60 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



in German New Guinea by E. Werner, and the other sent from Buru in 

 the Molucca Islands by K. Deninger. Six of the New Guinea species 

 have never been described before, and one of them represents a new 

 genus — Werner lobryum, the type of a new family. Notes on distribu- 

 tion and critical remarks are added. 



Bryophyta of Fiji.* — A. Gepp contributes a list of twenty-six 

 mosses and twenty-five hepatics to L. S. Gibbs's account of the Montane 

 flora of Fiji. The specimens were mostly gathered at Nadarivatn, 

 and at altitudes ranging between 2700 and 4000 feet. One new 

 hepatic is described. 



Some Forms of Drepanocladus.f — F. Renauld publishes notes on 

 some forms of Drepanocladus or Harpidla. He discusses critically 

 D. fluitans var. serratus, var. submersus, var. Lindbergii, var. Mildei. 

 He considers that var. Lindbergii is distinct from var. submersus, but is 

 less capable of being adequately distinguished from var. Mildei. He 

 discusses also the mode of inflorescence of var. Lindbergii. He pro- 

 vides a table of the groups of varieties established in Drepanocladw 

 fluitans and D. exannidatus. 



Drepanocladus furcatus4 — G. Roth replies briefly to the criticisms 

 of L. Loeske and W. Monkemeyer concerning his views of Drepanocladus 

 furcatus, and in support of his own position quotes some appreciative 

 remarks by Renauld. 



Some Critical Species of Pohlia.§ — Winter publishes an account 

 of his observations of the four critical species, Pohlia commutata, 

 P. gracilis, P. cucullata, and P. carlnata, discussing the various forms 

 of each, their habitats and distribution, and the minute differences 

 between them. 



Bryum arvernense.|| — I. Douin gives a description and figure of 

 Bryum arrcrnense, a new species collected on Puy-de-l)6me, and re- 

 sembling B. argenteum in habit, but probably allied to B. Blindil. Its 

 systematic position is uncertain until its sporogonium has been found 

 and studied. There are numbers of other receutly created species in 

 the same genus which have no better claim to be regarded as valid 

 species. The whole genus is in a chaotic condition, incomprehensible 

 to all bryologists. 



Some Bryological Rarities. 1f — I. Gyorffy gives an account of 

 some bryological rarities. 1. Certain endoi'hizoid cells which occur at 

 the foot of the sporogonium of Molendoa Hornscliucltlana he figures. 

 The same thing has been found in Diphyscium, Buxbaumla, and Eriopus 

 remotifolius. 2. A monstrous form of the sporogonium of Dicranum 

 Blyttii in the Hohen Tatra. The seta forks above and bears two 

 capsules. 



* Journ. Linn. Soc, xxxix. (1909) pp. 189-9G. 

 t Rev. Brvolog., xxxvi. (1909) pp. 129-38. 



% Hedwigia, xlix. (1909) p. 106. § Tom. cit., pp. 54-65(2 pis.). 



|| Rev. Bryolog., xxxvi. (1909) pp. 153-4. 

 i Hedwigia, xlix. (1909) pp. 101-5 (pi.). 



