Novon is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal and publishes short articles whose primary purpose is the establishment of nomenclature in vascular plants and bryophytes.

CONTENTS OF NOVON 2(2)

New Taxa and Nomenclatural Combinations of Mesoamerican Grasses (Poaceae). Gerrit Davidse and Richard W. Pohl

Merostachys burmanii (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae), a New Species from Brazil. Tatiana Sendulsky

Muhlenbergia cualensis and M. michisensis (Poaceae: Eragrostideae): Two New Species from Mexico. Yolanda Herrera A. and Paul M. Peterson

Leucoloma crosbyi (Dicranaceae), a New Species Endemic to Northern Madagascar. Catherine LaFarge-England

Porotrichium cavifolium comb. nov. (Musci: Neckeraceae). Robert E. Magill and Bruce Allen

Notes on the Solanaceae of China and Neighboring Areas. William G. D`Arcy and Zhang Zhi-yun

Two New Combinations in the Endemic Hawaiian Genus Cyanea (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae). Thomas G. Lammers

Five New Species of Ferns from the American Tropics. Robbin C. Moran

New Species of Ruellia (Acanthaceae) from the Venezuelan Guayana. Dieter C. Wasshausen

Nomenclatural Changes in the Acanthaceae and Two New Species of Odontonema from Venezuela and Guyana. Dieter C. Wasshausen

A New Species of Aptandra (Olacaceae) from Amazonian Peru. Alwyn H. Gentry and Rosa Ortiz

Four New Species of Meliosma (Sabiaceae) from Peru. Alwyn H. Gentry

Six New Species of Bignoniaceae from Upper Amazonia. Alwyn H. Gentry

A New Species of Aegiphila (Verbenaceae) from Colombia. Ricardo M. Rueda

Mesanthophora, a New Genus of Vernonieae (Asteraceae) from Paraguay. Harold Robinson

Recognition of Brownea coccinea Jacq. subspecies capitella (Leguminoseae: Caesalpinioideae). Dilia Velazquez

A Further Note on Myrsine perpauciflora Pipoly (Myrsinaceae). John J. Pipoly III

A Further Note on Justicia parguazensis Wasshausen (Acanthaceae). Dieter C. Wasshausen