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1287. Bews, J. W. The grasses and grasslands of South Africa. 8vo. vi + 161 p., 

 Hfig-) 1 map. P. Davis & Sons, Ltd.: Pietermaritzburg, 1918. — The subject is treated under 

 four captions; namely, (I) Introduction, (II) Key to the genera and species of South African 

 grasses, (III) General sketch of the grasslands of South Africa and their development. The 

 key covers approximately 500 species. A list of scientific names of the grasses and their 

 English, Dutch, Zulu, and Sesuto names is given in an Appendix. [See Bot. Absts. 2, Entry 

 7.] — J. M. Greenman. 



1288. Cardot, J. Notes sur des Rosacees d'Extr&tne-Orient. [Notes on the Rosaceae of 

 the extreme Orient.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 24:63-87. 1918.— This article concerns 

 the Rosaceae of China and Japan and includes new combinations with name-bearing synonyms 

 in parentheses and new names, as follows: Cydonia Delavayi (Pirus Delavayi Franch.), C. 

 japonica Pers. var. cathayensis (C. cathayensis Hemsl.), Pirus Matsumurae (Malus Malsu- 

 murae Koidz.), P. micromalus (Malus micromalus Mak.), P. theifera (Malus theifera Rehd.), 

 P. Sieboldii Regel. var. integrifolia (P. Toringo var. integrifolia Fr. & Sav.), P. Sieboldii 

 Regel. var. incisa (P. Toringo var. incisa Fr. & Sav.), P. Henryi (Sorbus Eenryi Rehd.), 

 P. Zahlbruckneri (Sorbus Zahlbruckneri Schneid.), P. commutata, P. Hemsleyi (Micromeles 

 Hemsleyi Schneid.), P. xanthoneura (Sorbus xanthoneura Rehd.), P. pekinensis (Sorbus pek- 

 inensis Koehne), P. amurensis (Sorbus amurensis Koehne), P. Wilsoniana (Sorbus Wilsoni- 

 ana Schneid.), P. pluripinnata (Sorbus foliolosa var. pluripinnata Schneid.), P. Rehderiana 

 (Sorbus Rehderiana Koehne), P. mesogea, P. mesogea var. syncarpa (Sorbus hupehensis v£r. 

 syncarpa Koehne), P. reuncupata, P. Koehneana (Sorbus Koehneana Schneid.), P. cash- 

 miriana (Sorbus cashmiriana Hedl.), P. setschwanensis (Sorbus Vilmorini var. setschwanensis 

 Schneid.), P. sambucifolia Cham. & Schl. var. pseudogracilis (Sorbus sambucifolia var. 

 pseudogracilis Schneid.), P. commixta (Sorbus commixta Hedl.), P. rufoferruginea (Sorbus 

 rufoferruginea Koidz.), and P. sibirica (Sorbus sibirica Hedl.), Several new forms are also 

 characterized. — /. M. Greenman. 



1289. Dodge, Charles Keene. Contributions to the botany of Michigan, II. Observa- 

 tions on the flowering plants, ferns and fern allies growing wild in Marquette County, Michi- 

 gan, in 1916 and 1917, especially in the vicinity of the Huron Mountain Club. Univ. Michigan 

 Mus. Zoology, Misc. Pub. No. 5. H p., 1 map. July 13, 1918. — The title amply indicates the 

 scope and character of this contribution. The manuscript was completed by the author 

 shortly before his death, but the paper was edited for publication by Messrs. C. Billington 

 and B. Gladewitz. The list of species is a very full one for a limited area, and the habitat 

 and distributional notes are of especial interest. — /. M. Greenman. 



1290. Gagnepain, F. Cucurbitacees nouvelles de 1' Herbier du Museum. [New Cucur- 

 bitaceae in the Herbarium of the Museum.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 24: 371-380. 1918. — 

 The following new species are described from China: Alsomitra Balansae, A. tonkinensis, 

 Gomphogyne Bonii, G. Delavayi, Gymnopetalum monoicum, G. Penicaudii, Momordica Eber- 

 hardtii, M. laotica, M. tonkinensis, Schizopepon Fargesii, S. longipes, S. Wilsonii, Trichos- 

 anthes baviensis and T. Pierrei. — /. M. Greenman. 



1291. Gagnepain, F. Revision des Thladiantha asiatiques du Museum. [Revision of 

 the Asiatic Thladiantha. of the Museum.] Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 24: 287-296. 1918.— 

 The author presents a synoptical revision of the Cucurbitaceous genus Thladiantha, which is 

 distributed chiefly in eastern Asia, and recognizes 19 species of which the following are de- 

 scribed here for the first time: Thladiantha montana, T. yunnanensis, T. Oliveri Cogn., T. 

 glabra Cogn., T. Legendrei, T. heptadactyla Cogn., T. maculata Cogn., T. villosula Cogn., 

 T. verrucosa Cogn., and T. tonkinensis. — /. M. Greenman. 



1292. Gerbault, Ed. Recherches sur la Constitution du Phenotype Linneen Ranunculus 

 repens dans la province du Maine et la Basse-Normandie. [Researches on the constitution 

 of the Linnean phenotype Ranunculus repens occurring in Maine and Lower Normandy.] Bull. 

 Soc. Agric. Sci. and Arts Sarthe II, 38: 305-343. PI. 3, text fig. 7. 1918— The author presents 



