ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 613 



Bryophyta. 

 (By A. Gepp.) 



British Moss-flora.* — Dr. R. Braithwaite issues the final part of his 

 illustrated monograph on the mosses of the British Isles. Begun in 

 1880, the work has been steadily carried out, and now forms the 

 most elaborate memoir that has been published on the British Mosses. 

 The classification and nomenclature are principally those which were 

 established by S. 0. Lindberg. The illustrations, synonymy, cited 

 literature, distribution of the species, are very fully treated. The 

 present part of the work contains the end of the Neckeracese — Neckera, 

 Ahia, Climacium, Fontinalis, Antitrichia, Leiicodon, Cryphcm, Hedivigia ; 

 and in a supplement are 24 species which have been added to our flora 

 since the earlier text was printed. The general index completes the 

 book, and shows that 622 species are recognised in the moss-flora. 



Ceratolejeunea.t — A. W. Evans devotes one of his papers on the 

 HepaticEe of Puerto Rico to this genus. He traces out the history of 

 the genus, shows that it is chiefly resident in the mountain forests of 

 tropical America, refers to its creeping habit and deep pigmentation, and 

 then describes in detail the structure of the leaves and lobules and the 

 :special characters of the four-horned perianth. One new species is 

 established, and four others are carefully re-described and annotated. 



Andrews, A. L — Additions to the Bryophytic Flora of West Virginia. 



[A list of 33 mosses and 15 hepatics.] Bryologist, viii. (1905) pp. 63-5. 



Bottiki, A. — Frammenti di Briologia italiana. (Fragments of Italian bryology.) 

 [Lists of 38 mosses of the Abruzzo and 63 mosses of the Campagna, several 

 being new to those districts.] 



Webbia, edited by U. Martelli (Firenze, 1905) pp. 17-24. 



Britton, E. G. — A long-lost Genus to the United States— Erpodium (Brid.) CM. 

 [E. biseriatum, originally described as a hepatic, Lejeunia biseriata, by 

 Austin in 1869, and transferred by him to the mosses in 1877, has remained 

 in oblivion ever since. The type, which was collected near Augusta, 

 Georgia, in 1845 by Sullivant, has lately been found in Columbia Univer- 

 sity Herbarium.] ' Bryologist, viii. (1905) p. 7L 



Cardot, J., & I. Theriot. — New or Unrecorded Mosses of North America. 



[Descriptions of five new species and varieties.] Tom. cit„ pp. 71-3. 



Casares-Gil, A. — Nota briologica. (Bryological note.) 



[Catalogue of 16 hepatics and 22 mosses which appear new for the flora of 

 Spain] Bol. Real Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat. v. (1905) pp. 175-9 . 



Rev. Bryol, xxxii. (1905) p. 84, 



Cocks, Ll. J.— Supplementary Report on Mosses. 



[List of 91 of the rarer mosses collected during an excursion of four days on 

 the Breadalbane mountains at the end of July 1900.] 



Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh, xxii. (1901) pp. 41-5. 



• British Moss-flora, xxiii. (May 1905) pp. 201-74, pi. cxxi.-cxxviii. London, 

 published by the author. 



t Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, xxxii. (1905) pp. 273-90 (2 pis.). 



