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Rhodesia, the northern Transvaal, and a few from Bechuanaland. The following species are 

 described as new: — Vepris zambesiaca, Canihium diclyophlebum, C. amplium, Fadogia Liv- 

 ingstoniana, Pavetta bechuanensis, P. Harborii, P. cataractarum, P. con flati flora, Tripteris 

 auriculata, and Anisotes Rogersii. (to be continued). — [See also next following Entries, 

 3002, 3003.]— K. M. Wiegand. 



3002. Moore, Spencer Le M. Alabastra diversa. Part XXX. (2) Thymeleaecea 

 africanae novae vel notari dignae. (3) Pseudactis, Compositarum e tribu Senecionidearum 

 genus novem.— Jour. Botany 57: 112-119. 1919. (cont. from Ibid. 57: 91-92. The author 

 prefers to consider the petal-like organs at the throat of the calyx in the Thymeleaceae 

 scales rather than petals pending a more uniform opinion of their homology. Notes are given 

 on Struthiola, Lachnaea, Gnidia, Lasiosiphon and Arthrosolen. "the following species are 

 described as new: Struthiola Pentheri, South Africa; S. concava, South Africa; Gnidia kasaien- 

 sis, Belgian Congo; G. kundelungensis, Belgian Congo; G. dumicola, Angola; Arthrosolen 

 paludosa, Belgian Congo; A. microcephala, Angola; A. Gossweileri, Angola; Dicranolepis 

 Talbotiorum, South Nigeria; D. angolensis, Angola; D. Batesii, Cameroons; Peddiea Batesii, 

 Cameroons. — A new genus and species in the Senecio tribe of the family Compositae, 

 Pseudactis emilioides, Belgian Congo, is described. [See also next preceding and following 

 Entries, 3001, 3003.]— K. M. Wiegand. 



3003. Moore, Spencer Le M. Alabastra diversa. Part XXXI. 1. Miscellanea Africana. 

 Jour. Botany 57 : 212-219. 1919. — Descriptions, ranges and notes are given of new plants in the 

 families Ericaceae, Asclepiadaceae and Scrophulariaceae. The following species are de- 

 scribed as new: Philippia kundelungensis, Belgian Congo; P. congoensis, Belgian Congo; 

 Fockea Monroi, Rhodesia; Ceropegia degemensis, Nigeria; Crater ostigma Monroi, Rhodesia; 

 C. chironioides, Belgian Congo; Ilysanthes Gosswelieri, Angola; 7. yaundensis, Cameroons; 

 Alectra gracilis, Angola; Bucknera quadrangularis, Angola; B. convallicola, Belgian Congo; 

 B. Gossweileri, Angola; B. granitica, Rhodesia; B. congoensis, Belgian Congo; and B. 

 orgyalis, Angola. [See also next preceding Entries, 3001, 3002.] — K. M. Wiegand. 



3004. Mousley, H. The orchids of Hatley, Stanstead County, Quebec. Ottawa Nat. 

 32: 144-147. 1919. — Author gives the habitat of 17 species and one variety of orchids which 

 he found growing within a radius of 1 mile of his residence. — W. H. Emig. 



3005. Mundt, W. Cereus aurivillus K. Sen. Monatsschr. Kakteenkunde 29:5. 1919. 

 — Having observed that a flower of Cereus aurivillus remained open for 4 days, the author 

 sent it to Weingart for examination. — A. S. Hitchcock. 



3006. Nakai, Takenoshin. Notulae ad Plantas Japoniae et Coreae XIX. [Notes on 

 Japanese and Korean plants. XIX. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 33:1-11. 1919. — Latin descriptions 

 of 28 species of plants from Japan and Korea. — L. L. Burlingame. 



3007. Nelson, J. C. The gender of Rumex. Amer. Bot. 25:55-56. 1919.— Names of 

 plants ending in x, especially those of classical origin, are usually feminine. Rumex, though 

 often considered as feminine is shown to be masculine. — W. N. Clute. 



3008. Nelson, J. C. Diamond flower in Oregon. Amer. Bot. 25:65. 1919. — Ionop- 

 sidium acaule of Portugal noted as naturalized in Oregon. — W. N. Clute. 



3009. Neuman, L. M. Rubus acupilosus Lidf. och R. nemoralis var. Ruedensis Lidf. 

 [Rubus acupilosus in Sweden.] (Swedish.) Bot. Notiser 1918:261-264. 1918.— These 

 plants were rediscovered in southern Sweden. — P. A. Rydberg. 



3010. [Norstedt, C. T. O.] [Swedish rev. of: Gertz, O. Christopher Rostii Herbarium 

 Vivum i Lund.] Bot. Notiser 1918: 214. 1918. 



