M ta : 47 ‘COMPOSITAE G6 * NEWS WE TER Number Three “igi 1976 Tod. F.: ee eee. Department of Botany, Ohio. Stake Uadyounttye 1735, ‘Neil Avenue, Coluabus, Ohio 43210, U.S.A. “LIBRARY ‘JUN 16 1976 : NEW YORK EDITORIAL. . . “BOTANICAL GARD To oREata information. about current research projecta in the Compositae, plus news of colleagues. and institutions, I.am asking that every reader of the NEWSLETTER respond with data for inclusion in the next number. The last page of this issue is a form that conveniently may be used to reply. Our mailing list is sent to almost 300 individuals, and I would appreciate hearing. from all of you. ssamaieint Saas a moment to fill out the form and drop it in the mail. Thanks. 1 ARTICLE TYPES OF ASTERACEAE AT THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES (PH) Part II. Segregated types and selected authentic material of the Anthemideae, Mutisieae, Calenduleae, Arctoteae, Cardueae and Senecioneae. pe IE on . inner: James A, Mears Department of Botany, Academy of. Natural Sciences, Nineteenth and The. Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .19103, U.S.A, * For Part I of this article treating the Lactuceae, see issue Number Two of the NEWSLETTER. 2. ANTHEMIDEAE Achillea arenicola Heller, A. chamaemelifolia var. heterophylla Sennen, A. falcara var. breviradiata Boissier, A. lanulosa Nuttall, A. longii Schweinitz, A. odorata f. subsericea Bornm., A. millefolium f£. strictifolium Sennen, A. millefolium var. deliculata Sennen, A. sulphurea Boissier, A. tomentosa Pursh, A. vermicularis f. pallida Bornn.; Anthemis amasiana Hausskn. & Bornm., A. cathioi Boissier, A. cupaniana Todaro, A. mariae Sennen, A. prostrata.Rafinesque, A. tetuanensis Pau; Artemisia albida Ledebour, A. barrelieri var. eulaliae Sennen, A. borealis var. latisecta Fernald, A. cana Pursh, A. cernua Nuttall, A. chitachensis Cosson, A. colombiensis Nuttall, A. discolor Rafinesque, A. discolor var. ludoviciana Nuttall, A. diversifolia Rydberg, A. dracunculoides Pursh, A. filifolia Nuttall, A. foliosa Nuttall, A. franserioides Greene, A. glauca var. latifolia Ledebour, A. gnaphalodes Nuttall, A. granatensis Boissier ex DC., A. heterophylle Nuttall, A. holosericea Ledebour, A. incompta Nuttall, A. integrifolia Pursh, A. laciniata var. glabriuscula Ledebour, A. latifolia Ledebour, A. lemoergi Sennen, A. longifolia Nuttall, A. ludoviciana Nuttall, A. macrantha Ledebour, A. macrobotrys Ledebour, A. multicaulis Ledebour, A. nuttalliana Besser, A. obtusiloba var. fruticulosa Ledebour, A. obtusiloba var. glabra Ledebour, A. parishii Gray, A. pedatifida Nuttall, A. porteri Cronquist, A. pringlei Greenm., A. pumila Nuttall, A. pycnorhiza Ledebour, A. redolens Gray, A. rothrockii Gray, A. sacrorum Ledebour, A. serrata Nuttall, A. spithamea Pursh, A. succulenta Ledebour, A. tridentata Nuttall, A. trifida Nuttall, A. violacea Ledebour; Athanasia crassifolia Schlechter; Chrysanthemum fruticulosum Ledebour, C. sinatum Ledebour; Cotula affinis Schlechter, C. filipes Schlechter, C. hemisphaerica Wallich, C. hippiifolia Schlechter, C. melaleuca Bolus; Eriocephalus hoffmannianus Schlechter, E. sessilis Schlechter, E. xerophilus Schlechter; Lasiospermum schlechteri Bolus; Leucanthemum cantabricum Sennen & Leroy; Maruta microcephala Schrenk; Otochlamys pedunculata Schlechter; Pentzia rupestris Schlechter; Plagiocheilus erectus Rusby; Pteranthus suanereus Nuttall; Pyrethrum ambiguum Ledebour, P. anserinaefolium Bornm. & Hausskn., P, bornmulleri Hausskn., P. corymbosum var. minor Sennen, P. germanicopolitanum Bornm. & Hausskn., P. haussknechtii Bornm., P. heterophyllum Hausskn., P. kermanense Bornm., P. paradoxum Bornm., P. pulchrum Ledebour; Santolina suaveolens Pursh; Tanacetum bajacalifornicum Moran, T. fruticulosum Ledebour, T. huronense Nuttall, T. huronense var. floccosum Raup, T. nubigena Wallich. MUTISIEAE Barnadesia inermis Rusby; Berardia tulbaghensis Schlechter; Chaptalia triangularis Rusby; Chuquiragua venosa Rusby; Gerbera wilmsii Volkens; Hecastocleis shockleyi Gray; Leria media Grisebach; Moquinia boliviana Rusby; Mutisia comptoniaefclia Rusby; Perezia capitata Watson, P. cuernavacana Rob. & Greenm., P. grandifolia Wats., P. lozani Greenm., P. mandonii Rusby, P. michoacana Rob., P. nana Gray, P. oxylepis Sch. Bip. ex Gray, P. paniculata Gray, P. parryi Gray, P. schaffneri Gray, P. sublyrata Domke, P. thyrsoides Gray, P. wrightii Gray; Proustia portoricensis Gray; Trixis denticulata Dusen, T. hyposericea Watson. CALENDULEAE Calendula parviflora Rafinesgue; Osteospermum tanacetifolium Macowean; Tripteris asteroides Schlechter, T. namaquensis Schlechter. ARCTOTEAE Arctotis namaquensis Schlechter, A. parvifolia Schlechter, A. sulcocarpa Schlechter; Berkheya angusta Schlechter, B. namaquana Schlechter; Ursinia arenicola Schlechter, U. brevicaulis Schlechter, U. matricarifolia Bol. ex Dinter, U. namaquensis Bol., U. oreogena Schlechter, U. psammophila Schlechter. CARDUEAE a ’ Arctium degeni var. tibidatensis Sennen; Carduus attenuatus Nuttall, C. baeocephalus Webb & Bertholet, C. cronius var. glabratus Halacsy, C. guadarramica Sennen, C. pennsylvanicus Nuttall, C. pumilus Nuttall, C. radicatus Heller, C. undulatus Nuttall; Carlina corymbosa var. crassibracteata Sennen; 4. Centaurea americana Nuttall, C. aurigerana Sennen, C. bornmuelleri Hausskn., C. castellana var. asperrima Sennen, C. cervantesii Sennen, C. chilense Nuttall, C. collina var. subinermis Sennen, C. cyanus var. denudata Suksdorf, C. deusta