4662. ROSE, J. N. Eucrosia Morleyana. Addisonia 7: 3, 4. Pl. 226 (col.). 1922.— This herb of the Amaryllidaceae is here described as new. The type locality is Huigra, Ecuador, altitude 4,000 feet.-T. J. Fitzpatrick.

4663. ROSE, J. N. Graptopetalum pachyphyllum. Addisonia 7: 45, 46. Pl. 247 (col.). 1922. This Crassulaceous species, here described as new, was discovered in 1905 in Querétaro, Mexico.-T. J. Fitzpatrick.

4664. ROSE, J. N. Runyonia longiflora. Addisonia 7: 39, 40. Pl. 244 (colored). 1922.Runyonia (Amaryllidaceae) gen. nov. and R. longiflora sp. nov. are described as new. This plant, from southeastern Texas and northern Mexico, was discovered by Arthur Schott in 1853 and sent to the Torrey herbarium; it was rediscovered by Robert Runyon in 1921.-T. J. Fitzpatrick.

REVISIONS AND MONOGRAPHS

4665. BRITTON, N. L., and J. N. ROSE. The Cactaceae, descriptions and illustrations of plants of the Cactus family. Vol. III. Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 248. 23 + 29 cm., vii + 255 p., 24 pl. (19 colored), 250 fig. Oct. 12, 1922.-The subtribes Echinocereanae, Echinocactanae and Cactanae, of the tribe Cereeae, are treated in this volume. Thirtysix genera and 306 species are recognized and are described with complete bibliography, type locality, distribution, and list of previously published illustrations. There are 21 new genera, as follows: Austrocactus, Chamaecereus, Lobivia, Denmoza, Copiapoa, Toumeya, Epithelantha, Neoporteria, Arequipa, Oroya, Matucana, Hamatocactus, Strombocactus, Ferocactus, Echinomastus, Homalocephala, Hickenia, Frailea, Mila, Sclerocactus, and Utahia. There are 36 new species, as follows: Echinocereus grandis, E. Standleyi, E. perbellus, E. Fitchii, E. SCOpulorum, E. Palmeri, E. Lloydii, E. sarissophorus, E. Barthelowanus, Lobivia Bruchii, L. ferox, L. longispina, L. boliviensis, L. Shaferi, L. pampana, L. grandiflora, L. grandis, Echinopsis Spegazziniana, E. Shaferi, E. aurea, Copiapoa megarhiza, Echinofossulocactus Lloydii, E. zacatecasensis, E. confusus, Ferocactus Townsendianus, F. horridus, F. santa-maria, F. Covillei, F. Rostii, Mila caespitosa, Discocactus subnudus, D. Zehntneri, D. bahiensis, Cactus Broadwayi, C. bahiensis, and C. Zehntneri. There are 2 new names as follows: Gymnocalycium Spegazzinii and Cactus Townsendii. There are 156 new combinations with name-carrying synonyms in parentheses, as follows: Echinocereus pacificus (Cereus phoeniceus pacificus Engelm.), E. octacanthus (Echinopsis octacantha Mühlenpfordt), E. sciurus (Cereus sciurus Brandg.), E. mamillatus (Cereus mamillatus Engelm.), Austrocactus Bertinii (Cereus Bertini Cels), Rebutia pseudominuscula (Echinopsis pseudominuscula Speg.), R. pygmaea (Echinopsis pygmaea Fries), R. Steinmannii (Echinocactus Steinmannii Solms-Laubach), Chamaecereus Silvestrii (Cereus Silvestrii Speg.), Lobira cachensis (Echinopsis cachensis Speg.), L. caespitosa (Echinopsis caepitosa Purpus), L. saltensis (Echinopsis saltensis Speg.), L. cinnabarina (Echinocactus cinnabarius Hooker), L. Pentlandii (Echinocactus Pentlandii Hooker), L. lateritia (Echinopsis lateritia Gürke), L. corbula (Mammillaria corbula Herrera), L. andalgalensis (Cereus andalgalensis Weber), L. haematantha (Echinocactus haematanthus Speg.), L. thionanthus (Echinocactus thionanthus Speg.), L. chionanthus (Echinocactus chionanthus Speg.), L. Cumingii (Echinocactus Cumingii Hopffer), Denmoza rhodacantha (Echinocactus rhodacanthus SalmDyck), Copiapoa cinerea (Echinocactus cinereus Philippi), C. marginata (Echinocactus marginatus Salm-Dyck), C. coquimbana (Echinocactus coquimbanus Karwinsky), C. cinerascens (Echinocactus cinerascens Salm-Dyck), C. echinoides (Echinocactus echinoides Lemaire), Toumeya papyracantha (Mammillaria papyracantha Engelm.), Epithelantha micromeris (Mammillaria micromeris Engelm.), Neoporteria nidus (Echinocactus nidus Söhrens), N. occulta (Echinocactus occultus Philippi), N. nigricans (Echinopsis nigricans Linke), N. Jussieui (Echinocactus Jussieui Monville), N. subgibbosa (Echinocactus subgibbosus Haworth), N. chilensis (Echinocactus chilensis Hildmann), N. fusca (Echinocactus fuscus Mühlenpfordt), Arequipa leucotricha (Echinocactus leucotrichus Philippi), A. myriacantha (Echinocactus myriacanthus Vaupel), Oroya peruviana (Echinocactus peruvianus Schumann), Matucana Haynei (Echinocactus Haynii Otto), Hamatocactus setispinus (Echinocactus setispinus Engelm.), Strombocactus disciformis

