Algae. 69 



Cushman, Joseph A., Notes on New England Desmids. I. 



(Rhodora. Vol. V. September 1903. p. 221—225.) 



The first oi a proposed series of short papers designed to Supple- 

 ment the records of the forms and distribution of the desmids of 

 New England, particularly as published by Wolle. The present 

 paper deals with collections from Steep Brook and from Stony 

 Brook Station, both in Massachusetts. Cosmarium pseudobroomei, 

 C. tetroplithalmum and C. coelatum are supposed to be new to New 

 England. A bibliography relating to New England desmids 

 follows. William R. Maxon. 



Clshman. Joseph A., Notes on New England Desmids. II. 



tRhodora. Vol. V. October 1903. p. 252—255.) 



A report on.two collections of desmids; one from Misery Island, 

 off Beverly Farms, Massachusetts; the other from Kittery, 

 Maine. The forms new to New England are: Sphaerozosma spinu- 

 losum and Cosmarium intermedium from Massachusetts, and Cos- 

 marium capcnse, Closterium Ensis and Closterium striolatum intermedium 

 from Maine. Attention is called also to other species new either to 

 Massachusetts or Maine. William R. Maxon. 



Foslie , M. , The Lithothamnia of the Maldives and 



Laccadives. (The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive 



and Laccadive Archipelagoes, edited by J. Stanley Gardiner. 



Voll. Part IV. 1903. p. 460— 471. Pls, XXIV, XXV.) 



This paper is on account of the Lithothamnia brought home by the 

 Stanley Gardiner Expedition to the Maldives and Laccadives in 

 1899 — 1900, and constitutes the first authentic record of these algae from the 

 area between the Red Sea and the East Indies. The author deals 

 shortlv with the general conditions of growth of Lithothamnia and their 

 geographical distribution. He finds that Lithophyllum craspedium plays 

 a prominent part as a reef-builder and is the predominant alga in certain 

 atolls of the Maldives; it also abounds at Tunafuti and at 

 Onoatoa, Gilbert Islands. Next to the last named species, 

 Goniolithon frutescens is abundant in the Maldives, while Lithophyllum 

 oncodes appears to act as a kind of cement. Nine species are recorded 

 in this paper as occurring at the Maldives and Laccadives, and 

 three new forms are described, namely : Archaeolithothamnion Schmidtii 

 Fosl. forma dissita, Goniolithon frutescens Fosl. forma congesta, and 

 G. Brassica-florida Fosl. forma laccadivica. Critical remarks follow each 

 record. Two plates contain figures from photographs in natural size. 



E. S. Gepp (nee Barton). 



PaMOCSEK, J., A Balaton kovamoszatai. 17 autografält 

 täblän 378 äbräval. (Separ.-Abdr. aus „A Balaton tudom. 

 tanulmanv ozäsänak eredmenyei". Vol. II. Pars. 2. Buda- 

 pest 1901. p. 1 — 142.) 



Pantocsek, J., Die Kieselalgen oder Bacillarien des Ba- 

 laton. Im Auftrage der ungar. geograph. Gesel. auf Basis 



eigener Aufsammlungen bearbeitet von (Sonder- 



Abdr. aus dem Werke: Resultate d. wiss. Erforschung des 

 Balatonsees. Bd. II. Anhang d. Sect. II. Teil 2. Budapest 

 Hofbuchdruckerei] 1901. p. 1 — 112. Mit 17 Tafeln.) 



Im Jahre 1S97 fand J. v. Istvänffy im Balatonsee 150 Arten und 46 

 Varietäten von Bacillarieen, die er in seiner Algenflora des Balaton, 

 p. bA — 102. veröffentlichte. Verf. giebt nun Resultate der eigenen Er- 