var. heterochlamyda Sennen, C. dracunculifolia var. linearifolia Sennen, C. granatensis Boiss. ex DC., C. incana Tenore, C. kermanensis Bornn., C. leucophaea Jord. & Sennen, C. linifolia £f. elongata Sennen, C. macrolopha Sennen, C. maroti Sennen, C. myriocephala var. erythracantha Bornm., C. paui var. murcica Sennen, C. polytricha Sennen, C. psephelloides Freyn. & Sint., C. sibirica Ledebour, C. sicula Nuttall; Chamaepeuce afra f. pallescens Freyn.; Cirsium boissieri Freyn. & Bornm., C. clokeyi Blake, C. hookerianum Nuttall, C. lecontei Torrey & Gray, C. megacanthum Nuttall, C. muticum f. lactoflorum Fernald, C. nebraskensis var. discissum Lunell, €. occidentalis Nuttall, C. pinetorum Greenm., C. rothrockii Gray, C. texanum Buckley, C. wallichii DC.3; Cnicus arizonicus Gray, C. discolor Muhl. ex Willd., C. excelsior Rob., C. fontinalis Greene, C. imbricatus Rob. & Greenm., C. linearifolius Watson, C. pringlei Watson, C. pumilus Torrey, C. rothrockii Gray, C. tolucanus Rob. & Greenn., C. velatus Watson; Cousinia carthamoides Aitchison & Hemsley, C. larvea Winkl. & Bornm., C. longifolia Winkl. & Bornn.; Echinops heteocephalus Freyn., E. huteri Bornn., E. villosissimum var. lalesarensis Bornm. ; Onopordon murcicum Sennen; Phaeopappus freynii Hausskn. & Sint., P. sintenisii Stapf ex Hand.-Mazz.; Saussurea alpina DC., S. amara DC., S. cana Ledebour, S. discolor Ledebour, S. foliosa Ledebour, S. frelowei Ledebour, S. glomerata -Ledebour, S. gossypina Wallich, S. graminifolia Wallich, S. latifolia Ledebour, S. obvallata Wallich, S. pulchella Fischer ex DC., S. pycnocephala Ledebour, S. rigida Ledebour, S. serrata DC.; Serratula glauca Ledebour. SENEC LONEAE Arnica chandleri Rydberg, A. folicsa Nuttall, A. fulgens Pursh, A. griscomi Fernald, A. lanceolata Nuttall, A. louiseana Farr, A. menziesii Nuttall, A. oregana Nuttall, A. parryi Gray, A. plantaginea var. longii Fernald, A. pulchella Fernald, A. obtusifolia var. acuta Raup, A. spathulata Greene [plus 505 photographs and microphotographs in the type folder]; Brachyglottis repandra Forster; Cacalia ampullacea Greenm., C. brachycoma Blake, C. decompositae Gray, C. graciliflora Wallich, C. lanceolata Nuttall, C. megaphylla Rob. & Greenm., C. michoacana Rob., C. palmeri Greene, C. paucicapitata Rob. & Greenn., C. peltata var. conzattii Rob. & Greenm., C. peltata var. coulteri Rob. & Greenm., C. platylepis Rob. & Greenm., C. pringlei Wats., C. renifornis Muhl. ex Willd., C. suffulta Greenm., C. tuberosa Nuttall; Cineraria atropurpurea Ledebour, C. macrophylla Ledebour, C. robusta Ledebour, C. thyrsoidea Ledebour; 5. Erechtites megalocarpa Fernald, E. simplex var. biflora Rafinesque; Euryops decipiens Schlechter, E. dieisianus Schlechter, E. hoffmannianus Schlechter, E. namaquenis Schiechter, E. rupestris Schlechter; Liabum angustissimum Gray, L. biattenuatum Rusby, L. curvinum Rob., L. giganteum Rusby, L. klattii Rob. & Greenm., L. palmeri Gray, L. perfoliatum Blake, L. pringlei Rob. & Greenm., L. rusbyi Britton, L. stipulatum Rusby, L. wrightii Grisebach; Othonna floribunda Schlechter, 0. Tsrotia var. laminata Schlechter, O. nana Schlechter, O. primulina Schlechter; Raillardella argentea Gray, R. pringlei Greene; Senecio actinella Greene, S. acuminatus Wallich, S. adonidifolius var. gracilis Sennen, S. alata Wallich, S. albonervius Greene, S. amplectens Gray, S. ampullaceus Hooker, S. andersonii Clokey, S. antaicochensis Cuatrec., S. appendiculatus f, concolor Bornm., S. avpendiculatus f£. longifolia Bornm., S. appendiculatus var. leucantha f. appendiculata Bornm., 5S. appendiculatus var. leucantha f. auriculata Bornm., S. arequipense Cuatrec., S. arkansanus Nuttall, S. arnicoides Wallich, S. attenuatus var. microphyllus Britton, S. balsamitae Muhl. ex Willd., S. bangii Rusby, S. biacuminatus Rusby, S. bigelovii var. hallii Gray, S. bombycopholis Bullock, S. californicus Nuttall, S. centropappus von Mueller, S. chaoalensis Watson, S. chapalensis var. areolatus Watson, S. chihuahuensis Watson, S. clavifolius Rusby, S. clevelandii Greene, S. convallium Greene, S. coroicensis Rusby, S. ctenophyllus Greene, S. cupulatus Volkens & Musch., S. cymbalarioides Nuttall, S. diversifolia Wallich, S. ervendbergii Greenm., S. farriae Greenm., S. fastigiatus Schweinitz ex Elliot, S. fendleri Gray, S. fendleri var. subintegra Greene, S. ganderi Barkley & Beauchamp, S. gracilipes Rob. & Greenm., S. grossidens Dusen, S. guadalajarensis Rob., S. harbourii Rydberg, S. harfordi Piper, S. hartianus Heller, S. hoffmannii var. panamensis Greenm., S. holanii Greene, S. idahoensis Rydberg, S. integerrimus Nuttall, S. jamesonii Spruce ex Klatt, S. kunthiana Wallich, S. laciniosus Wallich, S. lamprocephalus Schlechter, S. lemmonii Gray, S. lividus var. sabronensis Sennen, S. longipedunuclatus Volkens, S. macdougali Heller, S. maderensis f. aurita Bornm., S. maderensis var. exauriculata Bornm., S. madrensis Gray, S. magellensis Tenore, S. mohavensis Gray, S. monensis Greene, S. montereyana Jatson, S. murrayi Bornm., S. neomexicanus var. mutabilis Barkley, 5. obovatus Muhl. ex Willd., S. palmeri Gray, S. pauciflorus Pursh, §S. pauperculus Michx., S. pectiodes Rusby, S. peninsularis Vasey & Rose, S. petasitoides Greenm., S. polyphlebius Grisebach, S. pringlei Gray, S. prionopteris Rob. & Greenm., S. pseudaureus var. anticostiensis Victorin, S. psidifolius Rusby, S. pterocaulis Greenm., S. purshianus Nuttall, S. quercetorum Greene, S. renifolius Porter & Coulter, S. rhizomatus Rusby, S. rusbyi Greene, S.. saxosus var. toiyabensis Greene, S. scribneri Rydberg, S. silphiaefolia Harshberger, S. sinapoides Rusby, S. smallii Britton, S. soldanella Gray, S. spectabilis Wallich, S. sprucei Britton, S. squalidus var. chrysanthemifolius Todaro, S. squalidus var. aetnensis Todaro, S. stipulatus Wallich, S. suavis Lunell, S. subdentatus Ledebour, S. suffultus var. microcephalus Gibson, S. surculosus Macowan, S. tabacifolius Rusby, S. thurberi Gray, S. trachyphyllus Schlechter, S. umbraculi- fera Watson, S. vagus von Mueller, S. valisgratiae Bolus, S. viscosus f. nana Sennen, S. vulgaris f. nana Schur, S. wallichii DC., S. wilmsii Volkens, S. wrightii Greenm., S. yungasenis Britton; Steirodiscus schlechteri Bolus; Tussilago macrophylla Wallich. 