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Floristik, Geographie, etc. — Personalnachrichten. 
A correction slip (1. c. 44. p. 80. July 1907) shows that the 
illustrations should bear the numbers given here, and not those of 
the original paper. Trelease. 
Ieones florae japonieae compiled by the College of Science, 
Imperial Universit}^ of Tokyo. Published by the Univer- 
sity Tokyo. (Vol. I. Part. 2. 19Ö2. Part. 3. 1906.) 
In diesen beiden Lieferungen werden abgebildet und beschrieben 
(in japanischer Sprache) Lilium auratum Lindl., var. Hamoanum 
(Makino (jap. Namen Saku-yuri), Mitelia japonica Miq. (Charumeru-sö), 
Luisia teres Bl. (Bo-ran), Lycoris radiata Herb. (Higan-bana), Rhodo¬ 
dendron ellipticum Maxim. (Seishikwa). Die 12 Tafeln enthalten neben 
den Habitusbildern auch viele biologische und anatomische Detail¬ 
zeichnungen. Jongmans. 
Rehder, A., Some new or little known forms of New Eng¬ 
land trees. (Rhodora. IX. p. 109 — 117. July 1907.) 
Contains the following new names: Picea mariana brevifolia ( P . 
brevifolia Peck), P. rubra virgata (P. nigra virgata Rehder), P. Abies 
virgata (P. excelsa virgata Casp.) Betula Centalaciniata, Fagus grandi- 
folia pubescens Fernald & Rehder, F. grandifolia caroliniana Fernald& 
Rehder (F. ferruginea caroliniana Loud.), F. grandifolia mollis Fer¬ 
nald & Rehder, Rhus typhina dissecta ( R. hirta laciniata Schneider), 
all attributable to the author unless otherwise noted. Trelease. 
Rydberg, P. A., The genus Pilosella in North America. (Tor- 
reya. VII. p. 157—169. August 1907.) 
The equivalent of Stenophragma of the “Pflanzenfamilien”. A 
key is given for six species, of which P. Thaliana (.Arabis Thaliana 
L.) was placed in this genus by Kosteletsky: the new names intro- 
duced are: P. novae-angliae (A. petraea Hook, in part), P. Richard- 
sonii (Sisymbrium humile Hook), P. virgata (S. virgatum Nutt.), P. 
stenocarpa, and P. glauca (S. glaucum Nutt.) Trelease. 
Traey Jr., W. W., American varieties of garden beans. 
(Bull. CIX, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dep. Agr. Sept. 9, 1907.) 
An octavo of 173 pages, with 24 plates, classifying, describing 
and illustrating the foliage, legumes and seeds of garden varieties 
of Phaseolus vulgaris, P. lunatus, P. coccineus, Vigna sesquipedalis 
and Vicia faba. Assistance is acknowledged from the publications of 
agricultural experiment stations and the experience of seedsmen and 
growers; but reference is not made to the publications of earlier 
monographers of the bean. Trelease. 
Personalnaehriehten. 
Ernannt: Dr. F. Mach, Abteilungsvorsteher an der Landwirt¬ 
schaftlichen Versuchsstation Marburg (Hessen) zum Vorsteher der 
Landwirtschaftlichen Versuchsanstalt Augustenberg (Baden). 
Ausgegeben : 'T .3 anuar 1908. 
Verlag vcn Gustav Fischer in Jena. 
Buchdruckerei A. W. Sijthoff in Leiden. 
