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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1918. 



COELENTERATA. 



Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. Report 

 upon the Scyphomedusae collected 

 by the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries Steamer " Albatross " in 

 the Philippine Islands and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



No. 100, 1, pt. 3, 



Dec. 22, 1917, pp. 



175-233, figs. 1-24. 



Presents an exhaustive report 



on the Scyphomedusae of the 



Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough — Contd. 

 Philippine and adjacent regions, 

 treating of 31 species, 10 of 

 which are new to science, and 

 including a discussion of the 

 zoogeographic distribution of 

 this faunal area, also report- 

 ing on the structure, physio- 

 logy, habits and development of 

 the Scyphomedusae, concluding 

 with a systematic classification 

 of the group. 



BOTANY. 



Arthur, J. C. Uredinales of the 

 Andes, based on collections by Dr. 

 and Mrs. Rose. 



Botan. Gaz., 65, No. 5, 

 May, 1918, pp. 

 460-474. 



Blake, Sidney F. A revision of the 

 genus Dimerostemrna Cass. 



Contr. Gray Herb., (n. 

 s.), No. 52, Sept. 

 28, 1917, pp. 8-16. 

 Type of a new species de- 

 scribed is in the National Her- 

 barium. 



A revision of the genus Vi- 



guiera. 



Contr. Gray Herb., (n. 



s.), No. 54, June 



18, 1918, pp. 1- 



205, pis. 1-3. 



Based partly upon material in 



the National Herbarium. 



(See also under Frederick V. 



Coville.) 



Chase, Agnes. Axillary cleistogenes 

 in some American grasses. 



Amer. Journ. Bot., 5, 

 No. 5, May, 1918, 

 pp. 254-258, figs. 

 1-5. 



(See also under A. S. Hitch- 

 cock. ) 



Coville, Frederick V., and Sidney F. 

 Blake. Notes on District of Co- 

 lumbia Juncaceae. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 31, May 16, 

 1918, pp. 45, 46. 

 Includes three new combina- 

 tions in Juncus and Juncoides. 

 De Candolle, C. Meliaceae Centrall- 

 Americanae et Panamenses. 



De Candolle, C. — Continued. 



{■Smithsonian Misc. 

 Colls., 68, No. 6, 

 July 23, 1917, pp. 

 1-8. 

 Includes descriptions of 12 

 new species and varieties in 

 Guarea and Trichilia, 7 of these 

 being from Panama. 

 Greenman, J. M. Monograph of the 

 North and Central American species 

 of the genus Senecio, part II. 



Annals Mo. Bot. Gard., 

 5, No. 1, Apr. 3, 

 1918, pp. 37-108, 

 pis. 4-6. 

 Based partly on material in 

 the National Herbarium. 

 Hitchcock, A. S. A botanical trip to 

 the Hawaiian Islands. 



Scientific Monthly, 5, 

 No. 4, Oct., 1917, 

 pp. 323-349 ; 5, No. 

 5, Nov., 1917, pp. 

 420-432. 



British grasses. 



Botan. Gaz., 65, No. 4, 

 Apr., 1918, pp., 

 365, 366. 

 Review of " British grasses 

 and their employment in Ag- 

 riculture," by S. F. Armstrong. 



Generic types with special ref- 

 erences to the grasses of the United 

 States. 



Amer. Journ. Bot., 5, 

 No. 5, May, 1918, 

 pp. 248-253. 

 and Agnes Chase. Grasses of 



the West Indies. 



Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 

 18, Pt. 7, Sept. 1, 

 1917, pp. 261-472. 

 (Erroneously dated 

 Aug. 18, 1917.) 