6. BOOK REVIEWS A Revision of the Macaronesian Genus Argyranthemim Webb ex Schultz Bip. (Compositae- Anthemideae). C. J, Humpharies. Bulietin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 5(4): 147-240. 1976. The genus Argyranthemum contains 22 species endemic to the Macaronesian archipelagoes of the Canary and Salvage Islands and Madeira. Its history is one of radical treatments, having been divided into.five genera at one extreme or regarded as a minor section of the heterogeneous Chrysanthemum sensu lato at the other. With a wealth of data now available on morphology, fruit anatomy, embryo- sac development, flavonoid and polyacetylenic chemistry, etc., it appears that stability and neturalness in generic delimitation in the Chrysanthemum complex is nearing fruition. Humpharies provides what appears to be.an excellent treatment of a poorly known group of narrow insular endewi.ce most of which have restricted ecological preferences This revision, based on herbarium, transplant garden, and field (for the Canary Island taxa) studies, follows a traditional format with: an historical account of Argyranthemum and closely related genera; a discussion on its position within the Anthemideae with a useful table comparing morphological, anatcmical, and biogeo- graphical data for. the segregate genera of the Chrysanthemum complex; a discussion, often illustrated, concerning the range of variation and utility in classification of the relevant morphological characters; a summary of chromoseme numbers in the genus and in the subtribe Chrysantheminae; and a review of relationships within and between the five sections with commentary on their geographical distributions and ecologies. Also provided are keys to, adequate descriptions of, and specimen citations, distribution maps, and ecological data for the species and subspecies. Seven taxa are described as new and illustrated, and 22 nomenclatural combinations are made.-~-Ronald L. Hartman, Department of Botany, Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Chio 43210, U.S.A. Cassini on Compositae[,] ccllected from the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles and arranged with an introduction and an index by Robert M. King and Helen W. Dawson. voli, 1, pp... [E].— XXxXExX, [tl — 636s, vol. 2, pp. [L.— LV), 637 1— 23905 your o. pp. {I - IV], 1331 -. 1963, I - XXXVII. New York, Oriole Editions, 1975. Price $100.00. Henri Cassini was a French aristocrat who was one of the most prolific writers on the Compositae during the 19th Century. His Opuscules Phytologiques (1826 - 1834) included more than 1200 pages, and the articles from the Dictionary, as now published, occupy almest 2000 pages more. For sheer volume his chief rival in the literature of the Compositae seems to have been A.P. de Candolle, whose treatment of Compositae in the Prodromus (1836 - 38) covered more than 1700 pages of small print. Cassini's work, however, was notable for more than its volume. He was the first who undertook a general revision and redistribution of the Compositae; he rearranged the most of the family (except for the Cichorieae) upon new principles. He divided the family into tribes, along lines that are still in great part followed. He was the first to make use of the modifications of the style and anthers in the general systematic arrangement of the family, and he clearly showed the functions of the collecting hairs and papillae. His understanding of the natural relation- ships among the tribes and genera was ahead of his time. George Bentham, himself one of the great students of Compositae, had a high opinion of Cassini's work, but deplored some of his characteristics associated with undue attention to detail (J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 13: 338 - 339. 1873): "... in working out the details of the genera in the 'Dictionnaire', he indulged in an enormous and useless multiplication of generic names, which only tended to throw the nomenclature into confusion, and cast a slur upon all his labours. Wherever he observed a slight difference in the involucre, pappus, or general aspect, or could not readily identify an imperfect specimen, an engraved figure, or a description often incorrect, he at once set it down as a new genus, and has thus, more than any other botanist of equal ability, overloaded the science with useless synonyms. So recklessly, indeed, did he give way to this mania of coining new names, that he on many occasions proposed oe or even three, for the same genus, leaving future botanists to take their choice". | As if to soften ieee remarks, Bentham goes on to say, in speaking of his own werk (l.c. 344): ", . . my chief labour has been the