PHANEROGAMIA. 581 
Braun, A.—Ueber d. variiren der Blattstellung an d. Stammen von 
Araucaria brasiliensis. Berl. Monatsb. 1861, p. 267. 
—- Wirkung d. diesjahrigen Spatfroste auf die Blatter der 
gemeinen Eosskastanie (Aesculus). Ibid. p. 691. 
Brongniart, A.—Sur une nouveau genre de la Eamille des Cyclan- 
thees. A. S. N. ser. iv. xv. p. 360. Ludovia , from French Guiana. 
Brongniart, A. and A. Gris.—N otice sur les Saxifragees- Cunoniees 
de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Bull. Soc. Bot. ix. p. 67. 
Five new species of Ounonia are described from New Caledonia. 
A new genus {Pancheria) with flowers unisexual by abortion, 
of which seven species have been received. The flowers are 
diclinous by abortion. 
Three new species of Geissois, four of Codia , and two of Wein- 
mannia and of Spirceanthemum , are also described. 
Brucke, E.—Das Verhalten der sogenannten Protoplasmastrome 
in den Brennhaaren von Vrtica urens gegen die Schlage des 
Magnetelektromotors. Wien. Sit zb. xlvi. p. 35. 
Buchenau, Fr .—Cotula coronopifolia, L. Ein Beitrag zur Naturge- 
schichte der einheimischen Gewachse. Bot. Zeit. 1862, pp. 17, 25. 
With figs. 
-— — Kleinere Original-Mittheilung. Ibid. p. 127. On the 
occurrence of wild double-flowered Ranunculus acris. 
• — — Der Bliithenstand von Bmpetrum . Ibid, with figs. A care¬ 
ful account of the relation of the flowers and 1-2-3 flowered in¬ 
florescences to the axis and subtending bracts. 
■. — — Einige Beobachtungen aus dem Gebiete der Pflanzen 
Teratologie. Ibid. p. 305. 1. Daucus Carota with spirally 
twisted roots; 2. Ionopsidium acaule with a seventh stamen; 
3. Dedoublement of petals in Brassica ; 4. abnormal flower of 
JPeriploca graeca ; 5. Parnassia with partial metamorphosis of a 
staminodium into a carpel, and another with two ovaries; 6. Ab¬ 
normal forms of Plantago major. 
■ — Berichtigung zu dem Aufsatze “Einige Beobachtungen aus d. 
Gebiete der Pflanzen-Teratologie.” Bot. Z. 1862, p. 438. 
Buckley, S. B.—Descriptions of New Plants from Texas. Proc. Ac. 
Phil. Dec. 1861 and Jan. 1862. Dr. A. Gray has shown that all 
the genera described as new in this paper are mistakes, as are 
most of the supposed new species. The genera are Blidurandia 
(. Fugosia ;), Hoopesia (made up of Cercidium and Acacia ), Margacola 
\Trichocoronis ), Linsecomia (Helianthus), and Phileozera ( Hy - 
menoxys). These are taken from Prof. A. Gray’s notice. 
Bunge, A.—Anabasearum revisio. Mem. Ac. Petrop. vii. ser. iv. 
Ext. pp. 102, 3 plates; and A. S. Nat. iv. Ser. xvi. p. 346. Of 
the 16 genera fully treated of in this monograph, and which 
constitute the subtribe Anabaseae (characterised by a vertical 
seed) of the Salsoleae, 4 are new; viz.: Petrosimonia , Halarchon, 
Gamanthus, and Halotis . We subjoin explanation of the figures 
