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BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



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in Eypopitys and Vaccinium.—G. Bitter (Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. 23:114- 

 163. 1914) in continuation of his studies on the Solanaceae describes a new 

 species of Grabowskia (G. Sodiroi) from Ecuador.— J. W. Black (Trans. & 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 37:i~5- pi- 1913) describes and illustrates a 

 new genus (Pectinella) of the Potamogetonaceae, a salt water plant of Australia. 

 The same author (ibid. 121-124. pis. 4, 5) under the title "Additions to the 

 flora of South Australia" characterizes a new genus (Griffithia) of the Com- 

 positae. — S. F. Blake (Jour. Bot. 52:169. 1914) has published a new Chima- 

 phila (C. domingensis) from Santo Domingo. — F. Boedeker (Monatschr. 

 fur Kakteenk. 24:52-55. 1914) describes and illustrates a new cactus (MamU- 

 laria Giirkeana) from Mexico. — L. Bolus (Ann. Bolus Herb. 1:20, 21. 1914) 

 has described a new genus (Pillansia) of the Iridaceae, based on Tritonia 

 Templemanni Baker of Cape Colony — G. Bonati (Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 

 II. 5:297-316. 1914) has published several new species of the Primulaceae, 

 Solanaceae, and Scrophulariaceae, and includes a description of a new genus 

 (Centrantheropsis) of the last family. — F. Borgesen (Dansk Bot. Ark. 2:1- 

 66. 1914) in an article entitled "The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. 

 Part 2. Phaeophyceae " includes the descriptions of several new species and 

 one new genus (Rosenvingea) . — J. Briquet (Ann. Conserv. et Jard. Bot. Geneve 

 11:326-403. 1914) under the title "Decades plantarum novarum vel minus 

 cognitarum" has published upward of 50 new species of flowering plants mostly 

 from Mexico and South America— N. L. Britton (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 

 41 : 1-24. 1 914) under the title of " Studies of West Indian plants" has described 

 26 new species. — N. E. Brown (Bull. Kew 1914, p. 156) has published a new 

 species of Chamodora (C. nana) indigenous to Costa Rica. The same author 

 (ibid. 168) records a new genus (Metaporana) of the Convolvulaceae from Africa, 

 and (ibid. 208) describes a new species of Cotyledon (C. paraguayensis) from 

 Paraguay.— F. BubAk (Bot. Kozlemenyek 13:94-96. 1914) describes and 

 illustrates a new genus (Moeszia) of the Hyphomycetes, found on leaves of the 

 oak at Budapest, Hungary. The same author (Ann. Mycologici 12:205-220. 

 pi. 8. 1914) under the title of "Beitrag zur Pilzfiora von Tirol und Istrien" 

 has described several new species of fungi and proposes the following new 

 genera: Basilocula, Cystodendron, Stigmopsis, Piricanda, and Verticilliodo- 

 chium.—¥>. F. Bush (Am. Mid. Nat. 3:352, 353. 1914) has published 2 new 

 species of Antennaria from Missouri.— E. J. Butler and A. H. Kahn (Mem. 

 Dept. Agr. India 6: 181-208. pis. 1-6. 1914) on "Some new sugar cane diseases" 

 include the description of a so-called "collar rot" to which is given the scien- 

 tific name Hendersonia Sacchari Butl.— J. Cardot (Rev. Bryol. 41 = 37, 38. 

 1914) has described a new moss to which he gives the generic name Philiber- 

 tiella; it is related to Ditrichium.—R. Chodat (Bot. Jahrb. 52, Beibl. no. 115. 

 pp. 70-85. 1914) under the title " Polygalaceae novae" has published 30 new 

 species of Polygala of which about one-half are from Mexico, Central and 

 South America. — C. Christensen (Am. Fern Jour. 4:77-83. 1914) describes 

 two new American species in Dryopteris and records further data toward his 