testing and verifying or reconciling the observations of others. . . The principal changes I have proposed in the general methods of Lessing and DeCandolle were determined upon and worked out long before I was aware that they were in a great measure a return to that of Cassini. The confusion which his multiplication of names had produced, and the unusual terminology of his descriptions, had excited in my mind a prejudice against him, until, after completing my work of detail, I came to study his generalizations, which showed how much better his views of affinities coincided with mine than those of his successors". (It is interesting to notice that Harold Robinson, in a recent review of Cassini on Compositae [Taxon 25: 166. Feb 1976], considers Cassini's insights in some respects superior to Bentham's!). In order to document Bentham's statement about Cassini's enthusiasm for new names, it may be noted that in Dalla Torre & Harms’ Genera Siphonogamarum (1905 - 1906), there are listed 901 genera of Compositae recognized as valid by Hoffmann in Engler & Prantl. Of these about 85, were first named and described by Cassini. Dalla Torre & Harms also list at least 303 generic names proposed by Cassini but later relegated to synonymy. King and Dawson have done a considerable service by bringing together in 3 volumes all the hundreds of Cassini's articles (898 according to their count) on Compositae (and incidentally Calyceraceae) that were originally scattered through the 60 volumes of Cuvier's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles between 1816 and 1830. Access to the material is important not only to those wishing to consult diagnoses of newly proposed species and genera, but also to those who are interested in Cassini's speculations about classification and natural relationships. Individual articles are difficult to find in the original Dictionary, even for those fortunate enough to have a copy of this multi-volume work in their libraries. Cassini's arrangement of material was far from systematic. Theoretically the Dictionary is alphabetically arranged, but since the basic sequence is according to French vernacular names, the Latin generic names are sometimes found in unexpected places (e.g. Xanthium under Lampourde). Further,Cassini was prone to revise articles in unexpected places, or to provide new. discussions on genera under his articles on tribes or larger groupings or, as pointed out in the introduction to this new collection, to plan deliberately to insert articles out of sequence in order to gain time for their preparation. 8. The present work is a boon to those who do not have easy access to the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Any student of Synantherology (as Cassini liked to call it) will find much to interest him. I am tempted to say, if he can find it. If I have a serious fault to find with Cassini on Compositae it is that the index is deficient. This may seem a strange criticism of an index that occupies 37 closely printed pages, that is easy to read, and that lists even the most trivial references to generic names. The clue may be found in the introduction by King and Dawson to the first volume (p. XII), where the authors quote Cassini's own remarks on the peculiar placement of his major articles on classification: The synopsis of the Coreopsidae is under Zinnia in the Dictionary; the synopsis of the family as a whole, presumably one of the author's more valuable contributions, is lost in the Dictionary under Zyégée, Zoegea. The index to Cassini on Compositae lists names of genera and species only, and there is no way to locate general articles, even those on individual genera, without an undue amount of searching. For example, there are 31 different pages listed for the name Buphthalmum, but no reference to the fact that the principal discussion of the genus Bupthalmum is in the article on Nauplius, not in its proper alphabetical order in the Dictionary The index could have been vastly improved by the addition of a relatively few entries referring to suprageneric groupings, and to major (as opposed to incidental) mentions of generic groups. The latter could have been accomplished easily by the use of special type-faces (e.g. boldface). In spite of these deficiencies, the index is an exhaustive one reflecting an enormous amount of work. A less comprehensive index of generic names would have been far less useful, because Cassini sprinkled references to generic similarities and generic relationships throughout his texts; anyone interested in his views on systematic arrangements will be well advised to peruse all the references to the particular group that may be under consideration. Relatively few generic names, even unimportant ones, are cited only once in the index; many have more than 20 entries. Cassini on Compositae is well bound; the volumes lie open at any desired place. The paper appears to be of good quality. The text, reproduced photo- graphically without reduction in size from the individual articles in the Dictionary, has been carefully cut and pasted in such a way as to appear continuous; volume- and page-numbers from the Dictionary have been typed in the margins, opposite the. first line of each new article or each new page, as appropriate. Page numbers for the new volumes have been typed in the upper corners. Unfortunately the facsimile is marred by a print-job of poor quality. The compilers include a word of apology for the appearance