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i. They distinguish n species from Eastern North America, including 4 

 v species, 4 new combinations, and a new variety. The full synonymy and 

 ensive citations of exsiccatae should make the recognition of the species clear. 

 Foerste" has described a new genus (Diciyophlois) of rhizophores, 

 ited to those of Stigmaria ficoides, from the Subcarboniferous of western 

 titucky. 



Koidzumi, 1 * in presenting a fascicle of new or little known plants of Japan, 

 has described new species in Abelia, Salix (2 spp.), and Saussurea. 



In a "commemoration number" of the Botanical Magazine of Tokyo,' 6 

 dedicated to Professor J. Matsumura on the occasion of the twenty-fifth 

 anniversary of his professorship, the following taxonomic contributions appear: 

 V. F. Brotherus and Shutai Okamura describe a new genus (Ishibaea) of 

 mosses belonging to the Brachytheciaceae; Takenoshin Nakai publishes a 

 synopsis of the Korean species of Saussurea, including 24 species, 5 of which 

 are described as new; Yushun Kudo publishes a synopsis of the species of 

 Cacalia in Northern Japan, recognizing n species, 2 of which are described as 



ern China, describing new species in Deschampsia, Listera, and Clematis; 

 Tomitaro Mikino describes 2 new genera, namely Matsumurella and Aju- 

 goides, both of the Labiates (Stachydeae). 



Ostenfeld 17 has described a new species of Ruppia (R. atwmala) from 

 Porto Rico, which differs from R. maritime and the other species of the genus 

 in the development of the stipe of the fruit. In other species each sessile 

 pistil, after fertilization, develops as a stipitate fruit; while in R. anomala 



•sKoidzumi, Genichi, 

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