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forced upon them by that of the vegetative organs, without any reference to 

 the advantages or disadvantages to be derived from it in the performance of 

 the functions of the floral members themselves. The whole paper, accom- 

 panied by its numerous well-executed plates, must be read in order to get its 

 full bearing upon several important problems. — J. M. C. 



Items of taxonomic interest are as follows : P. Hennings (Hedwigia 

 41:295-311. 1902) has described the new genera Capnodiopsis (Capnodi- 

 aceae) and Psetidobeltrania (Dematiaceae), from the Puttemans's collection of 

 the fungi of Sao Paulo, and also (Beiblatt Hedw. 41 : 209-215. 1902) a new 

 genus {B attar eopsis) of Secotiaceae from the Schweinfurth Egyptian collec- 

 tion of 1901-1902. — R. Chodat and E. Wilczek (Bull. Herb. Eoiss. 11- 

 2:527. 1902) have described a new genus {Oligocladus) of Umbelliferae 

 (Peucedani) from Argentine. — F. B. Forbes and W. B. Hemsley (Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. 36 : 1-72. 1903), in the current part of their enumeration of all the 

 plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archi- 

 pelago, and the island of Hong Kong, enumerate 352 species of Orchidaceae, 

 including 23 new species and a new genus {Hancockia Rolfe). — N, Bryhn 

 (Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 40:204-208. pis, i~2. 1902) has described a new 

 genus iSarconetirutft) of mosses (Pottiaceae) from the antarctic collections 

 made on the Borchgrevink expedition of 1 898-1 900. — A. P. Morgan (Jour. 

 MycoL 8:169, 1902) has described a new genus {Sporocystis) of Tuberculari- 



from Ohio, and has also {idem 179-192) published a list of the Dis- 

 comycetes of the Miami valley, Ohio, including 128 numbers, 7 of them being 

 new species. — J. B. Ellis and E. Bartholomew {zde7n 173-178), in describ- 

 ing 23 new species of fungi from various localities include a new genus 

 {Stachybotryelld) near Stachybotrys, from Austin, Texas. — Anna Murray 

 Vail (Bull. Torr. Bot, Club 29:662-668.^^^. 7. 1902), in her sixth "Study" 

 of Asclepiadaceae, has defined and illustrated 7 species of Rouliniella, 3 of 

 them being new. — L, M. Underwood {idem 669-679), in his fifth paper on 

 American ferns, has published a review of Danaea, recognizing 12 species, 5 

 of which are new.— P. A. Rydberg {ide7n 680-693), in his ninth "Studies on 

 the Rocky Mountain Flora," has taken up the Nyctaginaceae, describing 

 new species of Abronia (6) and Allionia (3), and establishing a new genus 

 {Allionielld) on Allionia oxybaphoides, — Alice R. Northrop (Mem. Torr. 

 Bot. Club 12 : 1-98. pis, i-ig. 1902), in her account of the flora of two of the 

 Bahama islands (New Providence and Andros), includes two new genera of 

 palms {Paurotis and Cyclospathe) described by O. F. Cook, besides new spe- 

 cies of Aletris, Hymenocallis. Vanilla, Pithecolobium, Cassia, Linum. Ery- 

 throxylon, Crassopetalum, Helicteres, Xylosma, Terminalia, Metastelma, 

 Heliotropium, Tecoma, Catesbaea, Myrstiphyllum, Anguria. and Eupatorium ; 

 also a new species of Thrinax by O. F. Cook, and of Phoradendron by L 

 Urban.— Karl Muller (Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 3:34-44.//./. 1903) ^^^ 

 described several new species of Scapania from North America.— J. M. C. 