of some of the pages, on the ground that they were working with photo-copies made from volumes that were old and sometimes in bad condition. I have not found any pages that are actually illegible, although parts of pages 228 and 1601 are almost so, but much of the text is too heavily inked and blurred. Very often the lines become overly black and out of focus near the bottoms of pages of the original work, as if the camera had been rather consistently out of adjustment (see, for example, pages 370 - 371). Sometimes the inner margins of right-hand pages from the original work are distorted (see page 83), indicating that the page was not flat when photographed. The printed text in the facsimile is consistently poorer than the clear fine type in the original, judging, at least, from that in the one copy I have consulted. If the new pages are not handsome, the fault would appear to be not with the original, but with the quality of the reproduction. 9. The work begins with an introduction of 7 pages, most of which is devoted to an account of Cassini’s life and work. A sample of Cassini's handwriting is included, and a table giving the dates of publication of the 60 volumes of the Dictionnaire. The introduction is followed by a section comprising 12 black and white plates identified by the compilers only as "illustrations of new species described by Cassini in the Dictionnaire" (in fact only one plate, that of Caeles- tina caerulea, represents a new species; the other 8 species illustrated were originally described by Linnaeus, Willdenow, Cavanilles, Jussieu, or DeCandolle, and the 3 remaining plates are intended to illustrate tribal characters or tribal relationships in the Compositae). The plates were first published in the Dictionnaire, and a little later in the first volume of Cassini's Opuscules (1826). Those pertaining to individual species are cited in Index Londinensis, from both the above publications. Cassini himself (Opusc. 1: I1zxiii) lists the plates by name and number, and in another place (Opusc. 1: 228) gives some details concerning the dates of publication (1816 - 17) in the third and fifth livraisons of the Atlas accompanying the Dictionary. In the index to the Atlas it is stated that plates 83 - 87, 89 - 91, and 93, appeared in livraison ["cahier”] 3, plate 94 in cahier 5, plate 88 in cahier 33, aud plate 92 in cahier 37. Neither in the Dictionnaire nor in the Opuscules do the plates bear printed numbers. Because the arrangement of the plates in the Atlas differs from that employed by Cassini, and still another arrangement is used in Cassini on Compositae, the following tabular summary may be useful. I have also included from the Atlas the cross-references to the pertinent texts in the Dictionary itself: Description Number in Dict. Textual reference Number in Page number of Plate Sci.Nat.Planch. in Dict.Sci.Nat. Cassini's ' in Cassini Bot. Dicot. Planch.Bot.Dicot. Opuscules on Compositae Tribal affinities in the Compositae 83 51: 443 Lecuel: XVII Tribal characters, Vernoniées to Ambrosiacées 84 Si 443 2 EK Tribal characters, Hélianthées to Lactucées 85 Sis. 443 3 XXI Florestina pedata (Hélianthées) (186 j fiche 156 8 : XXXIX Cladanthus arabicus Tis : (Anthémidées) a SUB 7 - hey 343 9 XXXI Chrysanthemum indicum : j (Anthémidées) 88 9: 152 ial XXIX Agathaea coelestis - (Astérées) 89 ESs 78 6 XXIII 3 05-254 ‘ Callistemma hortensis (Astérées) 90 6S: 45 45: 2h as ’ XXV TO} Emilia flammea (Sénécionées) 91 14; 405 5 XXXVIL Dumerilia paniculata (Nassauviées) - 92 Like! $58 172 XXXV Caelestina caerulea (Eupatoriées) 93 6S: 8 4 XXVIIL Cryptocarpha tribuloides (Fam. Boopidées) 94 2h BS 10 XXXIIL Capsule opinion: Cassini on Compositae will provide for synantherologists. an indispensable and convenient index to the generic and specific names published by Cassini. Those who wish to know what Cassini thought and how he arrived at his conclusions, will still have to hunt through a mass of verbiage, but now all under one set of pages. The price seems high, especially since the quality of the reproduction is so poor. —- - Rogers McVaugh, University Herbarium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A. A Revision of the Genus Archibaccharis Heering (Compositae: Astereae). J. D.. Jackson. Phytologia 32:81-194. 1975. A revision of a long-neglected and poorly understood genus is a welcome addition to botanical literature. J. D. Jackson has provided the first comprehensive study of the Mexican and. Central American genus Archibaccharis. Based upon both field and herbarium studies, Dr. Jackson has recognized a total of 28 taxa representing 22 species, and has divided Archibaccharis into two sections. Because little is known concerning the biological relationships within the genus, the taxa are separated mainly upon morphology. Chromosome reports (all n = 9) are listed for 16 taxa. The revision includes keys to species and varieties, synonymy, detailed descriptions, range maps, illustrations of floral features, and lists of exsiccatae. It is unfortunate that Jackson's manuscript was not more thoroughly reviewed. Reviewers' comments most probably would have led to some major improvements and eliminated some of the minor inconsistencies. The most critical measure of a revision's value is its usability by other members of the botanical community. Keys in particular should be lucid and as definitive as possible. Jackson's keys, regrettably, are almost unworkable. Major leads are sometimes