., E. celastroides 

 Turcz., E. gracilis F. v. M., E. transcontinentalis Maiden, E. longicornis, F. v. M., E. oleosa 

 F. V. M., E. Floctoniae Maiden, E. virgata Sieber, E. oreades R. T. Baker, E. ohtusiflora DC, 

 and E. fraxinoides Deane & Maiden. Ibid. Part 10. P. 305-343. PI. 164-167. March, 

 1920. — This part continues th6 series with a like treatment of: E. terminalis F. v. M., E. 

 dichromophloia F. v. M., E. pyrophora Benth., R. pyrophora Benth. var. poly car pa {E. poly- 

 carpa F. v. M.), E. laevopinea R. T. Baker, E. ligustrina DC, E. stricta Sieber, and E. 

 grandis (Hill) Maiden. — J. M. Greenman. 



1465. Metcalf, F. P. Notes on North Dakota plants. Jour. Washington [D. C] Acad. 

 Sci. 10: 188-198. 1920. — A list of marsh and aquatic plants of the state, including 18 species 

 not previously reported. — Helen M. Gilkey. 



1466. Moore, Spencer Le M. Alabastra Diversa. Part XXXII. Jour. Botany 58: 

 44-49. 1920. — (1) Plantae Congoenses novae vel rariores. This contribution consists of notes 

 on the Compositae and Acanthaceae of the Congo. Notes are given on five species of 

 Compositae, three of which are new: Vernonia divulgata, Aspilia congoensis, and Crasso- 

 cephalum longirameum. Thirteen species of Acanthaceae are listed, three of which are new: 



