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1703. BornmOller, Jos. Uber eine neue Scutellaria aus der Flora von Buchara. [On a 

 new Scutellaria from Buchara.] Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36 u : 60-61. L918.— Scutellaria Fedl- 

 schcnkoi Bormn. (Allg. Bot. Zeitschr., Jahrg. 1914: Nr. 1-2, S. 8, nomr.n nudum) is here given a 

 Latin description. The species is native to Buchara, Prov. Baissun (type, Bornmuller , Plan- 

 tae Turkestanicae 1150, Aug. 22, 1913, Hb. Bornmullcr, also lib. Petropol.).— Earl K. Sherff. 



1701. Bornmuller, J. Notlzen zur Flora Oberfrankens, nebst einigen Bemerkungen uber 

 Bastarde und eine neue Form von Polystichum Lonchitis (L.) Roth in Alpengebiet. [Notes on 

 the flora of Upper Franconia together with some observations on hybrids and a new form of Poly- 

 stichum Lonchitis (L.) Roth in the Alpine region.] Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36 u : 183-199. I'l. 

 1. 1918. — Various notes are given on the distribution, variation and occurrence of hybridity 

 for certain spermatophytes and pteridophytes, chiefly of Upper Franconia. Turritis glabra 

 L. f. multicaulis, Crataegus Oxyacantha L. var. lagenariformis , Carduus nutans L. var. ortho- 

 lepis, Polystichum {Drxjopteris) Lonchitis (L.) Roth f. Reinecki are described as new. The 

 last two are illustrated (PI. 1). Various hybrids in Verbascum, Asplenium and Polystichum 

 are described and rather extended notes upon varying forms of Sorbus species and Prenanthes. 

 purpurea L. are given. — Earl E. Sherff. 



1705. Bornmuller, J. Revisions-Ergebnisse einiger orientalischer und zentralasiatischer 

 Arten der Gattung Echinops. [Results of revisions of some oriental and central Asiatic species 

 of the genus Echinops.] Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36 u : 200-218. 1918.— No attempt is made to 

 monograph the oriental species of Echinops. However, the author's more important results 

 in a revision study of these species are presented. Under the section Oligolepis Bunge he 

 describes 5 new species and 2 new varieties from Persia, namely, Echinops lalesarensis (J. 

 Bornmuller, Iter Persico-turcicum 1892-93 no. 4055 pro parte, prov. Kerman) and var. adeno- 

 caulis (in consortio typi, no. 4055 pro parte, E. elymaiticus (central western Persia, types 

 in Hb. Haussknecht and Hb. Bornmuller), E. erioceras (Th. Alexeenko no. 749, prov. Irak), 

 E. leiopolyceras (J. Bornmuller, Iter Persicum no. 7325, in deserts between Teheran andl 

 Demawend, northern Persia, E. ecbatanus (Elwend, near Hamadan, northwestern Persia) 

 and E. ilicifolius Bunge var. glanduliger (J. Bornmuller, Iter Persico-turcicum 1892-93 no. 



4053, prov. Yesd, southeastern Persia). Pleiacme is introduced as a new section of the genus 

 and under it one new species, E. cervicornis (J. Bornmuller, Iter Persico-turcicum 1892-93 no. 



4054, Prov. Yesd, southeastern Persia) is described. Under the section Ritrodes Bunge is 

 described E. gedrosiaca (J. Bornmuller, Iter Persico-turcicum 1892-93 no. 403, prov. Laristan, 

 near the town Bender-Abbas, in the country once called Gedrosia; a single specimen) and the 

 var. macroseras (C. B. Clarke 34787 E, Cheerkee, Hazaribagh, Chota Nagpore (?). Observa- 

 tions are given upon the species of Echinops (globe thistle, Kugeldistel) in the flora of the 

 Himalayas, of Thibet and of Arabia. Two new species of the section Oligolepis Bunge are 

 presented. These are E. argyrocomus (J. Boriimuller, Plantae Turkestanicae itin. B. A. 

 Fedtschenko Samarkand, Turkestan) and E. transcaspicus (P. Sintenis, Iter Transcaspico 

 persicum 1900-01 no. 688, Aschabad, Suluklii, Transcaspian region, at the Persian boundary)^ 

 —Earl E. Sherff. 



1706. Briquet, John, and Fr. Cavillier. Notes sur quelques Phanerogames de l'Ober- 

 land bernois. [Notes on some Phanerogams of the Bernese Oberland.] Ann. Conserv. et Jard. 

 Bot. Geneve 20: 222-261. Aug. 1, 1918. — This article consists of the enumeration of flowering 

 plants of the Bernese Oberland and includes several new varieties and forms. — /. M. Greenman. 



1707. Burgess, J. L., and C. H. Waldron. Farm weeds of North Carolina and methods 

 for their control. Bull. North. Carolina Dept. Agric. 40 s : 3-53. Illust. 1919.— See Bot. Absts 

 3, Entry 1860. 



1708. Camus, AimIse. Note sur une Graminee d'Indo-Chine: Cymbopogen effusus A. 

 Camus. [Note on a grass of Indo-China.] Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat, Paris 24: 536-538. 1918. 

 — The author transfers Thcmeda effusa Balansa (Anthistiria Balansae Crevost & Lemaird),. 

 a species from Tonkin, China, to Cymbopogon. — ./. M. Greenman. 



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