286 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



shrubs able to grow in Denmark, They are arranged in syste- 

 matic Order and accompanied by many original figures. A key is 

 given to each genus, and the descriptions are rather broad,sothat 

 identifications are not difficult. The author does not conceal short- 

 comings in our knowledge on many forms, especially hybrids. 



Ove Paulsen. 



Praeger, R. Lloyd Some new species of Sedum. (Journ. Bot. 

 LV. NO 650. p. 38-44. Febr. 1917.) 



The following new species have been diagnosed in the course 

 of a revision of the Genus Sedum, as found in cultivation: S.Iongi- 

 caule, S. purpureo-viride, S. pseudospectabüe, S. cauticolum, S. Ella- 

 combianuntj S. pyramidale, S. griseum, S. amecamecanum . 



E. M. Cotton. 



Rendle, A. B., New species of Z7rer« from Tropica 1 Afri ca. 

 (Journ. Bot. LIV. W 648. p. 368-370. Dec. 1916.) 



The following new species have been described in the course 

 of elaborating the Urticaceae for the Flora of Tropical Africa: 

 Urera Batesii, U. Talhotii, U. Elliotti, ü. cuneata, U. usambarensis. 



E. M. Cotton. 



Salmon, C. E., Notes on Statice. XIII. S. asterotricha, sp. nov. 

 (Journ. Bot LV. N» 650. p. 33 and 34. Plate 546. Feb. 1917.) 



The species here described was formerly included in 5. Gme- 

 Uni, from which it may be distinguished by its stellate pubescence 

 and narrow long petioled leaves, — 5. Gmelini being a glabrous 

 plant with broad short-petioled leaves. There are, besides, the 

 more minute dififerentiating features of calyx, bracts etc. 



E. M. Cotton. 



Schmidt, J., Flora of Koh Chang. Contributions to the 

 knowledge of the Vegetation in the GulfofSiam. Part 

 X. (Conclusion. (Bot. Tidsskr. XXXII. p. 309—370. 1916) 



This concluding part ofjohs. Schmidt's Flora of Koh 

 Chang (Siam) contains the following contributions: 



Ochnaceae by G. B. Clark e. — Loganiaceae by E. Gilg; new 

 species: Strychnos Schmidtii Gilg, 5. myrioneura Gilg. — Euphor- 

 biaceae by F. Pax. — Sapindaceae by L. Radlkofer. — Asclepia- 

 daceae by R. Schlechter: Toxocarpus siamensis Schltr., Tylophora 

 Schmidtii Schltr. — Various families by C. H. Ostenfeld. — Va- 

 rious families by O. Warburg. — Various families by W. G. 

 Craib: Mangifera siamensis Warb., Barringtonia Schmidtii Warb., 

 Diospyros Schmidtii Craib — Various families by various botanists. — 

 Filices, revised by Carl Christensen (the ferns were determined 

 by H. Christ in 1900, but a thorough revision was found neces- 

 sary): Alsophila kohchangensis C. Chr., Leptochilus scuIpturatus(F€e) 

 C. Chr. var. imdiüatus C. Chr., Asplenium Schmidtii C. Chr., Adian- 

 tum fragiliforme C. Chr., Gleichenia linearis (Burm.) Clarke var. 

 subpectinata (Christ) C. Chr.; Angiopteris siamensis C. Chr. — Addi- 

 tamenta: Erycibe Schmidtii Craib. — From the editor's concluding 

 remarks it appears that the Flora of Koh Chang contains 512 

 species of phanerogams (57 new), 72 pteridophyta (6 new), 61 



