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dominance are South America and E. Asia ——HeEtier describes (Muhlenb. 1: 
124) a new Veratrum from Idaho, and (idem 125) a Linanthus or Gilia from 
California.—McALPrnE adds a new genus, Uromycladium, to the Uredineae (Ann. 
Mycol. 3: 303-323. pls. 6-9. 1905). It is based on 7 Australian species occurring 
on Acacias, and is intermediate between Uromyces and Ravenelia.—VUILLEMIN 
shows the identity of Hartigiella with Meria (idem 340-343).—SCHMIDLE found 
eases ; . 
proposes an extension of the moss family Pterobryaceae to include five other 
families, in whole or in part, and gathers from various genera some 25 species 
to swell his genus Pterobryopsis. He establishes a new monotypic genus 
Miillerobryum on an Australian moss already referred to 3 separate genera. 
Trachypodaceae is a new family, and Trachypodopsis its characteristic new 
genus, for both of which he has “gathered of every kind,” and Teil I is 
only begun!—Prck (Rept. N. Y. State Botanist 1904) describes new fungi; 
Boletus (3), Clavaria (2), Cortinarius, Lactarius (2), Pholiota—CARDOT 
finds 35 new species of mosses in SkoTTSBERG’s collections made on the 
Swedish antarctic expedition (Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5: 997-1011. 1905).— 
Hieronymus has studied (Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 458-573. 1905) the Compositae 
collected by JretsK1 in Peru, among which he finds 58 new species—— DIELS 
idem Beiblatt 82: 1-138) makes hundreds of additions to his flora of central 
yee eee ng many new species and three new genera, Giraldzella Dammer 
), Pleroxygonum Dammer and Diels (Polygonaceae), and Biondia 
per (Necletiadarena), —NELSON describes (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18: 171- 
776. 1905) new species from Nevada in Cleomella (2), Sphaerostigma, Zauschneria, 
Rhamnus, Polemonium, Artemisia, and a new genus of Solanaceae, Bosleria— 
ENAULD and Carpor in their tenth paper on Musci Evxotici (Bull. Soc. 
Roy. Bot. Belgique 41: 7-122. 1905) describe, among many others, largely 
Mascarene and East Indian, 9 new species from Porto Rico, 3 from Costa 
Rico, one from Guadeloupe, 3 from Cocos Island (Pacific Cent. Am.), 1 from 
Mexico, and 1 from Hawaii. They also establish as a new genus of Hypnaceae 
Miiller’s section of Hypnum, Dimorphella. The same authors (idem 123 ff.) in 
their third article on Musci Costaricenses describe 22 new species—-HELLER 
has found some new species in his collections for 1905 in California and 
describes them (Muhlenb. 2: 1-6. 1905), under Eriogonum (3), Montia, Del- 
phinium, Ranunculus, Thysanocarpus (2), Lithophragma, Ribes, and Amelan- 
chier.—Howe adds several algae to our flora (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32: 563-586. 
pls. 23-29. 1905) from the Bahama-Florida region; Halimeda, Avrainvillea, 
Sarcomenia, Dudresnaya, and a new genus Cadoci pati (Codiaceae), besides 
changing several names.—UNDERWOOD (idem 587-596) maintains the genus 
Alcicornium Gaud. as valid, gives a synopsis of the species, and describes 
A. Veitchii as a new species—R¥DBERG, about to publish a Flora of Colorado, 
makes (idem 597-610) what he considers necessary changes in names, and 
describes new species of Deschampsia, Eatonia, Poa (9), Festuca (2), and 
