CURRENT LITERATURE 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS 
Current taxonomic literature.—B. Batrour and W. W. SmitH (Notes 
Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin. 9:63, 64. pl. 148. 1915) describe and illustrate a new 
genus (Beesia) of the Ranunculaceae from northern Burma and Yunnan, China. 
—R. Benotst (Not. Syst. 3:176-180. 1915) has published 6 new species of 
Qualea and Lecythis from South America.—E. P. BIcKNELL (Bull. Torr. Bot. 
Club 42:549-570. 1915) in the 16th article on the “Ferns and flowering plants 
of Nantucket” enumerates the Compositae and describes a new golden-rod 
(Solidago aestivalis).—S. F. BLake (Jour. Bot. 53:56-58, 103-104, 135~137; 
153-158, 193-202, 225-235, 306-307, 322-324. 1915) has published a “‘Revi- 
sion of Salmea and allied genera,” describes new speceis in Amaranthus, Hetero- 
sperma, Notoptera, Otopappus, Perymenium, Verbesina, and Zexmenia from 
Mexico, Central and South America, and includes also a new genus (Steirac- 
tinia) of the Compositae to which 6 species are referred, all being indigenous 
to northern South America. The same author (Kew Bull. 348. 1915) has 
published a new genus (Stenocarpha) of the Compositae from Mexico.— 
F. B6pEKER (Monats. fiir Kakteenkunde 25:76-80. 1915) describes and illus- 
trates a new species of Mamillaria (M. multihamata) from Mexico.—A. BRAND 
(Rep. Sp. Nov. 14:146-156. 1915) under the title “Neue Borraginaceen 
Studien” describes several new species and raises the section Mattiastrum 
Boissier of Paracaryum to generic rank and transfers thereto 26 species. The 
same author (ibid. 13:545-350. 1915) in an article entitled “Neue Gattungen 
und Arten der Cynoglosseae”’ describes several species new to science and 
characterizes two new genera, namely Adelocaryum from India and Central 
Asia, and Bilegnum, which is based on Mattia Bungei Boiss., from Persia.— 
T. S. Branpecee (Univ. Calif. Pub. Botany 6:177~197. 1915) in a 7th 
article under the caption “Plantae mexicanae Purpusianae” has published 61 
new species of flowering plants, mainly from Chiapas and Oaxaca.—N. L. 
Britron (Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 2:33-58. pls. 1, 2. 1915) gives a brief account 
of the vegetation of Mona and Desecheo islands, which lie between Porto 
Rico and Santo Domingo, and estimates that the total land flora of the former 
consists of as high as 500 species and of the latter of at least 200 species. A 
partial list of the plants collected on Mona Island is appended. New species 
are recorded in Pedilanthus, Tabebuia, and Riccia. One new genus (Mal- 
lotonia) is proposed, which is based on Tournefortia gnaphalodes R. Br. The 
same author (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 42:365~-392. 1915) under the general title 
“Studies of West Indian plants VI” includes a synoptical revison of the genus 
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