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his 36th paper, as a result of continued study on the flora of Central America. 
The article includes descriptions of 12 species of flowering plants new to science. 
—J. D. Smitu and J. N. Rose (Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 16:287—298. 1913) 
have published a ‘Monograph of the Hauyeae and Gongylocarpeae, tribes of 
Onagraceae.”’ The study embraces 4 genera and 14 species; two new generic 
names are proposed, namely, Xylonagra, based on Oenothera arborea Kellogg, 
and Burragea, based on Gaura fruticulosa Benth.—W. W. Smits (Rec. Bot. 
Surv. India 4:324-431. 1913) records the results of a botanical survey of South- 
east Sikkim, India, lists 925 species, and describes a new genus (Paroxygraphis) 
of the Ranunculaceae.—C. Sprcazzini (Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 23:167- 
244. 1912) in an article on the Laboulbeniaceae of Argentina has published 
several new species and proposes two new genera, namely, Cochliomyces and 
Laboulbeniella. The same author (ibid. 1-146) under the title ‘“Mycetes 
Argentinenses” continues the enumeration of the Mycetes of Argentina, adds 
several species new to mags and proposes the following new genera: 
Eudimeriolum, Winteromyces, Ti selene riy om Dasysphaeria, Criserosphaeria, 
Hormopeltis, Polhysterium, ‘sym phaeophyma, A gap eB a mH ae Das- 
ysticta, Dasyprena, Phaeopolynema,and Phaeolabrella.—A. RD (Proc. Cali 
Acad. Sci. 1:431-446. 1912) oo the lichens found on ro pe of the 
California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands in 1905-1906. Six- 
teen species were found which were not before reported from the islands.—H. 
and P. Sypow (Ann. Mycol. 11:93-118. 1913) have published several new 
species of fungi from northern Japan and characterize a new genus (Miyagia) 
of the Pucciniaceae found on leaves of Amnaphalis margaritacea. The same 
authors (ibid. 254-271) under the title “Novae fungorum species X” have 
published several species new to science and propose the following new genera: 
Aithaloderma, Schizochora, Cyclodothis, and Diedickea from the Philippine 
Islands, Astrosphaeriella and Coccidophthora from Japan, and Nematostigma 
from South Africa.—C. Torrenp (Broteria, Ser. Bot. 11:73-98. 1913) under 
Fiel (Beira Baixa)” includes the descriptions of several new species and proposes 
one new genus, namely, Lycoperdellon, based on Lycogala Torrendii Br 
I. Urzan (Bot. Jahrb. 50: Beibl. 111. pp. 1-108. 1913) under the title “Plantae 
novae andinae imprimis Weberbauerianae VI” in cooperation with severa 
specialists has published an important paper on the Andean flora. About 125 
species new to science are described.—H. F. WernHAM (Jour. Bot. 51: :218- 
221. 1913) has published rz new species of Rubiaceae from tropical America. 
—R. S. Wit1aMs (Bryologist 16:36-39. pl. 4. 1913) reports Brachymenium 
macrocarpum Card. from Florida and — a new species of Funaria (F. 
rubiginosa) from Montana.—J. M. G 
Metabolism of fungi.— Believing that methods based on a determination of 
the yield, or of the economic or the respiratory coefficients do not give 4 
factory quantitative representation of the manner of utilization of carbon 
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