(Mamillaria disciformis DC.), Echinofossulocactus hostatus (Echinocactus hastatus Hopffer), E. multicostatus (Echinocactus multicostatus Hildmann), E. Wippermannii (Echinocactus Wippermannii Mühlenpfordt), E. heteracanthus (Echinocactus heteracanthus Mühlenpfordt), E. albatus (Echinocactus albatus Dietrich), E. lamellosus (Echinocactus lamellosus Dietrich), E. grandicornis (Echinocactus grandicornis Lemaire), E. arrigens (Echinocactus arrigens Link), E. violaciflorus (Echinocactus violaciflorus Quehl), E. pentacanthus (Echinocactus pentacanthus Lemaire), E. dichroacanthus (Echinocactus dichroacanthus Martius), E. tricuspidatus (Echinocactus tricuspidatus Scheidweiler), E. lancifer (Echinocactus lancifer Dietrich), Ferocactus Stainesii (Echinocactus Stainesii Hooker), F. Pringlei (Echinocactus pilosus Pringlei Coulter), F. Fordii (Echinocactus Fordii Orcutt), F. chrysacanthus (Echinocactus chrysacanthus Orcutt), F. Wislizeni (Echinocactus Wislizeni Engelm.), F. Lecontei (Echinocactus Lecontei Engelm.), F. acanthodes (Echinocactus acanthodes Lemaire), F. Diguetii (Echinocactus Diguetii Weber), F. peninsulae (Echinocactus peninsulae Weber), F. rectispinus (Echinocactus Emoryi rectispinus Engelm.), F. Orcuttii (Echinocactus Orcuttii Engelm.), F. robustus (Echinocactus robustus Link & Otto), F. echidne (Echinocactus echidne DC.) F. alamosanus Britton & Rose (Echinocactus alamosanus Britton & Rose), F. glaucescens (Echinocactus glaucescens DC.), F. flavovirens (Echinocactus flavovirens Scheidweiler), F. melocactiformis (Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.), F. macrodiscus (Echinocactus macrodiscus Martius), F. viridescens (Echinocactus viridescens Torrey & Gray), F. Johnsonii (Echinocactus Johnsonii Parry), F. nobilis (Cactus nobilis L.), F. latispinus (Cactus latispinus Haworth), F. crassihamatus (Echinocactus crassihamatus Weber), F. uncinatus (Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti), F. hamatacanthus (Echinocactus hamatocanthus Mühlenpfordt), Echinomastus erectocentrus (Echinocactus erectocentrus Coulter), E. intertextus (Echinocactus intertextus Engelm.), E. dasyacanthus (Echinocactus intertextus dasyacanthus Engelm.), E. unguispinus (Echinocactus unguispinus Engelm.). E. Macdowellii (Echinocactus Macdowellii Rebut), E. durangensis (Echinocactus durangensis Rünge), Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii (Echinocactus Mihanovichii Frič & Gürke), G. Netrelianum (Echinocactus Netrelianus Monville), G. Leeanum (Echinocactus Leeanus