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Stites, Cu. WARDELL, and STEVENSON, 
EarLtEC. Thesynonymy of Taenia, T. 
crassicollis, T. marginata, T. serialis, T. 
serrata, T. coenurus, and Echinococcus. 
Bull. Bureau Animal Indust., U. S. Dept. 
Agric., No. 80, 1905, pp. 1-14. 
TREADWELL, Aaron L. .Polychzetous 
annelids of the Hawaiian Islands, col- 
lected by the steamer Albatross in 1902. 
Bull. U.S. Fish Com. for 1903, part 111, pp. 
1145-1181. (June 30, 1906.) 
The report includes, also, a specimen from 
Samoa and a number of specimens from the 
eoast of California. In all, 79 species are dis- 
cussed, of which 27 are new to science. 
VauGHan, T. WayLAnp. Three new 
Fungi, with a description of a speci- 
men of Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 
and a note on a specimen of Fungia 
concinna Verrill. 
Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus., xxx, No. 1473, June 20, 
1906, pp. 827-832, pls. LXVII-LXXIv. 
One of the new species, J. japonica, is fossil, 
and the other two, F. samboangensis and F. 
madagascarensis, are recent. The specimen 
of F. granulosa was collected by the U. S. 
Exploring Expedition; that of F. concinna 
at Papeete by the Bureau of Fisheries steamer 
Albatross. 
A new species of Ccenocyathus 
from California and the Brazilian 
astrangid Corals. 
Proc Ur Sa LN Gii. US = xexexXe NO maT 
June 27, 1906, pp. 847-850, pls. LX xvII- 
109.49, QV We 5 
The new species of Cenocyathus, C. bowersi, 
is from San Miguel Island, California, donat- 
ed by Dr. Stephen Bowers. Two new species 
of Brazilian Astrangia are described, A. bra- 
siliensis and A. rathbuni, both collected by 
Dr. Richard Rathbun, while on the Geolog- 
ical Commission of Brazil, 1875-1877. 
BOTANY. 
GREENE, Enwarp Ler. Three new Heu- 
cheras. 
Leaflets, 1, Oct. 6, 1905, pp. 111, 112. 
H. pachypoda from California, H. versicolor 
and leptomeria from New Mexico. 
A proposed new genus Anotites. 
Leaflets, 1, Oct. 6, 1905, pp. 97-104. 
The type of the genus is What has been 
known as Silene menziesii. Eighteen species 
are described, sixteen of which are new. 
Some New England Persicarias. 
Leaflets 1, Oct. 6, 1905, pp. 105-110. 
Notes on P. flwitans, coccinea, nove-anglix, 
and hartwrightii, P. andrewsii is described as 
new. 
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. 
GREENE, EDWARD LEE. 
genus Rhus. 
Leaflets, 1, Nov. 24, 1905, pp. 114-144. 
The genus Toxicodendron is reinstated, with 
33 species, all from the United States and 
Mexico, except the Japanese T. occidentale. 
This and 23 others are described as new. The 
genus Schmailtzia is also restored, with 41 
species (chiefly of the far western and south- 
western United States and Mexico), 38 of 
which are described as new. With Rhus 
microphylla Engelm, asits type, the new genus 
Rhoeidium is proposed. Of the eight species, 
all of the arid regions along the Mexican 
boundary, six are defined as new. 
Segregates of the 
— On so-called Silene menziesii. 
Ottawa Naturalist, x1x, Dec. 9, 1905, pp. 
163-166. 
A recension of Anotites as occurring in Brit- 
ish America. One new species, A. picta, is 
described. 
New plants from southwestern 
mountains. 
Leaflets, 1, Dec. 23, 1905, pp. 145-154. 
Descriptions of 31 species, in 23 genera. 
New species of Chaptalia. 
Leaflets, 1, Dec. 23, 1905, p. 158. 
C. alsophila of New Mexico and C. confinis of 
Arizona. 
A proposed new genus Callisteris. 
Leaflets, 1, Dec. 23, 1905, pp. 159-160. 
Genus of Polemoniacee, with Cautua ag- 
. gregata its type. Eight of the 10 species are 
defined as new. 
A new northern Antennaria. 
Ottawa Naturalist, X1x, Jan. 9, 1906, p. 197. 
A. athabascensis, from Fort Chippewayan, 
Athabasca. 
—— New species of Pentstemon. 
Leaflets, 1, Jan. 23, 1906, pp. 161-167. 
Twenty-one species, all from between the 
Rocky Mountains and the Pacifie coast, are 
described. 
New species of Isocoma. 
Leaflets, 1, Jan. 23, 1906, pp. 169-172. 
Eleven new specific types are named and 
described. They are mostly from California, 
although several are from adjacent sections 
of Arizona. 
New asteraceous genera. 
Leaflets, 1, Jan. 23, 1906, p. 173. 
Tumionella, based on Aplopappus monactis, 
Gray; Hesperodoria, founded on a new type 
of the Composite from Utah. 
Segregates from Sieversia. 
Leaflets, 1, Jan. 30, 1906, pp. 174-179. 
It is held that there is no Sreversia in North 
America. Plants that have been so referred 
are here distributed between two genera, 
both indicated as new: Acomastylis based on 
S. rossii, with five species, one of them new, 
Erythrocoma, with S. triflora for its type, has 
14 species, 12 of them new. 
