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Diets," in publishing an account of the Myrtaceae of Papua, describes 
numerous new species, and establishes the following new genera: Xanthomyrtus 
(14 species) and Octomyrtus (3 sgee The large genera are Jambosa (50 
species), and Syzygium (44 specie: 
GANDOGER” has published ne om part of a series of descriptions of new 
species from various countries of the world. This first paper includes descrip- 
from China, province of Yunnan. It is a tree or shrub, and in foliage and 
inflorescence suggests certain species of Sterculia. 
SARGENT“ has described twelve new species of Crataegus, chiefly from 
Missouri and Arkansas 
BLakeE’s has described forty-six new species of plants from Guatemala and 
Honduras, from a collection made during 1919 by members of an Economic 
Survey Mission sent out by the State Department. The new species are dis- 
tributed among twenty-three families, and include two new genera: Decazyx 
(Rutaceae) and Prosanerpis (Melastomaceae). 
OBINSON,” in his further study of the Eupatorieae, has published seven- 
een new species of Mikania - one new —— of rig ebaearen He has 
published * local revisions of Mikani th America, 
as follows: Colombia (32 a Venexiala (x5 spp.), Ecuador (18 spp.), Peru 
(37 spp.), er Bolivia (28 sp 
- Pipe oberon s the study of the woody flora of Korea, has 
published an atone account of the Caprifoliaceae, accompanied by numero 
unusually fine plates. Thirty-six species are recognized, distributed among 
six genera, much the largest being Lonicera, with seventeen species. The 
descriptions and discussions are in both Japanese and English, so that the pub- 
lication is available for all taxonomists. 
** Diets, L., Die Myrtaceen von Papuasien. Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. 57:356-400. 
1922. 
% GANDOGER, M. MICHEL, Sertum plantarum novarum. Pars prima. Bull. Soc. 
Bot. — - 24-69. I 7 18. 
W. W., ANS, W. Epcar, bgp a new genus of Sterculiaceae. 
eee og Soc. Pesta - 69-71. pl. T. 19 
™ SaRGENT, C.S., Notes on North American trees. IX. Jour. Arnold Arboretum 
3:I-II. 1921. 
1s BLAKE, S. inl New plants from Guatemala and Honduras. Contrib. U.S. Nat. 
Herb. 24: I-32. 2. 
** Roprnson, B. L., Records a ee to a general treatment of the Eupatorieae. 
I. Contrib. tay ie rb. N.S. n 
———,, The Mikanias of ete ae western South America. Jdem. no. 64. 
pp. se 1922: 
8 NAKAI, TAKENOSHIN, Flora sylvatica Koreana. XI. Caprifoliaceae, pp. 92. 
pls. 42. Seoul. 1921 
