188 TAXONOMY OF VASC. PLANTS [Bot. Absts. 



1310. Matsuda, Sadahisa. Supplement to the list of plants from Hainan. [Article in 

 Japanese.] Bot. Mag. Tokyo. 32: 266. 1918. — Twenty-seven species are added to the 

 "List of plants from Hainan," which was published in this magazine. Vol. 31, No. 368. — 

 T. Matsumoto. 



1311. Minod, Marcel. Contribution a 1' etude du genre Stemodia et du groupe des 

 Stemodiees en Amerique. [Contribution to the study of the genus Stemodia and some groups of 

 the Stemodieae in America.] Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneva II, 10: 155-252. Fig. 1-41. 1918. — 

 Thirty-two species of Stemodia are recognized as occurring in America, seven of which are 

 described as new, namely: S. tenuifolia, S. neglecta, S. humilis, S. Chodati, S. villosa, S. sco- 

 pariodes Hassler & Minod, S. orbiculata, and S. pilcomayensis . All of. these new species 

 occur in South America or Mexico, as do the following newly described subspecies and forms: 

 S. jorullensis HBK. subsp. reptans, S. palustris St.-Hil. forma salicifolia, S. stricta Cham. & 

 Schlecht. vars. paucidentata and multidentata. A number of new combinations are made 

 and four new monotyic genera in the Stemodieae are proposed. The new genera are: Chodo- 

 phyton, based on Stemodiacra ericifolia Kuntze; Lendneria, based on Capraria humilis 

 Solander; Verena, based on Stemodia Hassleriana Chodat, and Valeria, based on Columnea 

 trifoliata Link. — Adele Lewis Grant. 



1312. Miyazawa, Bungo. On the origin of "Kirisima-tsutsuji" (Rhododendron obtusum 

 Planch). Bot. Mag. Tokyo 32: 318-331. 1918. — "Kirishima" which has been known as 

 Rhododendron obtusum Planch, should be called Rhododendron Kaempferi Planch, var. obtu- 

 sum. "Kirishima-tsutsuji" and "Kurume-tsutsuji" (Rh. obtusum Planch, var. Sakamotoi 

 Komatsu) are considered to be closely related in their ancestral forms. — T. Matsumoto. 



1313. Murbeck, Sv. Uber die organisation und verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der 

 gattung Lepuropetalon. [On the organization and natural relationship of the genus Lepuro- 

 petalon.] Arkiv for Botanik 15: No. 10, 12 p. 1918. — The author has made a detailed study 

 of the structure of the flower, fruit, and seeds of Lepuropetalon and concludes that its rela- 

 tionship is with Parnassia rather than with Chrysosplenium to which genus it has been 

 hitherto allied by most authors. — J. M. Greenman. 



1314. Nakai, Takenoshix. A new attempt to the classification of genus Arabis growing 

 in Japan, Corea, Saghaline and the Kuriles. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 32: 233-248. 1918.— A new 

 classification of Japanese Arabis is stated in the key. Bibliography, synonomy and distri- 

 bution of species are also given. A. Stelleri var. macrocarpa, A. Boissieuana, A. Bois- 

 sieuana var. nikoensis, A. Boissieuana var. shikokiana, A. takesimana, A. Fauriei Boiss. 

 var. grandiflora, and A. Kishidai are new to science. The author enumerates Stenophragma 

 Thalianum, because it has often been classed under Arabis. As stated in the key, Steno- 

 phragma has incumbent cotyledons and the seeds are more roundish than those of Arabis. — 

 T. Matsumoto. 



1315. Nakai, Takenosin. Notulae ad Plantas Japoniae et Koreae XVIII. [Notes on 

 Plants of Japan and Korea xviii.] Bot, Mag. Tokyo 32 : 215-232. 1918— The plants (341-373) 

 found in Japan and Korea are listed. Among them Salix splendida, Boehmeria boninensis, 

 Phytolacca insularis, Rosa xanthinoides, Viola seoulensis, Angelica takeshimana, Gardneria 

 insularis, Arisaema capitellatum, Distylium lepidotum, Schima boninensis, Schima liukiuen- 

 sis, Elaeagnus A T ikaii, Veronica Miqueliana, Symplocos Tanakana, Symplocos argutidens, 

 Veronica holophylla, Diervilla subsessilis and Saxifraga octopetala are new to science. — 

 T. Matsumoto. 



1316. Ottolander, T. Rafflesia-natuurmonumenten in Sumatra. Natuurmonumenten 

 van Nederlandisch Indie. Mededeeling 2. 21 p., 8 pi. May, 191S. 



1317. Pellegrin, Francois. Quelques remarques sur les Dioscoreacees du Paraguay. 

 [Some remarks on the Dioscoreaceae of Paraguay.] Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve II, 10:3S3-388. 

 1918. — The author presents notes on several species of the Dioscoreaceae of Paraguay and 