Hook.), G. Guerkeanum (Echinocactus Guerkeanus Heese), G. hyptiacanthum (Echinocactus hyptiacanthus Lemaire), G. saglione (Echinocactus saglionis Cels), G. brachyanthum (Echinocactus brachyanthus Gürke), G. Anisitsii (Echinocactus Anisitsii Schumann), G. Monvillei (Echinocactus Monvillei Lemaire), G. melanocarpum (Echinocactus melanocarpus Arechavaleta), G. uruguayense (Echinocactus uruguayensis Arechavaleta), G. megalothelos (Echinocactus megalothelos Sencke), G. Kurtzianum (Echinocactus Kurtzianus Gürke), G. Damsii (Echinocactus Damsii Schumann), G. platense (Echinocactus platensis Speg.), G. Schickendantzii (Echinocactus Schickendantzii Weber), G. Stuckertii (Echinocactus Stuckertii Speg.), G. Joossensianum (Echinocactus Joossensianus Bödeker), Homalocephala texensis (Echinocactus texensis Hopffer), Astrophytum capricorne (Echinocactus capricornis Dietrich), A. ornatum (Ehinocactus ornatus DC.), Eriosyce ceratistes (Echinocactus ceratistes Otto), Malacocarpus Schumannianus (Echinocactus Schumannianus Nicolai), M. Grossei (Echinocactus Grossei Schumann), M. nigrispinus (Echinonocactus nigrispinus Schumann), M. Reichei (Echinocactus Reichei Schumann), M. napinus (Echinocactus napinus Philippi), M. apricus (Echinocactus apricus Arechavaleta), M. concinnus (Echinocactus concinnus Monville), M. tabularis (Echinocactus concinnus tabularis Cels), M. Scopa (Cactus Scopa Sprengel), M. pulcherrimus (Echinocactus pulcherrimus Arechavaleta), M. muricatus (Echinocactus muricatus Otto), M. Linkii (Cactus Linkii Lehmann), M. Ottonis (Cactus Ottonis Lehmann), M. catamarcensis (Echinocactus catamarcensis Speg.), M. patagonicus (Echinocactus patagonicus Weber), M. Langsdorfii (Cactus Langsdorfii Lehmann), M. mammulosus (Echinocactus mammulosus Lemaire), M. islayensis (Echinocactus islayensis Forster), M. Strausianus (Echinocactus Strausianus Schumann), M. Haselbergii (Echinocactus Haselbergii Haage), M. Maassii (Echinocactus Maassii Heese), M. tuberisulcatus (Echinocactus tuberisulcatus Jacobi), M. curvispinus (Cactus curvispinus Bertero), M. mammillarioides (Echinocactus mammillarioides Hooker), M. Leninghausii (Pilocereus Leninghausii Haage jr.), M. Graessneri (Echinocactus Graessneri Schumann), M. escayachensis (Echinocactus escayachensis Vaupel), Hickenia microsperma (Echinocactus microspermus Weber), Frailea gracillima (Echinocactus gracillimus Monville), F. Grahliana (Echinocactus Grahlianus Haage jr.), F. pumila (Echinocactus pumilus Lemaire), F. Schilinzkyana (Echinocactus Schilinzkyanus

