1909] CURRENT LITERATURE 161 



fragile models was committed to Mr. Worthington G. Smith, and in connec- 



with this the Guide was published. There has now appeared 13 a second 



edition which has been carefully revised, and a glossary has been added. — J. M. C. 



latiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien. — Parts 231, 232, and 233 continue the pres- 

 entation of mosses by V. F. Brotherus, completing Thuidieae, and presenting 

 Hvpnaceae, Leucomiaceae, Sematophyllaceae, Rhegmatodontaceae, and Brachy- 

 theciaceae .— J. M. C. 



NOTES FOR STUDENTS 



Current taxonomic literature. — A. D. E. Elmer (Leaflets of Philippine Botany 

 I:2 7 2_ 359- i9°8) describes ioo new species of flowering plants, belonging to 

 various genera, and {idem 2:375-384) 9 new species of Lauraceae all indigenous 

 to the Philippine Islands— J. D. Hooker (Hook. Ic. PI. pis. 2851-2875. 1908) 

 describes and illustrates 24 new species and one new variety of the genus Impatiens 

 from China. The types are deposited either in the Paris, Le Mans, or Kew 

 Herbarium.— V. L. Komarov (Acta Hort. Petrop. 29:1-176. 1908), under the 

 title of Prolegomena ad floras Chinae nee non Mongoliae, makes a valuable con- 

 tribution to the literature concerning the flora of China; it includes, moreover, a 

 cntical revision of Clematoclethra Max., Codonopsis Wall., Epimedium and 



ttraria L., in which genera 9 species and one variety are proposed as new to 

 »ence.--HoMER D. House (Muhlenbergia 4:49-56. 1908) gives a Synopsis of 

 tin California species of Convolvulus. The author recognizes 26 species, two of 



lch are new.— W. P. Hiern (Journ. Bot. 46:273-278. 1908) records the 

 occurrence of a Sagittaria in the river Exe, near Exeter, England. The plant is 

 ,^j bed ** a ne ^ variety of a North American species— Spencer le M. Moore 



* 290-298) describes 12 species of African plants as new to science, and pro- 

 Poses a new genus (Grossweilera) of Compositae; the same author (idem 305-313) 



of tfTT 1268 " neW Species of African P lant s and a new S enus (SwynnerUmia) 

 e Asclepiadaceae, and also a new genus (Eylesia) of the Scrophulariaceae — 



Ma2° XAT1 (BU1L Hb " Boiss ' IL 8: 5 2 5-539- I 9° 8 ) gi ves a synoP 815 of the genus 

 teL The aUth ° r rec °g nize s 2 4 species, 14 of which, and 2 varieties, are 

 ^scribed as new.-J. Bornmuller (idem 545-560) in a list of plants of the Elburz 

 ^umains m northern Persia includes the description of a new species of Euphor- 

 Hepati RANZ SlEPHANI W™ 561-608, 661-696) describes 41 new species of 

 record ^ feferred to var i«us genera.— Edmond Malinowski (idem 623, 624) 

 tion Jth H C ff SPCCieS ° f Crucianella fr °m Kurdistan .—Hans Schinz, in collabora- 

 Plants • 1 Crent speciaUsts ( idem 625-640), describes 32 new species of African 

 (Philin m T din S a new genus (Pseudotragia) of the Euphorbiaceae.— A. Brand 

 th, p£.. .' Sci * 3:i-io. 1908) gives a synopsis of the Symplocaceae of 



™ Islands, in which 16 species are recognized, 6 of which, in addi- 



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 luseum I( S rCVised - PP- iv + »S- figs. 91. London: The Trustees of the Bntish 



