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TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS 



J. M. Greenman, Editor 

 GENERAL 



1807. Adamson, R. S. Notes on the flora of northern Cheshire. Jour. Botany 57: Ul-94. 

 1919.— The result of excursions during the last three years. A long list of rarities is given, 

 with many notes as to their occurrence. — K. M. \Y icgand. 



1808. Chase, Agnes. Some causes of confusion in plant names. .Jour. Forestry 17: 

 159-162. 1919. — Two causes are ascribed to the diflerences in plant names; first, the difference 

 between the early and the present day concepts of a genus; second, the relative isolation of the 

 workers. The present system of basing names on priority and basing the genus on a type 

 species is doing much to bring harmony. — E. N. Munns. 



1809. Hayata, Bunzo. Icones plantarum Formosanarum nee non et contributiones ad 

 floram Formosanam. [Illustrations of plants of Formosa and also contributions to the flora of 

 Formosa.] Roy. 8vo. Vol. VIII, p. 1-164, pi- I-XV. Bureau of Productive Industries: 

 Taihoku, March 25, 1919. — The present volume contains the results of further investigations 

 on the flora of Formosa, and includes the descriptions of 111 new species and 17 new varie- 

 ties of flowering plants and ferns, distributed among several families, chiefly in the Com- 

 positae, Rutaceae, Labiatae, Urticaceae, and Polypodiaceae. — J. M. Greenman. 



1810. Hill, Albert Frederick. Vascular flora of the Penobscot Bay region. Proc. 

 Portland Soc. Nat. Hist. 3:199-304. 6 fig., 1 map. 1919. — A statement of the "general 

 features of the region" precedes an enumeration of the vascular plants collected. A total of 

 747 species, varieties, and forms are recorded for the region concerned and 612 of these are 

 indigenous and 135 are introduced plants. The author then follows with a discussion of 

 the "phytogeographical aspects of the flora." — J. M. Greenman. 



1811. Holmberg, Otto R. En ny handbek i Skandinaviens flora. [A prospective Scan- 

 dinavian flora.] Bot. Notiser 1918:306-308. 1918. — A notice and description of a prospect- 

 ive new flora of Scandinavia. — P. A. Rydberg. 



1812. Schaffner, John H. Additions to the catalog of Ohio vascular plants for 1918. 

 Ohio Jour. Sci. 19: 293-298. 1919.— This annual list includes 88 species.— H. D. Hooker, Jr. 



1813. Vuillemin, Paul. Les principes de la classification botanique. [The principles of 

 botanical classification.] Ccmpt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 167:449-453. 1918. 



1814. Vtjillemin, Paul. Classification des Dicotyledones. Haplogones. [Classifica- 

 tion of the dicotyledons. Haplcgones.] Ccmpt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 167:477-481. 1918. 



1815. Vtjillemin, Paul. Classification des Dicotyledones. Anthogones. [Classifica- 

 tion cf the dicotyledons. Anthogones.] Ccmpt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 167:510-514. 191S. 



PTERIDOPHYTES 



L816. Anonymous. Large ebony spleenworts. Amer. Bot. 25: 60, 1919. — Specimens of 

 Asplenium ebeneum more than 25 inches long are recorded. — W. N. Clutc. 



1817. de Barnola, P. J. Las Licopodiales de la Peninsula Iberica citas y notas criticas. 

 [The Lycopodiales of the Iberian Feninsula with citations and critical notes.] Broteria Ser. 

 Bot. 17: 17-27. 1919. 



1818. Farr, C. H. The ferns of the rain-forest. Sci. Monthly 9: 19-31. SO fig. 1919. 



