No. 3, July, 1921] TAXONOMY, VASC. PLANTS 329 



2238. Baas Becking, L. H. Staphylea colchica Stev. var laxiflora n. var. Mededeel. 

 Landbouwhoogeschool Wageningen 17: 83-89. PL 6-7. 1920. 



2239. Black, J. M. A revision of the Australian Salicornieae. Trans, and Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. South Australia 43 : 355-367. PL 3S-S7. 1919.— Four genera are included in the present 

 revision, namely, Arthrocnemum, Pachycornia, Salicornia, and Tecticornia. One new variety, 

 A. halocnemoides Nees var. pergranulatum, is described; A. Lylei (Salicornia Ewart & 

 White) and P. tenuis (Salicornia tenuis Benth.) appear as new combinations. — J. H. Fault. 



2240. Bradshaw, R. V. A new Oregon Bucephalus. Torreya 20: 122, 123. 1920. — 

 Bucephalus vialis n. sp., collected on rocky hillsides at Eugene, Oregon, is described. The 

 species seems nearest to E. Engelmannii (Gray) Greene, from which it differs chiefly in the 

 smaller rayless heads, with narrower and more glandular involucral bracts. — /. C. Nelson. 



2241. Brandegee, Townshend Stith. Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, X. Univ. Cali- 

 fornia Publ. Bot. 7: 325-331. Dec 29, 1920.— The author describes 1 new genus and 18 new spe- 

 cies. The new genus is Pachystelma (gen. nov. Asclepiadacearum). All new species 

 with one exception are named by the author as follows: Hechtia glabra, H. Purpusii, Ocotea 

 pyramidata Blake, Bauhinia jucunda, Indigofera acasonicae, Eriosema nigropunctatum, 

 Esenheckia ovata, Euphorbia consoquitlae, Jatropha longepedunculata, Ayenia Purpusii, 

 Maba Purpusii, Sideroxylon campestre, Dictyanthus prostratus, Polystemma rupestre, Pachy- 

 stelma cordatum, Cynanchum racemosum, Solanum molestum, and Viguiera pauciflora. — 

 W. A. Setchell. 



2242. Cheel, Edwin. Notes on three species of Melaleuca. Trans, and Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. South Australia 43: 368-372. PL S8. 1919.— Critical notes are recorded on Melaleuca 

 pustulata Hook f., M. halmaturorum, and M. pauperiflora F. v. M. — J. H. Fault. 



2243. Coulter, J. M. Tropical American plants. [Rev. of: Blake, S. F. (1) The 

 genus Homalium in America (see Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 2370) . (2) New South American spermat- 

 ophytes collected by H. M. Curran (see Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 2371). Contrib. U. S. Nation. 

 Herb. 20:221-235, 237-245. 1919.] Bot. Gaz. 68: 488. 1919. 



2244. Coulter, J. M. New species of Vernonia. [Rev. of: Gleason, H. A. Taxonomic 

 studies in Vernonia and related genera. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 235-252. 1919 (see Bot. 

 Absts. 5, Entry 2381).] Bot. Gaz. 68: 488. 1919. 



2245. Coulter, J. M. New names. [Rev. of: Macbride, J. Francis. (1) Notes on 

 certain Leguminosae. (2) Reclassified or new spermatophytes. Contrib. Gray Herb. Harvard 

 Univ. N. S., 59: 1-27, 28-39. 1919 (see Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 1743).] Bot. Gaz. 68: 488. 1919. 



2246. Coulter, J. M. [Rev. of: (1) Rock, J. F. The arborescent indigenous le- 

 gumes of Hawaii. Hawaii Bd. Agric. and Forest. Bot. Bull. 5. 53 p., 18 pi. 1919 (see Bot. 

 Absts. 4, Entry 1763). (2) Rock, J. F. The Hawaiian genus Kokia. Hawaii Bd. Agric. 

 and Forest. Bot. Bull. 6. 2^ p., 7 pi. 1919 (see Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 1764). (3) Koidzumi, 

 Geniti. Contributiones ad floram Asiae Orientalis. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 33: 110-129. 1919 

 (see Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 1734).] Bot. Gaz. 68: 487. 1919. 



2247. Coulter, J. M. New tropical American plants. [Rev. of: Standley, P. C. Studies 

 of tropical American phanerogams. Contrib. U. S. Nation. Herb. 20: 173-220. 1919 (see Bot. 

 Absts. 5, Entry 2398).] Bot. Gaz. 68: 487. 1919. 



2248. Fernald, M. L. Brainerd and Peitersen's Blackberries of New England. [Rev. of: 

 Brainerd, Ezra, and A. K. Peitersen. Blackberries of New England — their classification. 

 Vermont Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 217. June, 1920 (see Bot. Absts. 8, Entiy 233).] Rhodora 22: 

 185-191. 1920, 



