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1556. Hervey, E. Williams. A rare variety of Vitis labrusca. Rhodora 22: 183-184. 

 1920. — Report of a white variety of V. labrusca found on sale in the New Bedford market and 

 traced to a vine growing in the woods near the town of Rochester, Massachusetts. Report 

 of the same variety in the woods in Westport. Editor's note refers this grape to the ''White 

 Fox," V. labrusca var. alba, found wild in the woods at York, Pennsylvania. — James P. 

 Poole. 



1557. Jansen, p., en W. H. Wachter. Floristische aanteekeningen xvi. Glyceria, R. 

 Br. [Floristical notes xvi. Glyceria R. Br.] Nederland. Kruidk. Arch. 1919: 317-325. 1919. 

 — The occurrence and description of species, varieties, and hybrids of the genus Glyceria in 

 the Netherlands are given. — J. C. Th. Uphof. 



1558. Jennings, O. E. New or noteworthy plants from northwestern Ontario. Jour- 

 Washington [D. C] Acad. Sci. 10: 453-460. 1920. — From collections made by the author and 

 Mrs. O. E. Jennings in Ontario to the north and northwest of Lake Superior the following 

 new species and varieties are described: Lysias orbiculata (Pursh) Rydb. var. pauciflora, 

 Kneiffia depauperata, Pyrola uliginosa Torr. var. gracilis, P. compacta, P. chlorantha Sw. 

 var. revoluta, Scutellaria lateriflora L. var. axillaris, Stachys palustris L. var. puberula, S. 

 palustris L. var. macrocalyx, S. palustris L. var. nipigonensis. — E. B. Payson. 



1559. Lewton, F. L. The history of kidney cotton. Jour. Washington [D. C] Acad. Sci. 

 10:591-597. 2 fig. 1920. — An account of its nomenclature. Th.Q naioie Gossypium lapideum 

 Tussac, published in 1818, is accepted. — Helen M. Gilkey. 



1560. MacCaughet, Vaughan. The Mangrove. Amer. Bot. 25: 42. 1919. — Rhizophora 

 Mangle L. is not native to the Hawaiian Islands but has been introduced near Honolulu where 

 it has increased, suggesting that it would be a desirable species for planting on the coast. 

 The species is also described and its uses given. — W. N . Clute. 



1561. Mackenzie, Kenneth K. Scientific names applicable to our purple-flowered 

 Eupatoriums. Rhodora 22: 157-165. 1920. — In referring to K. M. Wiegand's article "Eupa- 

 torium purpureum and its allies" (Rhodora 22: 57), the author is in accord with the latter's 

 conclusions that there are 4 distinct and well-marked species in this group but is not in agree- 

 ment with him when it comes to applying names occurring in botanical literature to the various 

 species recognized. The present author gives the 4 species numbers in the same way as done 

 by Wiegand and discusses at some length the problem of the identity of each. — James P. 

 Poole. 



1562. MoxLEY, George L. Zauschneria orbiculata n. sp. Bull. Southern California 

 Acad. Sci. 19:30. 1920. 



1563. Nakai, Takenoshin. Notulae ad plantas Japoniae et Coreae XX. [Notes on the 

 plants of Japan and Corea. XX.] Bot. Mag. Tokyo 33: 41-61. 1919. — Besides brief miscel- 

 laneous notes the following new species and varieties are described and new combinations 

 made: Car ex daisenensis, Salix meta-formosa, S. orthostemma, S. sericeo-cinerea, S. aericeo- 

 cinerea var. lanata, Alnus borealis Koidzumi var. koreana (A. japonica Siebold & Zucc. var. 

 kereana Callier), A. borealis Koidzumi var. latifolia (A. japonica Siebold & Zucc. var. lati- 

 folia Callier), A. borealis Koidzumi var. paniculata {A. paniculata Nakai), A. japonica Sie- 

 bold & Zucc. var. rufa, A. vermicularis, Betula Schmidtii Regel var. lancea, Parietaria core- 

 ana, Polygonatum lyratum, Rheum coreanum, Melandrium umbellatum. Clematis subtriternata, 

 C. subtriternata var. tennuifolia, C. ochotensis Poiret var. ternata, Isopyrum insigne, Pulsatilla 

 nivalis, Thalictrum osmorhizoides, T. spirostigmum., C. Maximowicziana (C. speciosa Maxim.), 

 Arabis ligulifolia, Barbarea sibirica (B. vulgaris R. Br. var. sibirica Regel), B. hondoensis. 

 Cotyledon filifera, Astilbe chinensis (Maxim.) Franch & Savat. var. formosa, A. chinensis 

 (Maxim.) Franch. & Savat. var. paniculata, A. hachijoensis. Spiraea pseudo-crenata, Sorbus 

 amurensis Koehne var. rufa, Potentilla chinensis Seringe var. littoralis, P. chinensis Seringe 



