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Holzinger, J. M. — Some recently-described North American Polytricha. 



[Insists upun the differences between P. oln'oenxe and P. decipiens. Gives 

 H. Lindbenr's description of P. anguntidena, and reproduces his plate from 

 Bot. Centralbl., xxi. No. 50.] Bryolognt, viii. (1005) pp. 28-31 (1 pi.). 



Kindberg, N. C. — New North American Bryineae. 



[Descriptions of 5 new species from the Yukon, 17 from British Columbia, and 

 1 from Canada, all collected by J. Macoun : also 2 from the United States, 

 collected by Nelson.] Rev. Bryolog.. xxxii. (1905) pp. 33-8. 



Lidforss, B. — TJeber die Reizbewegungen der Marchantia-Spermatozoiden. (On 

 the re-action of the spermatozoids of Marchantia to stimulus.) 



Privgsheim's Jahrb., xli. (1905) pp. 65-88. 



Lillie, D.- — Hepatics of Caithness. 



[List of 100 species p.nd 4 varieties, with indication of distribution on hills, 

 plains, or coast.] Journ. Bot., xliii. (1905) pp. 124-7. 



Loeske, L.— Zweiter Nachtrag zur " Moosflora des Harzes." (Second supplement 

 to the " Moss-flora of the Harz.") 



[A series of critical notes and lists, with two new species.] 



Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenburg, xlvi. (1905) pp. 157-201. 



Mac vicar, S. M. — New and Rare British Hepaticae. 



[Critical notes on Marsupella Boeckii, M. Pearsoni Schiffn. (new species), 

 Nardia Breidleri, Sphenolobusexsectus. Lophocolea heterophylla var. paludosa, 

 Odontotchisma denudatum var. elongatum. Kantia sphagnicola, Scapania 

 nemorosa f. uliginosa Jensen (new form), S. paludosa CM. The author 

 states that Nardia Breidleri forms part of the highest vegetation in t\u- 

 British Isles.] Journ. But, xliii. (1905) pp. 117-20. 



Matouschek, F. — Additamenta ad Floram bryologicam IstriaB et Dalmatiae. 



(Additions to the moss-flora of lstria and Dalmatia.) 

 [Continuation.] 



Magyar Bot. Lapok, iv. (1905) pp. 24-7. 



„ ., Bryologisch - floristische Beitrage ans Mahren und Oest 



Schlesien. (Bryological floristic contributions from 

 Moravia and Austrian Silesia.) 

 [List of 77 hepatics and 232 mosses, of which 8 hepatics 

 and 17 mosses are new to the district.] 

 Verh. Naturf. Verein. Briinn, xlii. 1903 (1904) pp. 5-24. 



M igliorato, E. — Per la ricerca d'un nuovo genere di epatica (Rhizocephala) 

 rimasto inedito dal Gasparrini. (A plea for the investigation of a new genus of 

 hepatics, Rhizocephala, left unpublished by Gasparrini.) 



[Caporale's catalogue of Gasparrini's manuscripts records Rhizocephala, and 

 alludes to a drawing of it, but does not state its place of origin. Where 

 these manuscripts are preserved is uncertain, though the herbarium is at 

 Pavia. Rhizocephala is not included by Massalongo and Barsali in then- 

 lists of Italian hepatics.] Annali di Botanica, Roma, ii. (1905) 



pp. 219-220. 



Mildbraed, J., & E. TJlbrich— Zwei exkursionen nach dem Lnbow-See. (Two 

 excursions to the lake of Lubow.) 



[Contains lists of 5 hepatics and 24 mosses.] 



Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenburg, xlvi. (1905) pp. 204-10. 



Monkemeter, W.— Beitrage zur Moosflora des Erzgebirges. (Contributions to 

 the moss-flora of the Erzgebirge.) 



[The author compares the flora with that of the Fichtelgebirpe, the latter 

 beinsj richer in mosses, the former in phanerogams. He gives lists of 

 16 hepatics, 8 sphagna, 108 mosses, of whicli 31 are new to the district, 

 and 5 are varieties or forms new to science. A note on the relationship of 

 Hypnum purpura teens to II. llotx.'] 



Eedwigia, xliv. (1905) pp. 181-92. 



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