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1709. Camus, Aim£e. Note sur la genre Iseilema (Graminees). [Note on the genus 

 Iseilema [Gramineae).] Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 24: 539-541. 1918. — Six species of 

 this genus occurring in the region of Indo-China and Australia are characterized. One of 

 which, namely Iseilema Thorelii from Laos, is new to science. — J. M. Greenman. 



1710. Chevalier, A. Premier inventaire des bois et autres produits forestlers du Ton- 

 kin. [First inventory of the timbers and other forest products of Tonkin.] Bull, Econ. Indo- 

 (chine 22: 495-540. 1919. — This is the third and concluding paper of the series, the two pre- 

 ceding ones having been published in the same periodical in 1918. The present paper contains 

 :a brief discussion of certain forest plants of economic importance, including a few bamboos, 

 some palms, plants producing tanning materials, dyes, resins, oil, lacquer, benzoin, rubber, 

 paper making materials, those with fragrant flowers and woods of commercial utility, cinna- 

 mon, tea, and other products of minor importance. Thea Gilberti A. Chev. and T. Fleuryi A. 

 Chev. are proposed as new species. Livistona saribas (Lour.) Merr. appears as a new combin- 

 ation. Liquidambar tonkincnsis A. Chev. is reduced to L. formosana Hance and Dasilipa Pas- 

 quieri Dubard is transferred to Bassia as B. Pasquieri Lecomte. — E. D. Merrill. 



1711. Clokey, Ira W. Carex notes. Rhodora 21: 83-85. 1919. — Descriptions and type 

 localities of three new Carices, Carex arapahoenis spec, nov., C. subimpressa spec, nov., and 

 C. tribuloides Wahl. var. sangamonensis var. nov. — James P. Poole. 



J 712. Cockerell, T. D. A. Helianthus Besseyi Bates. Torreya 19: 197-198. 1919 — 

 "This species, originally published in 1914, is confirmed and redescribed from a study of speci- 

 mens grown during the past season in the author's garden. The relationship between H. 

 ^Besseyi and H. apricus Lunell is still a matter for investigation. — J. C. Nelson. 



1713. Coulter, J. M. New African plants. [Rev. of : Moore, Spencer LeM. Alabastra 

 diversa. Part XXIX. Jour. Bot. 56: 225-233. 1918. (See Bot. Absts. 1, Entry 1112.)] Bot. 

 <3az. 67: 184. Feb., 1919. 



1714. Coulter, J. M. Aquilegia. [Rev. of :Payson, Edwin Blake. The North American 

 species of Aquilegia. Contrib. U. S. Nation. Herb. 20: 133-157. 7 pi. 1918. (See Bot. Absts. 



1, Entry 1119.)] Bot. Gaz. 67: 184. Feb., 1919. 



1715. Coulter, J. M. A new genus of Compositae. [Rev. of: Pritzel, E. Basedowia, 

 eine neue Gattung der Compositen aus Zentral-Australien. (Basedowia, a new genus of Compos- 

 itae from Central Australia.) Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 36: 332-337. PL 12. 1918.] Bot. Gaz. 

 67:280. 1919. 



1716. Coulter, J. M. Tropical species of Eupatorium. [Rev. of: Robinson, B. L. I. 

 Diagnoses and notes relating to tropical American Eupatorieae. II. A descriptive revision of 

 the Colombian Eupatoriums. III. Keyed recensions of the Eupatoriums of Venezuela and Ecua- 

 dor. Ptoc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. 54: 235-267. 1918. (See Bot. Absts. 1, Entry 810.)] 

 B ot. Gaz. 67: 280. 1919. 



1717. Coulter, J. M. The orchids of Java. [Rev. of: Smith, J. J. Die Orchideen von 

 Java. (The orchids of Java.) Bull. Jard. Bot. BuiteDzorg 26: 1-135. 1918. (See Bot. Absts. 



2, Entry 370.)] Bot. Gaz. 67: 280. 1919. 



1718. Coulter, J. M. Selaginella. [Rev. of : Van Eseltine, G. P. The allies of Selagl- 

 nella rupestris in the southeastern United States. Contrib. U. S. Nation. Herb. 20: 159-172. 

 8 pi., 8 fig. 1918. (See Bot. Absts. 1, Entry 1439.)] Bot. Gaz. 67: 183. Feb., 1919. 



1719. Davidson, Anstruther. Lupinus subhirsutus n. sp. Bull. Southern California 

 Acad. Sci. 18:80. 1919. — The author describes as new, Lupinus subhirsutus from Palm Springs, 

 •California. — Rnxana S. Ferris. 



