(1) Icones Plantarum Formosanarum nec non et Contributiones ad Floram Formosanam (2) Flowering Plants of the Riviera

Abstract

(1) THE fourth volume of Dr. Hayata's great work on the flora of Formosa, modestly described as “materials for a flora of the island,” based on a study of the collections of the Botanical Survey of the Government of Formosa, contains descriptions of 285 species, of which no fewer than 167 are new to science, including a new orchid genus Arisanorchis of considerable interest as adding another member to the small list of leafless saprophytes in this family. Moreover, thirteen genera are mentioned as new to the Formosan flora, these including such well known genera as Aconitum, Cornus, and Hydrocharis. This volume brings the total number of species of the flora up to more than 3000, and we are promised several more volumes, indicating the remarkable floristic richness of the island.

(1) Icones Plantarum Formosanarum nec non et Contributiones ad Floram Formosanam.

Vol. iv. By B. Hayata. Pp. vi + 264 + xxv plates. (Taihoku: Government of Formosa, 1914.) n.p.

(2) Flowering Plants of the Riviera.

By H. Stuart Thompson. With an Introduction on Riviera Vegetation. By A. G. Tansley. Pp. xxix + 249. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914.) Price 10s. 6d. net.