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caoutchouc industry of Bahia, has described 3 new species of Manihot.— P. B. 

 KLennedy (Muhlenbergia 4:1-4. 1908) has described a new species of Dicoria 

 from Nevada.— S. Sommier (Giorn. Bot. Ital. N. S. 14:496-505. pi. 14. 1907) 

 has described a new genus (Melilclla) of Compositae (Cichoriaccac) from Malta. 

 R. Pampanini (idem 591-606), in describing a fascicle of new species, includes a 

 Codonanthe from Brazil and a Sesbania from Central America (^^e\•ico?).— A. B. 

 Rexdle, E. G. Baker, and S. LeM. Moore (Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 38:228-279. 

 pis. i6~ig. 1908), in an account of the WoUaston collection of plants from Mt. 

 Ruwcnzori (Africa), describe 34 new species, among which tliere is a new genus 

 {Choaiidnlhus) of Aniaryllidaceae.— A. D. E. Eliier (Leallcts Philipp. B 

 1:212-219. 19^7) has described 8 new species of Freycinetia from Lucban; also 

 {idem 220-232) 11 new species of Leguminosae, including the new genus Luzoiiia 

 (nearest Canavalia); and (idem 236-261) has presented 41 species and varieties 

 of Ficus collected within a radius of three miles of Lucban (Luzon), including 6 

 new species.— E. B. Copelaxd (idem 233-235) has described 3 new species of 

 ferns from the Philippines.— J. H. Barxhart (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 34 = 579-582. 

 pi- 34. 1907) has described a new Utricularia from Long Isand.— J. C. Arthur 

 (idem 583-592), in his sixth fascicle of new Uredineae, describes 15 new species 

 K. K. Mackenzie (idem 603-607), has described 4 new species of Carex.— H. 

 Rehm (Annales Mycol. 5 : 5 16-546. 1907), in describing 95 new species of Ascomy- 

 cetes from various parts of the world, includes 18 from North America and 38 

 from South America.— In publishing the third fascicle of Weberbauer's new 

 plants from the Andes (Bot. Jahrb. 40:225-395. 1908), 264 new species are 

 described, including the following new genera: Urhanodoxa and Englerocharis 

 (Cruciferae), by R. Muscher; Urhanosciadimn (UmbeUiferae), by H. Wolff; 

 and Acrohotrys (Rubiaceae), by K. ScHUM.\>fN and K. Kr.\USE.— R. Pilger 

 (idem 396, 397) has described a new genus (Glischrothamnus) of Aizoaceae from 

 Brazil.— R. Schlechter (Bot. Jahrb. Beibl. 40^:1-19- ^9^^)^ '" describing 36 

 new Asclepiadaceae from the East Indies, includes the new genera Oistonema and 

 Anatropanthus; the same author (idem 20-45) describes 54 new species from 

 New Caledonia, and includes four new genera (Dolichanthcra, Rhopdobrachium, 

 Atradocarpus, Bonatia) of Rubiaceae.— C C Hosseus (Bot. Jahrb. 41:55-^1- 

 Pl^. I, 2. 1908) has described a new genus (Richthojenia) of Rafflesiaceae from 

 Siam; he has also published (idem 62-73) a list of 55 species of Acanthaceae from 

 Siam, including 12 new species.-E. Koehxe (idem 74-110) has supplemented 

 his account of Lythraceae in Exgler's Pfianzenreich (1903) by mtercalatmg 

 species published since that date, many of them American (chiefly Mexican), and 

 by adding 16 new species published here for the first time.— N. L. f^iTTO^ ^'^^ 

 J. N. Rose (Smithson. Misc. Coll. 50:503-539- 1908) have published a pre- 

 liminary account of the Opuntioideae of North America, recognizmg 143 species 

 of Opuntia (15 of which are new), 6 of Nopalea, and 11 of Pereskiopsis, a genus 

 recently published in the same serial (33i-333)-^J- ^^- ^■ 



The individuality of the chromosome .-By subjecting root tips of P^um 

 sativum to a 0.75 per cent, solution of chloral hydrate at 20° C for one hour, 



