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(Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 34:517-520. 1907) have described 2 new species of An- 

 drosace from New Mexico. — M. L. Ferxald (Rhodora 9:221-226. 1907) has 

 described 3 new species and 2 new varieties of Salix from Eastern America. 

 K. Yendo (Jour. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 21: art. 12. pp. 174. ph, 18. 1907) has 

 published (in English) a full account, with excellent plates, of "The Fucaceae of 

 Japan" (61 species), including new species in Cystophyllum (2), Coccophora, and 

 Sargassum (2), and also a new genus (Ishige). — J. Briquet (Botanisk Tidskr. 

 28:233-248. 1907), in describing the Labiatae from the Central Asian and 

 Persian collections of OvE Paulsen, describes a new genus {Paidseniella) in 

 Stachyoideae.— S. Kawamura (Jour. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 23: art. 2. pp. 12. 

 pis, 5. 1907) has described a new genus (Miyoshia) of Ascomycetes parasitic on 

 the stems of a species of bamboo. — C. Warnstorf (Hedwigia 47:113-127. igoS)^ 

 has described the following new species of Sphagnum from the U. S.: 5. Mehnen 

 (Alaska), S, Faxonii (Mass.), and 5. riparioides (Alabama).— A. W. Evans 

 (Torreya 7:225-229. 1907) has described a new genus {Leucolejeunea) of Hepati- 

 cae, segregated from Archilejeunea and containing 5 species.— H. D. House 

 {idem 233-235) has discovered that the generic name Shortia cannot be maintained 

 for the interesting S. galacijolia of the southern Appalachians, on account of an 

 earlier Shortia of Rafixesque; accordingly the name Sherwoodia is proposed 

 and the names of the one American and the three Asiatic species are transferred. 

 W. W. Eggleston {idem 235, 236) has described a new Crataegus from New 

 :Mexico.— A. Nelson and P. B. Kennedy (Muhlenbergia 3-i37-i43- ^9^^^ 

 have described new species from the Great Basin in Lepidium, Boisduvalia, Chyl- 

 isma, Oreocar>'a, Phlox, Plantago, and Symphoricarpos.— F. Ramaley (Univ. 

 Col. Studies 5: 47-63. 1907), in a list of the woody plants of Boulder County, Col, 

 including the ranges, enumerates 112 species in 50 genera.— Th. Valeton (Bull. 

 Depart. Agric. Ind. N^eriand. 10. pp. 70. 1907), in a list of Papuan plants, 



describes 21 new species. 



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species, 37 of which belong to Cyperus.— G, Massee (Trans. N. Z. Inst. 39^1 49 



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poreae 



gen., 36 spp.), Clavarieae (2 gen., 11 spp.), and Tremellineae (9 gen., i5 spp)- 



.\iri:s (Philipp. J 



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orchids of Mount Halcon and vicinity, Mindoro, 93 species being named, 39 

 which are new.— C. S. Sargext (Rep. Mich. Geol. Survey igo6:ST-S'Sl°- ^f'' 



recognizing 55, of which 24 are described as new.— J. M. Greenman (l^iei 

 Columb. ^lus. Publ. Bot. Ser. 2:247-287. 1907) has published the results of his 

 study of recent collections from ^^Icxico, Central America, and the West Indie=^ 

 The species number 92, of which 35 are described as new, one of them constituting 

 a new genus {Goldmania) of Coreopsideae. Of Senecio 28 species are presentea, 



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