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figures of Javan tree species illustrating about as many species as then; arc pi 0), pre- 



viously described in the "Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Boomsoorten van Java." [Contribu- 

 tions to a knowledge of the tree species of Java.) Vols. 1-12, L894 1910. The Atlas was issued 

 in 16 parts of 50 plates each, forming four volumes. Descriptions are not given in the work 

 under consideration, but references are included to the text of the "Boomsoortcn" and to 

 other literature, with the addition of the local names and explanations of the figures. — E. I). 

 Merrill. 



173G. Koorders, S. H. Flora von Tjibodas umfassend die Blutenpflanzen welche In der 

 botanischen Tjibodas-Waldreserve und oberhalb derselben auf den West-Javanischen Vulkanen 

 Pangerango und Gede wildwaschend vorkommen. [Flora of Tjibodas, Java.] Visser & Co., 

 Batavia, Java. 191S-1919. — This publication, in the form of manual, with keys to and 

 descriptions of the genera and species, is to be issued in three volumes, of which the following 

 have appeared: Vol. 1, part 1, pp. 1-54, introductory; Vol. 1, part 3, pp. 1-128, Orchidaceae; 

 Vol. 3, part 1, pp. 1-44, Ericaceae to Plantaginaceae; and Vol. 3, part 2, pp. 1-87, Rubiaceae 

 to Compositae. — E. 1). Merrill. 



1737. KooRDEns, S. H. Supplement op het Eerste Overzicht der Flora van N. O. Celebes. 

 [Supplement to the first review of the flora of north-eastern Celebes.] P. 1-30. PI. 1-10. 1918. 

 Visser & Co., Batavia, Java. — The following species are described and figured in detail ampli- 

 fying the brief original descriptions: W allaceodendron celebicum Kds., Couthovia celebica Kds., 

 Gleditschia Rolfei Vidal, Albizzia mmahassae Kds., Polythyrsis Stapfii Kds., Cyrtandra hypo- 

 gaea Kds., Spiraeopsis celebica Miq., Reinwardtiodendron celebicum Kds., Diospyros utilis 

 Kds. & Val., and Sloanea celebica Boerl. & Kds. — E. D. Merrill. 



1738. Lacaita, C. Piante Italiene critiche o rare. [Critical or rare plants of Italy.] 

 Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. 25 : 193-223. 1918. — The author continues his enumeration of critical 

 or rare plants of Italy with copious notes and includes the description of a new species of 

 Thymus, namely T. sacer, from the Province of Salerno. — J. M. Greenman. 



1739. Lacaita, C. C. Two critical plants of the Greek flora. Jour. Linn. Soc. London 

 44: 125-129. 1918. — The author confirms Celakovsky's reduction of Thymus lanceolatus 

 Sibth. & Sm., not Desf., and T. heterotrichus Griseb. to T. Sibthorpii Benth. A new species 

 of Crepis is described, namely C. rutilans, from the Island of Corfu. — J. M. Greenman. 



1740. Lecomte, Nenri. Une espece Indo-Chinoise du genre Sarcosperma, de la famille 

 Sapotac6es. [A species of the genus Sarcosperma of the family Sapotaceae from Indo-China.] 

 Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 24:534, 535. 1918. — Sarcosperma tonkinensis is described 

 as a new species from Tonkin, China. — /. M. Greenman. 



1741. Leon, Brother. A new Cuban Sida. Torreya 19: 172-173. 1919.— Sida Brittoni 

 Ft. Leon is described, the type from Chirigota, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. This species has been 

 referred to S. ciliaris L., but is shown to be clearly distinct. — /. C. Nelson. 



1742. Lind, J. Apoteker C Heerfordts Herbarier. [The herbarium of the chemist. C. 

 Heerfordt.] Bot. Tidsskr. 36: 1-19. 1917. — Although this herbarium is 260 years old, the 

 various plants are as well preserved as if they had been only mounted a year ago. This her- 

 barium consists principally of herbaceous forms, many being medicinal plants. — A. L. Bakke. 



1743. Macbride, J. Francis. I. Notes on certain Leguminosae. II. Reclassified or 

 new Spennatophytes, chiefly North American. Contrib. Gray Herb. Harvard Univ. New 

 Ser. 59: 1-39. 1919. — The following new combinations, with the name-bearing synonym in 

 parentheses, new names and species new to science are included: Inga vera Willd. var. lampro- 

 phylla (Inga vera Willd. subsp. lamprophylla Pittier), /. vera Willd. var. portoricensis (I. 

 vera Willd. subsp. portoricensis Pittier), Enterolobium gummiferum (Pithecolobium gummi- 

 ferum Mart.), Samanea flexicaulis (Acacia flexicaulis Benth.) , S. Schaffneri (Pithecolobium 

 Schaffneri Wats.), Pithecolobium mangense (Mimosa mangensis Jacq.), P. cochliocarpnm 