ambiguous and dependent upon features not readily apparent from dry specimens (e.g., A. Plants subscandent ... vs. AA. Plants scandent ...), often are reliant upon ill-defined and subjective pubescence terminology (e.g., puberulous, villosulous, tomentulous, pilosulous-villosulous, pilosulous, etc.), and throughout are weighted down by exceptions. One dichotomy, F and FF (pp. 102, 103) is so complex and confusing as to be virtually unintelligible. Even in a genus as variable as Archibaccharis, surely a more definitive key could have been constructed. Much to be preferred would have been a key with shorter, mutually exclusive couplets. Where necessary, extremely variable taxa should be keyed out more than once. The illustrations of floral characters are diagrammatic and appear to have been hastily prepared. The achenes of Archibaccharis bear conspicuous carpopodia, but these are not shown in the figures. The illustration of a filiform corolla of A. subsessilis shows the smallest known ligule size, whereas the key contrasts this species with others on the basis of its relatively large ligules. Several figures are very wasteful of space which could have been used more profitably to illustrate other diagnostic features. ANE The section dealing with pollen appears superfluous. No taxonomic conclusions were drawn from this information, and the pollen measurements were repeated in the various species and varietal descriptions. Scanning electron microscope studies of the pollen might reveal taxonomically useful information. Despite its detrimental aspects, Dr. Jackson's paper is an important contribu- tion. Archibaccharis is a variable and complex genus, and Jackson has sorted this variability into an apparently logical classification. It is through revisionary studies of this sort that areas in need of. further investigation may be pinpointed. Much about Archibaccharis remains to be known, particularly regarding its relation- ship to Conyza on one hand and Baccharis on the other.--David J. Keil, Department of Botany and Microbiology, Arizona State University, San Arizona 85281. NEWS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS Dr. Josephine Koster (Oegstgeest, Netherlands) kindly points out two errors regarding her research activities in the NEWS section of the last number of the NEWSLETTER. Tetramolopium was inadvertently listed as being in the Inuleae rather than in the Astereae, and Dr. Koster has not yet finished her treatment of the Heliantheae for New Guinea, but rather is just beginning it. From aeteegt State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.ScA., comes notice of several research projects: , (1) Greg K. Brown (Master's research), Cytotaxonomic studies of Platyschkuhria (Helenieae); (2) David J. Keil (postdoctoral), Monographic studies of Pectis (Helenieae), Systematic studies of Hydropectis (Helenieae), A new species of Chrysactinia(Helenieae)’ from Sinaloa, Mexico; (3) David J. Keil and Donald J. Pinkava, Chromosome numbers of Compositae of the United States and Mexico; and (4) Pinkava and Keil, A new species in Flaveriinae from'the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Two additional studies have been completed recently but are still unpublished: (1):Roy C. Brown (Ph.D. thesis), ge ae studies of Baileya and Psilostrophe (Helenieae) ;, and Richard K. Brown (Master' s ‘thesis) , ‘Tragopogon (Lactuceae) of Arizona. — 2% RECENT LITERATURE” GENERAL Camm, E. L., Towers, G.H.N. and VERNON IEAE Mitchell, J.C. UV-mediated antibiotic activity Ward, D. B. .Contributions to the flora of Florida: 7. Elephantopus, Pseudo- of some Compositae species. - Phytochemistry, 14(9):2007-2011(1975) 1-7 - Key. elephantopus (Compositae). Castanea, 3 40(3):213-217(1975) - Dot maps; keys. Cassini, Henri Cassini on Compositae, collected EUPATORIEAE from Dictionaire des Sciences Naturelles, [1816-1830], and King, R.M. and Robinson, H. arranged with an introduction and index by Robert M. King and Helen W. Dawson. New York, Oriole Editions, New species of Stomatanthes from Afvica (Eupatorieae, Compositae). Kew Bull., 30(3) :463-465(1975) - 1975. 3v. -Fr; illustration, 5 portrait. [See review on p. 6 1-7 of this issue]. Illustrations. King, R.M. aad Robinson, H. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae): 146. Two new species of Fleischmannia from Central America. Phytologia, 31(4) :305-310 (1975) - Illustrations. Keil, D.J. and Stuessy, T.F. Chromosome counts of’ Compositae from the United States, Mexico and Guatemala. Rhodora, 77(810):171- 4 354 295:G19:75)i King, R.M. and Robinson, H. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae): 147. Additions to the genera Amboroa, Ayapanopsis, and Hebeclinium in South America. Phytologia, 31(4) :311-316(1975) - 4 Illustrations. Marticorena, C. and Quezada, M. Compuestas nuevas o interesantes para Chile. Bol. Soc.. Biol. Concepcién, 48:99-108(1974) - (En); 4 illustrations. Tatintseva, S.S. Obrazovanie i razvitie spermiev u nekotorykh pokrytosemyannykh: 1. Poaceae (Gramineae): 2. Asteraceae (Compositae). (Formation and ASTEREAE Cuatrecasas, J. Miscellaneous notes on neotropical development of spermia in some flora: 7. Phytologia, 31(4):317- angiosperms: 1. Poaceae (Gramineae): 333(1975). Diplostephium, Senecio, 2. Asteraceae (Compositae)). Bot. 4 Espeletia. Zhurn., 60(12): 1707-1720(1975) - 1-7 (En). Dress, W.J. Nomenclatural notes for Hortus Vasanthy, G. Third: Compositae. Baileya, 19(4): Structure et nomenclature de la 3 166~167(1975). Pityopsis. paroi spore-pollinique: Asteraceae. In Association des Palynologues de Langue Francaise. Structure et terminologie de la paroi sporo- 1-7 pollinique: 44-48(1975). Given, D.R. Celmisia spedeni G. Simpson and Celmisia thomsoni Cheeseman - two rediscovered species. New Zealand J. * Bot., 13(3):547-556(1975) - Illustra- For an explanation of the format of these 7 tions, map. references, see issue Number Two of the NEWSLETTER. 