236 Lichenes. — Bryophyten. 



Sargent, Frederick Le Roy, Lichenology for beginners. 



(The Bryologist. VIII. p. 98—106. November 1905.) 



The final paper of the series, suggesting various phases of lichen- 

 study, which are neglected commonly or concerning which little is known, 

 together with an analytical schedule designed to assist in determining 

 the pecuiiarly diagnostic characters. The paper concludes with an ana- 

 lytical key to certain of the commoner types of lichens. 



William R. iMaxon. 



COCKS, L ,)., Notes on the Mos s es and Hepatics col- 



lected du ring the Excursiori of the Scottish 



Alpine Botanical Club in 1904. (Transactions and 



Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. XXIII. 



Part I. 1905. p. 60—62.) 



Contains lists of the more noteworthy species — 12 mosses and 

 35 hepatics, mostly from M a n e Soul and Scour na Lappaich. 



A. Gepp. 



EwiNG, P., The Hepaticae of the Clyde Area. (Trans- 

 actions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. VII. I. 

 1902—1903. [Dec. 1904.] p. 52—58.) 



Contains a list of 113 species with their local distribution in the 

 Valley of the Clyde; 58 of them not having been previously recorded 

 for the WestLowlands, 21 not formerly recorded for Scotland-, 

 and 6 being entirely new to the British Flora. A. Gepp. 



Haynes, Caroline Coventry, Telaranea nemafodes longlfolla 



M. A. Howe. (The Bryologist. VIII. p. 97—98. fig. 1 



and 2. November 1905.) 



Telaranea nematodes longifolia M. A. Howe, known previously from 

 Long Island (New York), Georgia and Florida, is reported from 

 Staten Island (New York), New Jersey and North Carolina. 

 Descriptive notes are accompanied by illustrations. William R. Maxon. 



Hill, E. J., Encalypta procera Beuch. (The Bryologist. VIII. 



p. 107—110. November 1905.) 



Encalypta procera, a boreal moss, here reported from Michigan 

 and norlhern Illinois, is compared with E. streptocarpa Hedw. with 

 particular reference to propagula. The factors influencing present distri- 

 bution are touched upon. William R. Maxon. 



Holzinger, John M., A note on local moss distribution. 

 (The Bryologist. VIII. p. 112-113. November 1905.) 



On the extended parallel (zonal) distribution (according to uniform 

 local conditions of habitat) of certain mosses confined to relatively definite 

 altitudes for a distance of a hundred miles along the bluffs of theMissi- 

 sippi River in Minnesota. William R. Maxon. 



INGHAM, W., Mosses and Hepatics near Leyburn. (The 

 Naturalist. No. 585. Oct. 1905. p. 299—300.) 



Contains short lists of species gathered at three places in Wens- 

 leydale, Yorkshire. The rarest hepatic is Pedinophyllum inter- 



