232 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [SEPTEMBER 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS 
Current taxonomic literature —L. Aprams (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 37?149-153. 
1910) has described 4 new species of flowering plants from California.—O. AMES 
(Phil. Journ. Sci. Bots 4:663-676. 1909) in continuation of his studies on Philip- 
pine orchids records 30 species, 11 of which are new to science.—S. F. BLAKE 
(Fern Bull. 18:9, 10. 1910) records a new variety of Lycopodium tristachyum 
Pursh from New Hampshire.—I. Botpincu (Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 6:1-36. 
1909) under the title “A contribution to the knowledge of the flora of Anguilla 
(B.W.I.)” lists about 150 species of flowering plants. The list is based on col- 
lections made on the island by Mr. BorprncH in September of 1906.—F. Bor- 
GESEN (Bot. Tidssk. 30:1-19. pls. r, 2. 1910) has published the results of his 
studies in the Florideae collected in the waters of the Danish West Indies, describ- 
ing and illustrating 5 new species—M. Burret (Bot. Jahrb. 44:198-238. 1910) 
presents the results of an extended taxonomic study of the genus Grewia, accom- 
panying the same by a key to the African species.—B. CHABAUD (Rev. Hort. 
Paris 82:58-6o. jig. 18. 1910) has published a new species of palm (Sabal 
uresana) indigenous in the state of Sonora, Mexico.—H. Curist (Rep. Nov. Sp. 
8:17-20. 1910) has published 7 new species of ferns from Costa Rica.—A. 
Cocniaux, A. LincELsHEIM, F. Pax, 
title “Plantae novae bolivianae IV” have published 11 new species and 2 new 
varieties of Bolivian flowering plants—A. ENGLER (Bot. Jahrb. 44:137-155- 
1910) has published 31 new species of the Burseraceae from Africa; the same 
author (zbid. Beibl. 101, p. 34) proposes a new genus (Scirpodendron) of the 
Cyperaceae from Africa—E. Gre (ibid. 15-19) describes and illustrates 4 new 
species of Marckea (M. Peckoltiorum) from Brazil—W. Fawcett and A. B. 
RENDLE (Journ. Bot. 48:106-108. 1910) in continuation of their studies 0” the 
orchids of Jamaica have published 4 new species.—E. L. GREENE (Leaf. Bot, 
Obs. and Crit. 2: 25-88. 1910) has characterized about go new species of flowering 
plants mostly from western United States —E. HAsster (Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 
II. 2:32-36. 1910) has characterized 3 varieties and 6 forms of Indigofera campes- 
tris Bong. from Paraguay. The same author (Rep. Nov. Sp. 8:28-31, 34” 47) 
66-73, 113-132, 204-210. 1910), in cooperation with different specialists, ’ 
Pp ie eae 1 species anal pape Pee ;: gpl i fen South Amenc® 
Two new genera of the Malvaceae are proposed, namely Blanchetiasirum a 
Brazil, and Bastardiopsis from Brazil and Paraguay.—A. VON Hane ON 
Bot. Zeitschr. 60:89-93. 1910) has characterized a new genus (Degenia) of 
Cruciferae, based on Lesquerella velebitica Degen.—A. A. Hetter (Mublenberét 
6:13-32. 1910) records the results of further studies on the “Nevada lupe 
and includes descriptions of 4 new species.—R. H. Howe, Jr. (Bull. Tor. 
Club 37:1-18. pls. 1-7. 1910) gives a revision of the genus Usnea, aS represen 
in North America north of the 15th parallel, recognizing 4 species. saad 
(Rep. Nov. Sp. 8:16, 17, 165-167, 196-199. 1910) has published 6 neW re 
and 4 new varieties of Cuphea from the Lesser Antilles and Paraguay" 
and H. WINKLER (ibid. 1-6) under the 
