102 TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS [Bot. Absts., Vol. VIII, 



697. HiERONYMUS, G. Kleine Mitteilungen iiber Pteridophyten I. [Short communications 

 on Pteridophytes I.] Hedwigia 59:319-339. 1918. — Critical notes are given concerning a 

 number of species of Athyrium and Diplaziuni: The following new names and combinations 

 occur: Athyrium mengtzeense, A. cognatum (Asplenium cognatum Mett.), Diplazium vera-pax 

 {Asplenium vera-pax Donn.-Sm.), D. novoguineense {D. silvaticum (Bory) Sw. var. novoguine- 

 ense Rosenst.), D. Guildingii {Asplenium Guildingii Jenman), D. unilobum {Asplenium uni- 

 lobum Poir.), D. Kaulfussii, D. alienum {Asplenium alienum Mett.), D. Mearnsii. — E. B. 

 Payson. 



698. HiERONTMus, G. Kleine Mitteilungen iiber Pteridophyten II. [Short communica- 

 tions on Pteridophytes II.] Hedwigia 61 : 1-39. 1920. — Extensive notes are given concerning 

 the synonymy, identity, and important characteristics of a number of species of the genus 

 Asplenium. The following new names and new combinations are made: Asplenium squa- 

 muligerum {A. varians J. Sm. var. squamuligera Rosenst.), A. fluminense {A. lunulatum var. 

 fluminense Lindm.), A. otites Link var. linear i-lanceolata, A. acrocarpum {Diplazium acro- 

 carpum Rosenst.). — E. B. Payson. 



699. Merrill, E. D. On the identity of Pol5T)odium spinulosum Burm. f. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales 44:353-354. 1919. — The excellent figure used by Burman, "Flora 

 Indica," 1768, as illustrating Polypodium spinulosum Burm. f. is questioned. Burman's 

 description is cited as short and imperfect. The writer considers that the plant was not 

 from Java, as stated, but unquestionably is the West Australian species, Synaphea poly- 

 morpha R. Br., one of the Proteaceae. The adjustment of the synonymy to the name Syna- 

 phea spinulosa (Burm. f.) is given. It is stated that the species is of wide distribution in West 

 Australia and agrees in all respects with Burman's description and figure. — Eloise Gerry. 



700. Watts, W. W. Aspidium goggilodus Schkuhr. Jour. Botany 58: 153. 1920.— The 

 author takes exception to the practise of spelling the above specific name, when transferred 

 to Nephrodium, as gongylodes, and points out that the original spelling probably had a 

 different etymology. — K. M. Wiegand. 



SPERMATOPHYTES 



701. Ames, O. Orchidaceae. Illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceae 6: 



xiv + 335 p., pi. 80-101. 1920. — This contribution to our knowledge of Malayan and Philip- 

 pine Orchidaceae consists of two separate papers. The first by Oakes Ames and Charles 

 ScHWEiNFURTH is entitled "The orchids of Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo" and the 

 second, by Oakes Ames is entitled "Notes on Philippine Orchids, VII." The paper on Mount 

 Kinabalu orchids is based largely on the collections made by Chaplain Joseph Clemens 

 in 1915, 222 species being enumerated. Of these, 1 genus and the following species are 

 described as new : Habenaria crassinervia, Chlorosa Clemensii, Goodyera rostellata, Kuhlhas- 

 seltia kinabaluensis, Vrydagzynea grandis, Nephelaphyllum flabellatum, Coelogyne amplissima, 

 C. Clemensii, C. Clemensii var. longiscapa, C. compressicaulis, C. genuflexa, C. kinabaluensis, 



C. longibulbosa, C. plicatissima, C. radioferens, C. rigidiformis , Dendrochilum alatum, D. 

 angusiipeialum, D. crassifolium, D. exasperatum, D. fimbriatum, D. Haslamii, D. imbricatum, 



D. Jodemensii, D. kamborangense, D. lancilabium, D. lobongense, D. longirachis, D. perspica- 

 bile, D. quinquelobum, D. subintegrum, Pholidota Clemensii, P. kinabaluensis, P. pectinata, 

 Nabaluia new genus. A''. Clemensii, Malaxis graciliscapa, M. multiflora, M. variabilis, Oberonia 

 affinis, 0. kinabaluensis, 0. patentifolia, 0. triangularis, Liparis grandis, L. kamborangensis, 

 L. lingulata, L. pandurata, Arundina gracilis, Dendrobium bicarinatum, D. crumenatum Sw. 

 var. parviflorum, D. fusco-pilosum, D. kiatiense, D. longirepens, D. miniynum, D. oblongum, 

 D. patentilobum, D. singulare, D. tricallosum, D. tridentatum, Eria brevipedunculata, E. car- 

 nosissima, E. farinosa, E. latiuscula, E. macrophylla, E. magnicallosa, E. mollicavlis, Cernto- 

 stylis crassilingua, C. longisegmenta, Agrostophyllum globigerum, Chtlopogo7i kinabaluensis, 

 Appendicula divaricata, A. foliosa, A. linearifolia, A. longirostrata, A. magnibracteata, A. 



