PHA NEROGAMIA. 9 1 



Dansk. Overs. — Oversight over det kongelige Danske Tidenskabernes 

 Selskabs Forhandlingar. 8vo. Copenhagen. 



Nyt. Mag. — Nyt Magazin for JSTaturvidenskaberne. 8vo. Chris- 

 tiania. 



Svensk. Handl Konglika Svenska Yetenskaps Academiens Hand- 



lingar. 4to. Stockholm. 



Up. N. Act. — Nova Acta Regiee Societatis Upsaliensis. 4to. Upsala. 



Videns. Med. — Yidenskabelige Meddelelser, fra den Naturhistoriske 

 Forening i Kjobenhavn. 8vo. Copenhagen and Leipsic. 



XL — Phanerog ajiii a . 



Alefeld, Dr. — Hypechusa, novum genus Viciearum (" Botanische 

 Zeitung," 1860, p. 165). Founded upon a few species of Vicia ( V, 

 hybrida, lutea, and others). 



-— Ueber Pimm (" Bot. Zeit.," 1860, p. 204-5). Dr. Alefeld con- 

 siders all the forms of Pea which have been specifically distinguished 

 to belong to P. sativum, of which he regards P. elatius (M. Bieb.) 

 as the parent stock. Pisum frigid/urn {Lathyrus frigidus, Sch. and 

 K.), is the second and only other species of Pisum. P. maritimum 

 is a species of Orobus. 



Ein Wacholderbaum ("Bot. Zeit,," 1860, p. 325). The author 



describes an arborescent female Juniper growing at the village of 

 JNiedernhausen, near Darmstadt, about 30 feet in height, with a 

 circumference near the base of about 20 inches. 



Archer, "William. — On the value of Hairs, as a character in deter- 

 mining the limits of subordinate groups of species, considered 

 in connexion with the genera JEurybia (Cass.) and Olearia (Monch.), 

 of Compositse. — " Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc." (Bot.), vol. v., p. 17-25. 

 The author groups the species of Eurybia and Olearia, fifty-two 

 in number, under five sections, based on the form and character 

 of the hairs of the leaves. The characters of the pappus and 

 hairs of the achenes are minutely detailed, and their relation to 

 the foregoing sections indicated by a tabulated Conspectus. Mr. 

 Archer's Sections are : — 1. Dicer otriclia, Poliorum pili T-formes, 

 vel divaricato-furcati. 2. Astrotricha, Foliorum pili stellati. 3. 

 Eriotricha, Foliorum pili lanati. 4. Adenotricha, Folia viscosa, 

 plerumque glanduloso-pilosa. 5. Merismotricha, Foliorum pili sep- 

 tati. 



Arkdt, R. — TJeber Triticum acutum, D. C. ("Flora," 1860, p. 481-9). 

 The author points out the distinctions between this plant and T. jun- 

 ceum, and remarks on the absence of connecting links with that spe- 

 cies. He does not regard it as a hybrid between T.junceum and T, 



