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species and 5 varieties of ferns from New Guinea. — J. Bornmuller (idem 376, 

 377) records a new species of Reaumuria from Persia. — D. Griffiths (Rep. Mo. 

 Bot. Gard. 19:259-272. pis. 21-28. 1908), under the title Illustrated studies in 

 the genus Opuntia — 7, has described 15 new species of Opuntia from Mexico 

 and the southwest. — W. Gugler (Ann. Mus. Hung. 6:15-297. pi. 1. 1908), 



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in detail the species and subordinate categories of the genus Centaurea represented 

 in the Hungarian National Museum; the work is preliminary to a monograph of 

 this genus— F. Stephani (Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 8:837-866. 1908) has described 

 45 new species of Hepaticae, of wh ich several are American . — B . de Lesdain 

 (Bull. Soc. Bot. France IV. 8:420-424. 1908), under Notes lichenologiques, 

 describes 3 species and 2 varieties as new to science.— H. L£veille {idem 424- 

 427) enumerates n species of the genus Pueraria for China, of which 5 are pub- 

 lished in joint authorship with Vaut. — P. Dop {idem 427-430) describes 3 new 

 species of the Malpighiaceae from Indo-China .— F. Gagnepain {idem 43°~43 6 ) 

 proposes 3 new species of the Zingiberaceae from Oceania— H. de Boisseeu 

 (idem 467-470) has described 4 species and 3 varieties of Violaceae from the 

 Orient.— L. A. Donde {idem 470, 471) has published a new species of Carya from 

 Mexico.— H. Coste {idem 472-476) records 2 new hybrids in the genus Cistus 

 from southern France.— A. W. Evans (Rhodora 10:185-193. 1908) publishes 

 further notes concerning New England Hepaticae. The total number of species 

 n this group thus far recorded for New England is 147— A. Davidson (Muhlen- 

 bergia 4:65-68. 1908) lists a collection of plants made in the Tehachapi Moun- 

 tains, California, and proposes a new species in the genus Fritillaria— D. Prain 

 (Bull. Kew 381-387. 1908) gives a short history of Butea, a brief revision of the 

 genus, and records 1 new species.— N. E. Brown and O. Stapf {idem 407-412) 

 escribe 10 new species of African plants.— R. A. Rolfe {idem 412-416), under 

 e title of New orchids: Decade 32, has published 10 new species— T. F. 

 ^heeseman {idem 419-421) records a new species of the genus Bagnisia from New 



E. deWildeman (PI. Fl. Congo 2:167-268. 1908), in connection with 



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plants of Africa, chiefly from the Congo region.— B. Schroeder 

 fi Bot. Gesells. 26a:6i5-62o. 1908) has published 2 new species of 



( p culanaceae from P la nkton of the Adriatic Sea.-J. 1 1 . Maiden and E. Betche 

 oc - Lmn. Soc. N. S. W. s;t:*o4-?io. 1008) have published 5 new species 



G. E. Mattei (Boll. R. 



Orto ft 1 ** Varieties of Australian flowering plants.— G. 



Flora dell ' — Palermo 7 :8 5" 112 - 1908), under the title Contribuzioni alia 



c e a Somalia italiana, has described 9 new species ^ •««- — a r 



of Crat GENT ( ° nt ' Nat ScL BulL II_ 9 8 - x 9° 8 > has described ^ neW SpedeS 

 m) ^s fr °m Ontario: the same author (Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 19:35-126. 



(Bull N° v SCS ^ nCW Species of Crata egus from Missouri, and in another place 

 (idem State Mus - I22: 26-130. 1908) 83 from New York .— C. H. Peck 



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