106 TAXONOMY OF VASCULAE PLANTS [Bot. Absts., Vol. VIII, 



727. LiNDMAN, C. A. M. Svensk Fanerogamflora. [Swedish phanerogamic flora.] 8vo, 

 via + 639 p., many fig. P. A. Norstedt & Soners: Stockholm, Sweden. 1918. — This is a com- 

 prehensive manual of the flowering plants of Sweden. The author gives a detailed key to 

 families and distinctive genera based upon the sexual system of Linnaeus. Keys are also 

 given, under the family description, to genera and species. The Engler and Prantl sequence 

 is followed in the arrangement of families. All species are at least briefly described and notes 

 on distribution are included. The book is copiously illustrated with text figures. The fol- 

 lowing new species and subspecies are described : PoaaZpi^^ena {Poa pratensis L. yar. alpigena 

 Fries), Puccinellia Borreri (Festuca Borreri Bab.), Fesiuca ovina L. subsp. duriuscula (F. 

 duriuscula L.), Zerna inermis (Bromus inermis Leyss.), Z. ramosa (Bromus ramosus Huds.), 

 Z. Benekeni (Bromus Benekeni Syvae), Z. unioloides {Bromus unioloides HBK.), Agropyrum 

 violaceum (Triticum violaceum Horn?), Scirpus atrichus {Trichophorum atrichum Palla), S. 

 alpinus (Eriophorum alpinum L.), Betula coriacea Gunnarss., B. coriacea var. tremuloides 

 Gunnarss., B. concinna Gunnarss., B. pubescens Ehrb. subsp. suecica Gunnarss., Atriplex 

 praecox Hiilphers, Arabis suecica (A. thaliana L. var. suecica Fr.), Crataegus Palmstruchii, 

 C. curvisepala, Trimorpha elongata (Erigeron elongatus Ledeb.), T. canadensis {Erigeron 

 canadensis L.). [See also Bot. Absts. 8, 686.] — E. B. Payson. 



728. Matthews, J. R. Cheshire roses. Jour. Botany 58: 137-141. 1920.— Notes on 

 distribution and distinguishing characteristics are given on twenty-eight species and several 

 varieties of roses occurring in Cheshire. The notes are partly from the author's material, 

 and partly compiled from those of Colonel Wolley-Dod. — K. M. Wiegand. 



729. Merrill, E. D. New ornotewor thy Philippine plants, XV. Philippine Jour. Sci. 14: 

 365-457. 1919. — Besides 18 species previously unknown from the Philippines, the following 

 are described as new to science: Pandanus panayensis, P. camarinensis, Andropogon philip- 

 pinensis, A. gryllus L. var. philippensis, Mariscus niveus (Schoenus niveus Murr.), Crypto- 

 coryne aponogetifolia, C. pygmaea, Elatostema panayense, E. Macgregorii, E. zamboangense, 

 E. acumatissimum, E. Robinsonii, E. pilosum, E. suborbiculare, E. diversilimbum, E. appendi- 

 culatum, Elatostematoides samarense, Aristolochia membranacea, Haematocarpus subpeltatus, 

 Artabotrys monogynus, A. cagayensis, Goniothalamus lancifolius, G. longistylus, Mitrephora 

 cagayanensis, Oxymitra muUinervia, O. platyphylla, Papualthia heteropetala, Phaeanthus 

 pubescens, P. villosus, Polyalthia dolichophylla, Pseuduvaria grandiflora, Uvaria panayensis, 

 U. Macgregorii, Cryptocarya Ramosii, C. euphlebia, C. elliptifolia, Neolitsia lanceolata, 

 N. paucinervia, Polyosma villosa, P. longipetiolata, Pittosporum pse^idostipitatum, P. acu- 

 minatissimum, P. glaberrimum, Connarus castaneus, Rourea luzoniensis, Ormosia orbiculata, 

 0. dementis, O. basilanensis, O. grandifolia, Evodia sessilfoliola, Aglaia diffusiflora, Seme- 

 carpus subsessilifolia, S. ferruginea, Oncocarpus obovatus {Dichapetalum obovatum Elm.), 

 Parishia oblongifolia, Villaresia philippinensis, V. latifolia, Miquelia philippinensis , Allo- 

 phylus stenophyllus , Guioa parvifoliola, Elaeocarpus ilocanus, Pterospermum megalanthum, 

 Dillenia megalophylla, Saurauia Santosii, Homalium Ramosii, Begonia Collisiae, B. lanci- 

 limba, B. obtusifolia, B. rubrifolia, B. serpens, B. panayensis, B. platyphylla, Cloezia urdane- 

 tensis {Photinia urdanetensis Elm.), Tristania oblongifolia, Medinilla oblanceolata, Memecylon 

 Ramosii, M. stenophyllum, Otanthera strigosa, Astronia brachybotrys, Schefflera obtusifolia, 

 S. Alvarezii, S. globosa, S. platyphylla, S. Santosii, S. panayensis, Boerlagiodendron cau- 

 datum, Vaccinium ilocanum, Diplycosia glabra, Ardisia ilocana, A. longipetiolata, Ambylan- 

 thopsis crassifolia, Palaquium glabrifolium, Symplocos brachybotrys, Geniostoma pachy- 

 phyllum, Alyxia retusa, Rauwolfia membranacea, Tabernaemontana ecarinata, Callicarpa 

 obtusifolia, Cyrtandra ilocana, C. panayensis, C. Santosii, C. lancifolia, Hemigraphis num- 

 mularifolia, Vernonia glandulifolia. — Albert R. Sweetser. 



730. Merrill, E. D. Notes on the flora of Sumatra. Philippine Jour. Sci. 14: 239-250. 

 1919. — It is estimated that since the publication of Miguel's "Flora Sumatra" not over 500 

 species have been added, bringing the number of species of Spermatophytes to approximately 

 3000. From a collection by Bartlett and La Rue, aggregating about 500 numbers, several 