Haage jr.,) F. cataphracta (Echinocactus cataphractus Dams), F. pygmaea (Echinocactus pygmaeus Speg.), F. caespitosa (Echinocactus caespitosus Speg.), F. Knippeliana (Echinocactus Knippelianus Quehl), Sclerocactus Whipplei (Edhinocactus Whipplei Engelm.), F. polyancistrus (Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm. & Bigelow) Utahia Sileri (Echinocactus Sileri Engelm.), Discocactus Hartmannii (Echinocactus Hartmannii Schumann), D. heptacanthus (Malacocarpus heptacanthus Rodrigues), Cactus Lemairei (Echinocactus Lemarii Monville), C. oreas (Melocactus oreas Miquel), C. Ruestii (Melocactus Ruestii Schumann), C. salvador (Melocactus salvador Murillo), C. obtusipetalus (Melocactus obtusipetalus Lemaire), and C., Neryi (Melocactus Neryi Schumann). [See also Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1824; 7, Entry 2194; 12, Entry 4667.]-J. N. Rose.

4666. MAIDEN, J. H. A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus. Vol. VI. Part 6. P. 255–340, pl. 228-231. John Spence: Sydney. September, 1922.-The present part contains descriptions and illustrations of the following Australian species: Eucalyptus Jenseni n. sp., E. umbrawarrensis n. sp., E. leptophylla F. v. M., E. uncinata Turcz., E. angusta n. sp., E. marginata Sm., E. buprestium F. V. M., E. Bosistoana F. v. M., E. altior (E. Luehmanniana F. v. M. var. altior Deane & Maiden), E. conglobata (E. dumosa A. Cunn. var. conglobata (R. Br.) Benth.), E. angulosa Schauer, and E. Johnstoni n. sp. A chapter is added in which the author presents a general discussion on the leaf of Eucalyptus.-J. M. Greenman.

4667. TAYLOR, NORMAN. [Rev. of: BRITTON, NATHANIEL L., and J. N. ROSE. The Cactaceae, descriptions and illustrations of plants of the Cactus family. Vol. III. Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 248. 1922 (see Bot. Absts. 12, Entry 4665).] Science 57: 272-273. 1923.

4668. WILLIAMSON, H. B. A revision of the genus Pultenaea, Part II. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 33: 133-148. Pl. 6-7. 1921.-This revision covers 34 species, including 4 new varieties and 4 new species, as follows: Pultenaea humilis Benth. var. glabrescens, P. juniperina Labitt. var. planifolia, P. acerosa R. Br. var. acicularis, P. laxiflora Benth. var. pilosa, P. radiata, P. costata, B. recurvifolia, and P. divaricata. One new combination, P. ferruginia Rudge var. Deanei (P. Deanei R. T. Baker) is made.-Eloise Gerry.

FLORISTICS AND PLANT DISTRIBUTION

4669. BENNETT, ARTHUR. Pyrola rotundifolia Linn. in Caithness, with notes on the genus. Trans. and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 28: 71-75. 1921.-The distribution of this and allied species in Scotland is discussed.-Roxana Stinchfield Ferris.

4670. CHUN, WOON YOUNG. [Chinese pines compared with the Japanese pines cultivated in China.] Ko-Hsueh [Science-Publ. Chinese Sci. Soc.] 7: 379–384. 1922. [Text in Chinese.]— The author gives an analytical key to 2 groups of pines: Haploxylon and Diploxylon. The following species are given detailed descriptions: Pinus Massoniana D. Don, P. Armandi Franch., P. Bungeana Zucc, P. sinensis Lamb., and P. densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. of Chinese pines and P. Thunbergii Parl., P. koraiensis Sieb. & Zucc., and P. parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. of Japanese pines.-Chunjen C. Chen.

4671. CHURCHILL, J. R. Cimicifuga racemosa in Massachusetts. Rhodora 23: 201-203. Pl. 132. 1921.-Two colonies of Cimicifuga racemosa (L). Nutt. near Sheffield, Berkshire County, are described; a photograph illustrates the extent of 1 colony. This species has rarely, if ever, been found indigenous in New England north of Connecticut.-James P. Poole.

4672. COCKERELL, T. D. A. Flora of Porto Santo. Torreya 22: 4-10. Fig. 1, 2. 1922.— This island of the Madeiras is between 6 and 7 miles long and 3 miles across, reaching an altitude of 1,660 feet. The surface is rough and rocky, and the vegetation xerophytic. There are recorded 315 terrestrial vascular plants not in cultivation, to which the author adds

Adonis microcarpa DC.; only 7 of these are endemic. At least 160 species are introduced. The 3 Desertas islands, in plain sight from Porto Santo, have 138 species of vascular plants, with 2 endemic.-J. C. Nelson.

