104 TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS [BoT. Absts., Vol. VIII, 



709. Bitter, Georg. Discopodium penninervium Hochst. var. Holstii (Damm.) Bitt., 

 eine verkannte Pflanze aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. [Discopodium penninervium Hochst. var. 

 Holstii (Damm.) Bitt.,amisunderstoodplant from German East Africa.] Bot. Jahrb. 57: 15-17. 

 1920. — The author discovered two herbarium specimens of a large solanaceous plant, bearing 

 the unpublished name Solaniaii Albersi U. Dammer, which proved to be very hairy examples 

 of another solanaceous species, Discopodium penninervium. A study of Withania Holstii 

 Dammer showed that it too was identical with these two specimens. In the present paper 

 this hairy form and three others are proposed as new varieties, namely: Discopodium penni- 

 nerviumvar. Holstii (Damm.), var. nervisequum, var. intermedium, and var. spar sear aneosum, 

 all from Africa. — K. M. Wicgand. 



710. Blake, S. F. Nine new plants of the genus Stylosanthes. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 

 [D. C] 33: 45-54. 1920. — Nine new species of the genus Stylosanthes are described from ma- 

 terial in the United States National Herbarium, as follows: S. gloiodes from Ecuador, S. pli- 

 cata from Brazil, S. macrocarpa, S. diarthra, S, purpurata, and »S'. subsericea from Mexico, S. 

 iuberculala from Bahama Islands and Cuba, S. fioridana from Florida, and S. macrosoma from 

 Paraguay. — /. C. Oilman. 



711. BouLENGER, G. A. On Rosa britannica Deseglise. Jour. Botany 58: 185-187. 1920. 

 — This rose, having a wide distribution in England, has appeared under various names, as 

 R. tomentosa Smith, R. foctida Bast., R. scabriuscula Smith, R. Jundzilliana Baker, and R. 

 silvestris Woods. It has also been confused by Vt'ooos with R. micrantha. An extended 

 description and discussion are given. The odor of the foliage in roses is not always connected 

 with glands as usually stated in books. Completely smooth leaves of R. dumetorum had the 

 apple scent of sweet brier, while very glandular specimens of R. micrantha were sometimes 

 devoid of odor. — K. M. Wiegand. 



712. Britten, James. Eugenia lucida. Jour. Botany 58: 151-152. 1920. — In making a 

 list of Lottreiro's plants in the National Herbarium the author has noted that an error was 

 made by Seemann, who considered Opa odorata Lour, and Syzygium lucidum Gaertn. synony- 

 mous. A sheet in the Banksian Herbarium collected by Banks on the Endeavour's River, 

 New South Wales, on which Gaertner based his name, was discovered by BritteU; and is not 

 Opa odorata. — K. M. Wiegand. 



713. Britten, James. Impatiens glandulifera Royle (I. Roylei Walp.) forma alba. Jour. 

 Botany 58: 201. 1920. — This form is described as new. It has been distributed by the author 

 to various gardens in England and Ireland, and was also seen by him in the garden of Miss 

 Jekyll at Munstead. — K. M. Wiegand. 



714. Brown, N. E. New and old species of Mesembryanthemum, with critical notes. 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. London Bot. 45: 53-140. PI. 5-10. 1920.— A critical treatment of many old 

 species of Mesembryanthemum and a description of over fifty new species. — A. J. Fames. 



715. Brown, N. E. A new species of Lobostemon in the Linnean Herbarium. Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. London Bot. 45: 141-142. 1920. — Lobostemon magnisepalum is described as new 

 to science. It is a native of South Africa. — E. B. Payson. 



716. Candolle, C. de. Piperaceae africanae. [Piperaceae of Africa.] Bot. Jahrb. 57: 

 18-19. 1920. — Three species of Piper are discussed and two of Peperomia. Of these Piper 

 Zenkeri (Kamerun), Peperomia kyimbilana (North Nyassaland), and P. Stolzii (N. Nyassa- 

 land) are described as new. — K. M. Wiegand. 



717. Clute, Willard N. The toad lily. Tricyrtis hirta. Amer. Bot. 26: 138-140. 

 1920. — A description of the flower. — S. P. Nichols. 



718. Coker, W. C. Azalea atlantica Ashe and its variety luteo-alba n. var. Jour. Elisha 

 Mitchell Sci. Soc. 36: 97-99. PI. 1 {in color), 7. 1920.— This little-known species, abundant 

 on the coastal plain of the Carolinas, is described, and a new variety, namely, luteo-alba is 

 proposed. — W. C. Coker. 



