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2249. Hall, Harvey Monroe. Chrysothamnus nauseosus and its varieties. [Part I 

 of: Hall, H. M., and Thomas Harper Goodspeed. A rubber plant survey of northwestern 

 North America.] Univ. California Publ. Bot. 7: 159-181. Nov. 7, 1919.— The author under- 

 takes to deal with the botanical relationships of the species of Chrysothamnus concerned. 

 There is given a key to the sections of the genus and then one to the 22 varieties of Chrysotham- 

 nus nauseosus (Pall.) Britt. The new varieties and new combinations treated under the spe- 

 cies are as follows: var. hololeucus (Gray), var. latisquameus (Gray ),\a,T.salicifolius (Rydb.), 

 var. gnaphalodes (Greene), var. speciosus (Nutt.), var. frigidus (Greene), var. plattensis 

 (Greene), var. hernardinus, var. Bigelovii (Gray), var. glareosus (M. E. Jones), var. leios- 

 permiis (Gray), var. calijornicus (Greene), var. ceruminosus (Dur. & Hilg.), var. oreophilus 

 (A. Nels.), var. pinifolius (Greene), var. consimilis (Greene), var. viridulus, var. mohavensis 

 (Greene), and var. junceus (Greene). — W. A. Setchell. 



2250. Jumelle, Henri. Le Katoka, arbre a graines comestibles de Madagascar. [The 

 katoka, a tree of Madagascar bearing edible seeds.] Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 171: 924- 

 926. 1920. — The katoka is the seed of a tree of a new species of Treculia, named T. Perrieri 

 sp. nov. It is related to the jackfruit and breadfruit and is found in western Madagascar. 

 A description of the plant is given. — C . H. Farr. 



2251. Kranzlin, Fr. Beitrgge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Telipogon HBK. [Contri- 

 butions to a knowledge of the genus Telipogon.] Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 33: 9-38. 1920. — 

 There is a historical introduction to the account of this orchidaceous genus, a key to the 53 

 species, followed by descriptions of each. The following are described as new : T. minutifiorus 

 (Costa Rica), T. Sprucei (Ecuador), T. christobalensis (Costa Rica), T. Endresianum (Costa 

 Rica), T. buenavistae (Costa Rica), T. buenaventurae (Colombia), T. Kalbreyerianus (Colom- 

 bia). — A. S. Hitchcock. 



2252. Maiden, J. H. Notes on Tasmanian Eucalypts. Papers and Proc, Roy. Soc. 

 Tasmania 1918: 82-90. 1919. 



2253. RiDLET, H. N. New Malayan plants. Jour. Botany 58: 147-149, 195-196. 1920.— 

 The genera Peripetasma (Menispermaceae) and Scaphocalyx (Flacourtiaceae) are described 

 as new, and the following new species are proposed: Peripetasma polyanthum, Tinospora 

 Curtisii, Scaphocalyx spaihacea, S. parviflora, and Entada Schefferi. — K. M. Wiegand. 



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2254. Anonymous. Note. [Rev. of : Sattvageau, Camille. Utilisation des algues ma- 

 rines. [Utilization of marine algae.] Encyclopedia Scientifique: Bibliothlsque de Botanique 

 Appliqu^e. vi + SH p. Octave Doin: Paris, 1920 (see Bot. Absts. 8, Entry 604).] Nature 106: 

 435. 1920. 



2255. Barnard, J. E. Microscopy with ultra-violet light. Nature 106: 378-381. 5 

 fig. 1920. — Description of apparatus used by author (essentially same as devised by Kohler) ; 

 illustrations of apparatus, photomicrographs of Saccharomyces Pastorianus and Bacillus 

 anthracis by dark ground illumination compared with that by ultra-violet light. — O.A . Stevens. 



2256. Cotterell, K. W. Production of peat in 1919. Jour. Amer. Peat Soc. 14: 7-14. 

 1921. — The total production of peat in the United States in 1919 was 69,197 short tons, valued 

 at $705,532. The products from it were utilized as fertilizer and fertilizer filler, fuel, and as 

 an ingredient of stock food. Carbonized peat is used for the latter purpose and it is not 

 claimed to have "any particular nutritive value." — G. B. Rigg. 