4,7 1,2 Grau, J. Podocoema und Vittadinia - gwei vermeintlich bikontinentale Gattungen. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Munchen, 12:181-194(1975) —- (En) 3 illustrations. Guedes, M. Conyza albida, nom correct du Conyza altissima. Monde Pl., no. 382344975). Lander, N.S. A new Australian species of Olearia (Compositae). Telopea, 1(1):84-86(1975) - Illustrations; key. Negrean, G. Solidago graminifolia planta adventiva in Romania. Stud. Cerc. Biol., Bot., 27(3):187-192(1975) - (En); illustrations; chromosome numbers; key. St. John, .Hs Luteidiscus, new genus (Compo- sitae). Bot. Jahrb., 94(4):549- 555(1974) ~- (Ge); aiimatearione. Watanabe, K., Carter, C.R. and Smith-White, S. The cytology of Brachycome lineariloba: 5. Chromosome relationships and phylogeny of the race A. cytodemes (n=2). Chromo- soma, 52(4):383-397(1975) - Maps. Westman, W.E., Panetta, F.D. and ' Stanley, T.D. ' Ecological studies on reproduc- tion and establishment of the woody weed, Groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia L. Asteraceae). Austral. J. Agric. Res., 26(5) :855-870(1975). INULEAE Stearn, W.T. : Flora Europaea: notulae systematicae ad floram Evropaeam spectantes: no. 17. The name Helichrysum virgineum. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 71(1):44- = 5 (1975) © =I) 13. HELIANTHEAE Badillo, V.M. ; Una nueva especie del genero Calea (Compositae). Bol. Soc. Venezol. Cienc. Nat., 31(130-131): 350-352(1974 publ. 1975). Bonilla, J.A. Aplicacion de los metodos taxi- metricos en el genero Wedelia. (Employ of taximetric methods of the genus Wedelia). Lilloa, 34(4): 29-50(1975) - (En). CarrseGeDen Calycadenia hooveri (Asteraceae), a new Tarweed from California. Brittonia, 27(2):136-141(1975) - Chromosome number. Degener, 0. and Degener, I. Silverswords and the Blue Data Book. Notes Waimea Arbor. 2(1): 3-6(1975) - Illustration. Argyroxiphium kauense. Gillett, G.W. The diversity and history of Polynesian Bidens, section Campy- lotheca. Honolulu, University of Hawaii, 1975. 32p. (Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Lecture, no 6) - Illustrations, map. Love, D. The genus Acanthoxanthium (DC.) Fourr. revived. Lagas Lagascalia, 5(1): 55-71(1975) - (En); illustrations; key. McMillan, C., Chavez, P.I. and Mabry, T.J. Sesquiterpene lactones of Xanthium strumarium in a Texas population and in experimental hybrids. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 3(3) :137-141(1975). Mears, J.A. The taxonomy of Parthenium section Partheniastrum DC. (Asteraceae- Ambrosiinae). Phytologia, 31(6): 463-482(1975) - Key. 14. 3,4 3,4 Moran, R. Brandegee's Tarweed and the true story of its rediscovery. Environment Southwest, 440:3-6 (1972) - Tliustrations. Adenothamnus validus. Nash, D.L. Studies in American plants: 7. Phytologia, 31(4) :361=364(1975) - Illustrations. Salmea, Perezia. Sauck, J.R. Distribution, chromosomes and taxonomy of Parthenice mollis (Compositae). Madrofio, 23(4): 227-234(1975) - Dot map; chromo- some numbers. Stuessy, T.F. A revision of Moonia (Compositae, 1,3 Heliantheae, Coreopsidinae). Brittonia, 27(2):97-102(1975) - Illustrations. HELENIEAE Keil, D.J. Revision of Pectis sect. Heteropectis (Compositae: Madrono, 23(4):181-191(1975) - Illustrations, dot map; chromosome numbers; key. Rzedowski, J. Una compuesta de hojas suculentas del N. de Mexico, Graciela frankenioides gen. et sp. nov. Cact. Suc. Mex.,; 20(2):27-31 (1975) - (En); illustrations. Wilken, D.H. : A systematic study of the genus Hulsea (Asteraceae). Brittonia, 27 (3) :228-244(1975) = Dot maps; chromosome numbers; keys, ANTHEMIDEAE Bhadane, N.R., Kelsey, R.G. and Shafizadeh, F. Sesquiterpene lactones of Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana. Phytochemistry, 14(9): SHES 2085 (1975) - Key. Tageteae). 1 3 2 tridentata ssp. vaseyana: Filatova, N.S. Vautrividovaya taksonomiya Artemisia terrae-allze Krasch. In Kazakhstan: Akademiya Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR: Institut Botaniki. Flora i rastitel'nyYe resursy Kazakstana: 103-113 (1975) - Dot map; chromosome number. Humpharies, C. J. Cytological studies in the Macaronesian genus Argyranthenum (Compositae:Anthemideae). Bot. Notiser, 128(2):239-255(1975) - Chromosome numbers. Ingran, J. Nomenclatural notes for Hortus Third:Compositae. Baileya, 19(4): 167-168(1975). Chrysanthemun. Ingram, J. and Dress, W.J. Nomenclatural notes for Hortus Third: Compositae. Baileya, 19(4): 168(1975). Chrysanthemun. Kelsey, R.G., Thomas, J.W., Watson, T.J. and Shafizadeh, F. Population studies in Artemisia chromo- some numbers and sesquiterpene lactone races. