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ruptum var. pyrenaiciim which was found on Malham Moor, York- 



shire by Carrington in 1857; and the species itself in Bolton 



Woods by Carrington in the same year. These are the only certain 

 records for it in Yorkshire. A. Gepp. 



InöHAM, W., Mosses and Hepatics of Askrigg and 

 District. (The Naturalist. No. 584. Sept. 1905. " p. 278 

 —280.) 



This district particularly rieh in mosses and hepatics was carefuily 

 explored by Mr. R. Barnes some years ago, and several of the rarest 

 British mosses were discovered. These discoveries have recently been 

 largely confirmed by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union. And the present 

 paper gives lists of the niost interesting species they collected. 



A. Gepp. 



Lett, H. W., Notes on Some Hepatics of Ulster. (Irish 

 Naturalist. XIV. August 1905. p. 172—179.) 



Among the species recorded by Templeton in his MS. 100 years 

 ago were thirtheen which for ten years have been viewed with suspicion. 

 Canon Lett now announces that he has rediscovered eight of them, and 

 quotes and amplifies Templeton's notes about them. He also adds 

 notes on thirty-four other species found by himself in Ulster, in which 

 province they ure rare or had been overlooked. A. Gepp. 



Pearson, W. H., A new Hepatic from Ireland. (Journal 



of Botany. XIV. October 1905. p. 281—282. 1 plate.) 



Description of Plagiochila kill ar nie nsis, a new species discovered 

 in small quantity close by the T o r c C as cad e. Jt is quite distinct from 

 all the other British species. A. Gepp. 



Berger, A., Euphorbia mulilceps Berger n. sp. (Monatsschrift 

 für Kakteenkunde. Jahrg. XV 1905. No. 12. p. 182—185. 

 Mit 1 Abb.) 



An die durch eine Abbildung erläuterte lateinische Diagnose der 

 aus Südafrika stammenden Euphorbia m«///«^/?« Berger n. sp. schliesst 

 Verf. einige allgemeinere Bemerkungen über die systematischen und 

 Synonymie-Verhältnisse der Section Medusea, welcher die neue Art an- 

 gehört. W. Wangerin (Halle a. S.). 



Berger, A., Stapelia putida Berger sp. nov. (Monatsschrift 

 für Kakteenkunde. Jahrg. XV. 1905. No. 10. p. 159—160.) 



Lateinische Diagnose mit Hinzufügung einiger allgemeinerer Be- 

 merkungen in deutscher Sprache von einer bisher nicht beschriebenen, 

 zur Section Orbea gehörigen Stapelia- kx\\ die vom Verf. mit dem Namen 

 St putida belegte Pflanze wurde wahrscheinlich aus Südafrika einge- 

 führt und gelangte in der Cultur in La Mortoia zur Blüthe. 



W. Wangerin (Halle a. S.'. 



Brainerd, Ezra, Notes on New England violets. III. 

 (Rhodora. VII. p. 245—248.) 



A Synopsis of the New England species of white acaulescent 

 violets, containing the following new names: Viola pallens (V. rotundi- 

 folia pallens Banks) and V. incognita. Trelease. 