4673. DEAM, CHAS. C. Trees of Indiana. 1st rev. ed. 17 X 26 cm., 317 p., 137 pl. Dept. Conservation State of Indiana: 1921.-Descriptions, and photographic illustrations from herbarium specimens, are given of the trees occurring naturally in Indiana. There are described 178 species and 29 varieties. Twenty-three species included in previous lists, are excluded because of the lack of sufficient evidence of their occurrence in the state. Measurements are given of some of the largest trees of common species that have been found in Indiana. -Truman G. Yuncker.

4674. DENSLOW, H. M. An intensive local study in Rhode Island. Torreya 23: 9-10. 1923.-Albert E. Lownes has intensively studied a square mile of terrain near Providence. Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R. Br. is new to Rhode Island. A hybrid Spiranthes was critically observed, apparently S. cernua X gracilis.-J. C. Nelson.

4675. DIELS, L. Die Theaceen Mikronesiens. [The Theaceae of Micronesia.] Bot. Jahrb. 56: 526. 1921.-This is No. 13 of the series: Beiträge zur Flora von Mikronesien und Polynesien II, edited by L. Diels. Eurya japonica Thunb. and E. japonica Thunb. var. nitida Korth. are listed for this region.-K. M. Wiegand.

4676. DIELS, L. [List of determinations of plants collected in Chekiang.] Ko-Hsueh [Science-Pub. Chinese Sci. Soc.]7: 705-706. 1922. [Text in Chinese.]—The author presents a list of 61 plants collected in the province of Chekiang and determined with botanical names.Chunjen C. Chen.

4677. EHLERS, J. H. Panicum virgatum var. cubense in Michigan. Rhodora 23: 200. 1921. An abundant and vigorous growth of this variety was found in 1 locality in Cheboygan County. The species, P. virgatum L., has been reported previously in Michigan.-James P. Poole.

4678. FERNALD, M. L. The Gray Herbarium expedition to Nova Scotia. 1920. Part II. Noteworthy vascular plants collected in Nova Scotia, 1920. Rhodora 23: 184-195, 223–245, 257-278, 284-300. 1921.-Part II contains an enumeration, with notes on their occurrence and critical discussions, of several hundred species, 110 of them new to the flora of Canada, 232 new to Nova Scotia. The newly described or renamed plants are: Thelypteris palustris f. suaveolens (Clute) n. comb., Botrychium dissectum f. obliquum (Muhl.) n. comb., Panicum longifolium var. tusketense n. var., P. depauperatum var. psilophyllum and f. cryptostachys n. var. and n. f., P. linearifolium var. Werneri (Scribn.) n. comb., P. Lindheimeri var. septentrionale n. var. var. fasciculatum (Torr.) n. comb., var. implicatum (Scribn.) n. comb., Agrostis hyemalis var. elata (Pursh) n. comb., Glyceria grandis f. pallescens n. f., Agropyron pungens var. acadiense (Hubbard) n. comb., Eleocharis tuberculosa var. pubnicoensis n. var., Scirpus acutus f. congestus (Farwell) n. comb., S. atrovirens var. georgianus (Harper) n. comb., Eriophorum Chamissonis f. albidum (F. Nylander) n. comb., Cadium mariscoides f. congestum n. f., Carex scoparia f. peracuta n. f., C. albolutescens var. cumulata X scoparia n. hybr., Juncus effusus var. costulatus n. var., J. canadensis var. sparsiflorus n. var., J. subcaudatus var. planisepalus n. var., Lophiola septentrionalis n. sp., Habenaria flava var. virescens (Muhl.) n. comb., Pogonia ophioglossoides var. brachypogon n. var., Calopogon pulchellus f. albiflorus (Britton) n. comb., Polygonum robustius (Small )n. comb., P. hydropiperoides var. digitatum n. var., Drosera longifolia X rotundifolia n. hybr., Pyrus dumosa (Greene) n. comb., Amelanchier stolonifera var. lucida n. var., A. laevis var. nitida (Wiegand) n. comb., Rubus glandicaulis var. neoscoticus n. var., Ilex verticillata var. fastigiata (Bicknell) n. comb., Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa Fernald & Wiegand n. var., Bartonia paniculata var. intermedia n. var., var. sabulonensis (Fernald) n. comb., var. iodandra (Robinson) n. comb., Ascelpias incarnata var. neoscotia n. var., Mertensia