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 3(4): 209-213(1975) - ag chromosome numbers. Nosova, L.I. Urozhai semyan i vozobnovlenie mnogoletnikov v polynnykh fitot- senozakh Pamira. (Seed production and reproduction of perennial plants in Artemisia phytocoenoses of Pamir). Bot. Zhurn., 60(10) :1497-1505(1975). dines LA ANTE Origin and distribution of polyploid Achillea (Compositae) in western North America. Brittonia, 27(2) :187-196(1975) - Dot maps; chromosome numbers. SENECIONEAE Abbott, R.J. Variation within common Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris L.: 2 1. Genetic response to spatial variations to the environment. New Phytol., 76(1):153-164(1976) - Maps. Abbott, R.J. 3) Variation within common Groundsel Senecio vulgaris L.: 2. Local differences within cliff populations on Puffin Island. New Phytol., 76(1): 165-172(1976). 2-7 Beuzenberg, E.J. Contribution to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora: 17. Senecio (Compositae). New Zealand J. Bot., 13(3):345-353(1975) - Chromosome numbers. 1 Breen, C. Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br. and Senecio viscosus L. in West Mayo (H27). Irish Nat. J., 18(8): 255(1975). Cabrera, A.L. and Zardini, E.M. Especies nuevas o criticas del a genero Senecio (Compositae). Bol. Soc. Argent. Be Bot., 16(4):377- 389 (1975) - (En); illustrations. — Folch i Guillen, R. and Brugués, M. 4 Doronicum plantagineum L. al Puig Mo116 (Coll d'Alforja), espécie nova per a Catalunya. (Doronicum: plantagineum L. dans le Puig Mo116 (Coll d'Alforja), espéce nouvelle pour la Catalogne). Acta Phytotax. Barcin., 17:4,14-16(1975) - (Fr); dot map. 5) Gibbs, P.E., Milne, C. and Carrillo, M.V. Correlation between the breeding system and recombination index in five species in Senecio. New Phytol. 75(3):619- 626(1975) - - Chromosome numbers. ee is} Ito, S. and Koyama, H. (A new hybrid of Cacalia from Nagano Prefecture). J. Jap. Bot., 50 (10) :300-304(1975) - Ja(En); illustrations. Mabberley, D.J. The pachycaul Senecio species of St. Helena, Cacalia paterna and Cacalia materna. Kew Bull., 30(2): 413-420(1975) - Illustrations. Olorode, O. Evolution of chromosome size in Emilia (Senecioneae - Compositae). J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass., 18(1) :191-197 (1973) - Chromosome numbers. Tomkins, S. The Great Fen Ragwort (Senecio _paludosus) - a lost species returned. Cambridge, Isle of Ely Nat. Trust Newsl., no. 39:6-7(1976). Visset, L. Termes utilisés dans différentes articles de description de pollens observés au microscope electronique a Balayage. In Association des Palynologues de la paroi sporo- pollinique:49(1975).. Senecio doronicun. Williams, L.O. Tropical American plants, 18. Phytologta, 31(6):435-447(1975) - Tllustrations. Senecio. CARDUEAE Friis, i. The giant species of Cirsium (Asteraceae) in southern Ethiopia. Norw.-J. Bot., 22(3):201- 207(1975) - Illustrations. Franco, J. do A. A Flora Europaea: notulae systematicae ad floram Europaeam spectantes: no. 17. Notes on some European species of Echinops L. and Jurinea Cass. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 71(1) :41-43(1975). 16. CARDUEAE (continued) ‘ LACTUCEAE Franco, J. do A. Hackney, P. ' Flora Europaea: notulae _ Irish records of Hieracia species systematicae ad floram Europaeam in the Herbarium of the Ulster spectantes: no. 17. Compcesitae Museum. Irish Nat. J., 18(8):255 (245) Onopordum L. Bot. J. Linn. i ,@o75y- 1,2 Soc., 71(1):45-46(1975). Karlsson, L. Franco, J. do A. Hieracier fran Sareks National Flora Europaea: notulae system- park: 2. (Hieracia from Sarek aticae ad floram Europaeam National Park: 2). Svensk Bot. spectantes: no. 17. -Compositae Tidskr., 69(3) :336-348 (1975) - ai) aGyndrast., botddiem Lino SOC. 1 (En); illustrations. ab LCL) se GOS. : Musina, L.S. Franco, J. do A. Ontogenez i vozrastnye osobennosti Flora Europaea: notulae Achyrophorus maculatus (L.) Scop. systematicae ad floram Europaeam (o partikulyatsii). Byull. Mosk. spectantes: no. 17. Compositae Obshch. Ispyt. iderls dine ish lov bees (248) Carduus L. Bot. J. Linn. Soc.,1,2 80(4):133-139(1975) - (En). il 71(1) :48-50(1975). Poole, J.P. Moore, R.J. Lactuca muralis in Maine. Rhodora, The biology of Canadian weeds: 3 77(811) :434(1975). 13. Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Canad. J. Pl. Sci., 55(4):1033-1048 Soest, J.L. van 1-3, (1975) - (Fr); illustrations, map Quelques espéces rouvelles de 5-7 key. Taraxacum de France. Acta Bot. Neerl., 24(2):139-154(1975) - Plitmann, U. if Illustrations. Taxonomic studies in Centaurea Sect. Calcitrapa: 2. The section Soest, J.L. van in the Middle East. Israel J. Bot., Taraxacum vagum, a new species 24(1):10-25(1975) - Illustrations, _ from Iran. Acta Bot. Neerl., 2 map; keys. ey) 24 (3-4) :289-290(1975) - Illustration. MUTISIEAE Witherspoon, J.T. and Watson, T.J. Lactuca muralis in British Lipshits, S. Yu. 4 Columbia. Rhodora, 77(811):435(1975). Novyi vid roda Saussyrea iz Afghanistana. (Generis Saussurea species nova ex Afghania). Bot. Zhurn., 60(10):1446-1447(1975) - 2 Illustration. Zardini, E.M. Revisié6n del género Trichocline (Compositae). Darwiniana, 19(2-4): 618-733(1974-1975 publ. 1975) - (En); illustrations, map, dot maps; 4,7 chromosome numbers; key. 1 Le Please respond!!! Please respond!!! NEWS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS Please supply the requested information where it applies to you or your institution. Name Institution Address New or current research projects ee New grants or fellowships received Recent publications Change of position or responsibilities Future travel and/or field trip plans_ Requests for material Please send to: Tod F. Stuessy Editor, COMPOSITAE NEWSLETTER Department of Botany Ohio State University 1735 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 U.S.A. Please respond!!! 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