1901 | CURRENT LITERATURE ay 
Leguminosae by H. HAkms, Scorodophiloeus, Rhynchotropis, and Scheffiero- 
dendron being new genera; Myrsinaceae by E. GILG; Amarantaceae by G. 
LoPRIORE, Argyrostachys being a new genus; Acanthaceae by G. LINDAU; 
Caricaceae by I. URBAN, Cylicomorpha being a new genus; and Gramineae by 
R. PILGER.— CARL MEz (zdem Beibl. 30: 1-20. 1901) has described numerous 
new species of Bromeliaceae and Lauraceae.—I. URBAN (édem 27-38) con- 
tinues his papers on new American plants.—A. ENGLER (édem 42) has’ 
described a new genus of Araceae (Protarum) from the Seychelles.— B. D 
GILBERT (Fern Bulletin 9:27. 1901) has described a new variety of Botry- 
chium ternatum (Oneidense) from central New York.—ACHILLE Fort! (Ber. 
deut. bot. Gesell. 19: 6-7. 1901) has published a new genus (//eferoceras) of 
marine Peridineae.—-W. SCHMIDLE (zdem 20-24) has described a new genus 
(Coccomyxa) of the Protococcoideae.—C. S. SARGENT (Rhodora 3:71-79. 
1g01) has described six new species of Crataegus from the Province of 
Quebec near Montreal.-—G. P. CLINTON (dem 79-82) has described two new 
smuts on £riocaulon septangulare.— E, L. GREENE (dem 83-84) has segre- 
gated from Lupatorium ageratoides the bulk of the New England and north- 
ern forms that pass under that name, and called the species &. boreale.— 
C. DE CANDOLLE (Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 1: 353-366. 1901) has published an 
account of the Brazilian Piperaceae and Meliaceae collected by W. Schwacke, 
including descriptions of numerous new species.—R. CHODAT (dem 395- 
442), in continuing his account of the Hassler collection from Paraguay, has 
described numerous new species in various families—W. TRELEASE (Rep. 
Mo. Bot. Gard. 12:77. Af. 34. 1901) has described a new cristate variety 
of Pellaea atropurpurea from Missouri.—J. W. ToumMEy (zdem 75-76. pls. 
32-33) has described a new Agave from Arizona. H. M. RicHarps (Bull. 
Torr. Bot. Club 28: 257-265. f/s. 27-22. 1901) has described a new genus 
Ceramothamnion) of red algae from Bermuda.—P. A. RYDBERG (idem 266- 
284) has published a fifth fascicle of new species from the Rocky mountain 
region, among them being Piferda, a new genus of orchids.—J. K, SMALL 
(idem 290-294) has published a third paper on the shrubs and trees of the 
southern states, including a revision of the southeastern species of Pte/ea.— 
In Torreya (1: 54-55. 1901) J. K. SMALL has published a new Cornus from 
Kentucky, and N, L. BriTTON a new Crataegus from Washington.—F. Lam- 
SON-SCRIBNER and E. D. MERRILL (Rhodora 3: 93-128. 1901) have pub- 
lished a revision of the New England species of Panicum, recognizing thirty- 
five species.—J. K. SMALL (Bull. N. Y. Bot. Garden 2: 89~101. 1901) has 
published a synopsis of the Mimosaceae of the southeastern United States. 
He recognizes fourteen genera, and among them Siderocarpos and Havardia 
have been separated from Pithecolobium as new.—M. A. Howe (idem 101- 
105. £7. 7z) has published an enumeration of the liverworts collected in the 
Yukon Territory by R. S. Williams in 1898-9, including a new species of 
