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material for a flora of Hokkaido, Japan, and rive small fascicles have been 

 published. In these fascicles 60 species are presented, new species being 

 described in Luzula, Eriophorum, Tofieldia (3), and Dactylostalix (an orchid). 

 In addition to new species there are several new names and combinations. 



Miyake", in connection with a study of fungi from China, includes in his 

 published list of 56 species descriptions of 4 new species of Fungi Imperfecti, 

 representing the following genera: Coniothyrium, Melophia, Marsonia, and 

 Cercospora. 



Makino^ in continuation of his studies of the flora of Japan, has published 

 new species in Scleria (2) and Ulricularia. 



Blake 2 * has described the following new genera of Compositae, chiefly 

 Mexican: Haplocalymma (based on Viguiera microcephala Greenm.), Phoeban- 

 thus (to include Helianthella grandiflora T. and G. and H. tenuifolia T. and G.), 

 and Pionoairpus (based on Helianthella madrensis Wats.) ; and also new species 

 in Gymnolomia, Viguiera (2), Perymenium (3), and Chrysadinia. 



Robinson^ has described new species from Cuba, Mexico, and Guatemala 

 in Eupa tori urn (5), Brickellia, Verbesina, and Liabum, in addition to new 



Macbride* in connection with a study of the Borraginaceae of the Gray 

 Herbarium, has found it necessary to make a number of new names and combi- 

 nations, and has also described two new species of Heliotropium, both from 

 Mexico.— J. M. C. 



Morphology of Tr< 



insignis col lected at the c 



as 9 neck cells; that there is no clear line of demarcation between 

 and the ventral region; and that as many as 8 neck canal cells are so 

 present. Grun, studying the same form, reports as many as 16 ne 



21 Miyabe, K., and Kudo, Y., Materials for a flora of Hokkaido. Pts. 

 Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 5 = 37-44, 65-80, 145-152; 6:1-9. 1915. 



° MlYAKE, L, Studien viber chinesische Pilze. Bot. Magazine 27:45- 

 23 Makino, T., Observations of the flora of Japan. Bot. Magazine a 



Certain Borraginaceae, 



