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E. Ule from the region of the Amazon. The following new genera are pro- 

 posed: Sohnreyia Krause of the Rutaceae, Spirotheca Ulbrich of the Bom- 

 baceae, and Lychniothyrsus Lindau of the Acanthaceae.— H. Pittier (Rep. 

 Sp. Nov. 13:312-320. 1914) has published 12 new species of Malvales from 

 Central America. Two new genera are included, namely Goethahia of the 

 Tiliaceae and Gyranthera of the Bombacaceae.— J. A. Purpus (Monats. fur 

 Kakteenkunde 24:65, 66. 1914) describes and illustrates a new species of 

 Echeveria (E. leucotricha) from Mexico— L. Quehl (ibid, n 4-1 18, 158) 

 describes and illustrates two new species of Mamillaria from Mexico.— L- 

 Radlkoffer and J. F. Rock (Terr. Hawaii, Board of Agr. and Forestry, Div. 

 Forest. Bot. Bull. no. 1, pp. 1-14. 191 1) under the title "New and noteworthy 

 Hawaiian Plants" have published several new species of orchids and in- 

 clude a new genus (Hibiscadel phits) of the Malvaceae. — R. A. Rolfe (Kew 

 Bull. 1914. p. 2 10) has published 3 new species of flowering plants from Costa 

 Rica and Peru. The same author (Curtis' Bot. Mag. pi. 8551. 1914) describes 

 and illustrates a new orchid Lipid n b) fusion) from Mexico.— C. O. 

 Rosendahl (Bot. Jahrb. 50:375-397. 1914- Supplement-Band) presents a 

 revision of the genus Mitella, recognizing 12 species, one of which is new to 

 science.— W. E. Safford (Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4:356-368. 1914) presents a 

 paper on 11 Acacia cornigera and its allies" and describes 10 new species — 

 J. H. Schaffner (Ohio State Univ. Bull. 18:127-247. 1914) has issued a 

 "Catalog of Ohio vascular plants" in which he lists 2065 species for the state 

 of Ohio.— J. Schiller (Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wiss. 122:621-630. 1913) under 

 the title "Vorlaufige Ergebnisse der Phytoplankton Untersuchungen auf den 

 Fahrten S.M.S. Najade in der Adria" describes several species new to science 

 and proposes a new genus (Cymbomonas) of the Chlorophyceae. — R. Schlechter 

 (Rep. Sp. Nov. 13:279-287. 1914) gives a discussion of Philibertia and 

 Funastrum and makes several new combinations in these genera pertaining 

 mostly to Mexican and South American species. The same author (ibid. 

 438-443) has published n new species of Asclepiadaceae from Bolivia, based 

 on collections of Th. Herzog, and (Orchis 8:18-19, 131-137- 3, 4- iqm) 



ica.— B. Schroder (Hedwigia 55: 183-223. 1014) in a concluding article on 

 the "Zellpflanzen Ostafrikas" proposes the following new genera of the Scene- 

 desmaceae: Schmidleia, Schroederiella, and YktoricUa—O. E. Schulz (Bot. 

 Jahrb. 50:176-187. 1914. Supplement-Band) under the title " Bidens 

 chinensis (L.) Willd. und verwandte Arten" includes a new species of Bidens 

 from Costa Rica.— W. A. Setchell (Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6:70-152. 

 pis. 10-16. iqi 4 ) under the title "The Srinaia assemblage" presents a 

 synoptical revision of this group. The author recognizes 11 species of Scinaia 

 of which 5 are new and 7 species of Gloiophloea of which 4 are new to science. 



referred, one from California, the other from New Holland. — M. Slosson 

 (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 41:307-309. pi. 7. 1914) records a new fern (Adiantum 



