AR : REVUE BRYOLOGIQUE 
= Handbook of British mosses », has expressed the opinion that 
_ «in certain cases their presence is of great assistance in the 
_ determination of species. » At present, however, and until further 
_ specimens are seen, or good fruiting plants gathered it would be 
is precedent for this course, even if its distinctive characters de- 
_ pended solely on the production of the gemmeæ. The following is 
a description of the only specimen seen, the more salient features 
_ being marked byitalics. ; 
 Plerigynandrum filiforme, var. montanense. — Tufts depressed, 
very soft. Stems slender, but slouter than in the var, filescens 
Boul.; divided above into many long intricate, somewhat atte- 
appear less arcuate than in the type. Paraphyllia very few. Leaves 
cute, less markedly acuminate-apiculate than usual, nerveless, or 
with very faint traces of a double nerve, never with a longish sin- 
gle nerve such as often occurs in the type, Axillary gemmæ nu- 
merous, Occurring abundantly on both stems and branches : 
pedicel, from as long to twice as long as itself. 
= Hab. — In a wood near the Hôtel du Pare, Montana, Crans-sur- 
Sierre, canton du Valais, Switzerland. Altitude about 5000 feet 
(english), 9 th sept. 1902. Sir James Slirling. 
_ Trichodon cylindricus Schpr. et Campylopus subu- 
pour cette chaine de montagnes ; par M. G. Dismrer. 
_gnum molle et Frullania fragilifolia (4). De récentes recherches, 
pour la région vosgienne. 
(1) G. Dismier, Bull dela Soc bot. de Fr. (1900, p. 82; 1901, p. 242). 
nom de « Goutte » aux ruisseaux d’une certaine importance, re 
pale green on the surface, light reddish brown in the interior ; 
nuate branches, which aye directed forward, and from their length 
ÿgemmæ oblong-subclavate, reddish brown with from one to thrée 
(mosthy three) transverse septa, eachborne on a hyaline jointed 
latus Schpr. dans les Vosges. Muscinées rares ou peu connues 
Nous avons déjà annoncé la découverte que nous avons faite à 
Rochesson, de deux Muscinées nouvelles pour les Vosges: Spha- 
effectuées dans cette même localité, nous permettent aujourd'hui 
de signaler la présence du Zrichodon cylindricus, du Campylopus 
subulatus et de quelques autres Muscinées rares ou peu connues 
= Trichodon cylindricus Schpr. — C'est au bord d’un petit ruis- 
Seau, sur la lerre arénacée, non loin de la « Goutte de Battion » (2), 
(2) Dans la partie montagneuse du département des Vosges on donne le 
. more salisfactory to regard the Montana plant as a variety. There 