maritiana f. albiflora n. f., Lycopus uniflorus f. flagellaris n. f., Linaria vulgaris f. leucantha n. f., Agalinis neoscotica (Greene) n. comb., Utricularia subulata f. cleistogama (Gray) n. comb., Solidago uniligulata var. terrae-novae (T. & G.) n. comb., var. neglecta (T. & G.) n. comb., S. tenuifolia var. pycnocephala n. var., Antennaria appendiculata n. sp., A. neodioica var. chlorophylla n. var., A. petaloidea var. noveboracensis n. var., Bidens connata var. inundata n. var., Senecio pauperculus var. Balsamitae (Muhl.) n. comb., Prenanthes altissima f. hispidula (Fernald) n. comb.-M. L. Fernald.

4679. GARDNER, H. M. Note on the occurrence of Podocarpus trees near Nairobi. Jour. East Africa and Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. No. 18. P. 36-37. 1923.-Record is made of a group of about 25 trees, apparently Podocarpus gracilior, found near Nairobi. One tree seems as much as 150 years old, and there are many seedlings. No other colony is known within 100 miles.-Wm. Randolph Taylor.

4680. GRAY, FRED W. Scores of stations for Gaylussacia brachycera in West Virginia. Torreya 22: 17-18. 1922.-Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) Gray, the box huckleberry, previously found at only 3 stations in the eastern U. S. A., has been reported from about 75 stations in West Virginia and Virginia. About 40 of these in 3 counties of West Virginia were confirmed by the writer during the summer of 1921. The common name for the plant in this region is Juniper Berry.-J. C. Nelson.

4681. GRIMES, E. JEROME. A new station for Pogonia affinis. Rhodora 23: 195-197. 1921.—A brief description is given of the location, topography, vegetation, and soil character at this station near Williamsburg, Virginia. Descriptions and measurements are given for the 15 plants found.-James P. Poole.

4682. HARDY, M. E. Flora of the Michigan sand dunes. Amer. Bot. 28: 6-9. 1922.

4683. HIERN, W. P. Tenth report of the botany committee. Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Adv. Sci. Lit. and Art. 50: 219-227. 1918.-Local lists of plants from the 8 botanical districts of Devonshire are given, the lists including not only vascular plants but also bryophytes, algae, and fungi. The longest lists are from the Barnstable and Torquay Districts, with 62 and 48 species, respectively. At the close of the report the editor reviews a paper by G. T. HARRIS on the Desmid Flora of Dartmoor, published in 1917.-A. W. Evans.

4684. HOLLICK, ARTHUR. Local flora notes-Staten Island. Torreya 22: 1-3. 1922.Many native species in this area have disappeared because of the growth of the community, and an equal number of alien species have been added. Two areas are of special interest (1) the Todt Hill area, an unglaciated ridge with a characteristic native flora. Ten introduced species rare or wanting elsewhere on the island are recorded. (2) The vicinity of Arlington station, made up of waste material. Of 16 introduced species found here in 1908, only 4 remained in 1921. Six species new to the flora of the island were noticed. The mass of the vegetation, made up of introduced weeds, seems permanently established.-J. C. Nelson.

4685. JOHNSTON, H. H. Additions to the flora of Orkney as recorded in Watson's "Topographical Botany," second edition (1883). Trans. and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 28: 51-66. 1921. This is the 3rd of a series of papers reporting additions to the flowering plants and cryptogams of Orkney.-Roxana Stinchfield Ferris.

4686. LAUTERBACH, C. Die Simarubaceen Mikronesiens. [The Simarubaceae of Micronesia.] Bot. Jahrb. 56: 513-514. 1921.-This is no. 8 of the series: Beiträge zur Flora von Mikronesien und Polynesien II, edited by L. DIELS. Only 3 genera, monotypic in that region, are known from these islands. The species are inhabitants of the coastal region, only 1 extending up the rivers. Those listed are: Suriana maritima L., Samadera indica Gaertn., and Soulamea amara Lam.-K. M. Wiegand.