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lected at Palm Springs, in the Colorado Desert, California, 
S. B. Parish nearly 30 years ago, was rediscovered at the ori¬ 
ginal locality by the writer in March 1908. 
To the author’s Statement is appended an extract from an article 
published in Volume IX of the Fern Bulletin by Mr. Parish, em- 
bracing various notes upon the history and habitat of this excee- 
dingly rare species. Maxon. 
Anonymus. Decades Kewenses, L. (Bull. misc. Inf. Roy. Bot. 
Gard. Kew. N°. 6. p. 209-255. 1908) 
A new genus Asterophorum Sprague is described and the fol- 
lowing new species: Asterophorum eburneum Sprague, Derris Han- 
ceii Hemsl., Philadelphus madrensis Hemsl., Begonia dichroa Sprague, 
Pediculciris Komarowii Bonati, P. pteridifolia Bonati, P. spcirsiflorci 
Bonati, Sanchesia parvibracteata Sprague et Hutchinson , Pogostemon 
Championii Prain, P. hispidus Pr^in. A. W. Hill. 
Anonymus. Diagnoses Africanae. XXII. (Bull. misc. Inf. Roy. 
Bot. Gard. Kew. N°. 5. p. 219—228. 1908.) 
The following new species are described: Heliophila sidcata 
Conrath, H. Woodii Conr., Polanisia triphylla Conr., Pavonia com- 
mutata Conr., Gymnosporia vacciniifolia Conr., Pappea fulva Conr., 
Melolobium subspicatum Conr., Lotonotus mucronata Conr., L. orthor- 
rhisa Conr., L. macrosepala Conr., Indigofera rostrata Conr., Rhyn- 
chosia remota Conr., Heteromorpha involucrata Conr., Vangueria se- 
tosa Conr., Helichrysum polyphyllum Conr., Wahlenbergia subnuda 
Conr., Manidea limonioides Conr., Loranthus glabrißorus Conr., 
Ischaemum Tranksae Wood, Agrostis sucivis Stapf. A. W. Hill. 
Anonymus. Diagnoses Africanae. XXIII. (Bull. misc. Inf. Roy. 
Bot. Gard. Kew. N°. 6. p. 257—262. 1908.) 
Two new genera are described, viz. Cyclocotyla Stapf ( Apocy - 
naceae) and Warpuria Stapf (. Acanthaceae ) and the following new 
species: Triplochiton utüe Sprague, Pseudocedrela cylindrica Sprag., 
Xylia Evansii Hutchinson, Kitchingia unißora Stapf, Begonia mo- 
dica Stapf, Cyclocotyla congolensis Stapf, Faroa Wellmanii Prain, 
Warpuria Clandestina Stapf, Selago nyikensis Rolfe, S. McClouniei 
Rolfe, Asplenium Elliottii C. H. Wright. A. W. Hill. 
Anonymus. Diagnoses Africanae. XXIV. (Bull. misc. Inf. Roy. 
Bot. Gard. Kew. N°. 7. p. 281—300. 1908.) 
Two new genera are described viz. Cotylonychia Stapf ( Stercu - 
liaceae) and Hemandradenia Stapf ( Connaraceae) and the following 
new species and varieties: 
Cotylonychia Chevalieri Stapf, Corchorus discolor N. E. Brown, C. 
Junodi N. E. Brown, C. Kirkii N. E. Brown, Hemandradenia Man - 
nii Stapf, H. Chevalieri Stapf, Calliandra xylocarpa Sprague, Aisoon 
Burchellii N. E. Brown, A. ramm N. E. Brown, Stipularia efidenen- 
sis Hutchinson, Randia angolensis Hutchinson, Chironia baccifera 
Linn. var. Burchellii Prain, C. gracilis Salisb. var. macrocalyx Prain, 
C. Zeyheri Prain var. angustifolia Prain, C. Bansei Prain, C. ßexu- 
