220 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



almost equals Sphagnum in its absorptive capacity. Mucilaginous 

 lichens have great power of swelling up, and so of absorbing and 

 retaining water. 



Bachmann, E. — Die Flechten des Vogtlandes. (Lichens of Vogtland.) 



[Of 278 species only 185 were crustaceous forms, owing to the lack of lime- 

 stone and old trees.] 



Abh. Nat. Gcs. Isis, Dresden, 1909, pp. 23-42. 

 See also Hcdwigia, Beibl.,xlix. (1910) p. 107. 



Harm and — Notes relatives a la Lichenologie du Portugal. 



[431 species are listed, collected chiefly by R P. Cordeiro in the neighbour- 

 hood of Seterbal.] Bull. Soc. Bot, France, lvi. (1909). 



Havaas, Jo han — Beitrage zur Kenntnis der westnorwegischen Flechtenflora. 

 (Contributions to the study of the West Norwegian lichen-flora.) 

 [The list includes some species and varieties new to science.] 



Bergens Museums, Aarborg, i. (1909) pp. 1-36. 

 See also Bot. Zeit,, lxviii. (1910) pp. 15-16. 



Hue— Le Mastoidea tessellata Hook. fil. and Harv. 



[A controversy as to the nature of the plant has been settled by the de- 

 velopment of lichen fruits.] 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lvi. (1909) 8 pp. (5 figs.). 

 See also Bot. Centralbl, cxi. (1909) p. 622. 

 „ Lichens. 



[An account of some lichens collected at Tangiers, with a discussion of 

 the systematic value of Roccella 2~>oiicntosa.'] 



Act. Soc. Linn. Bord., lxiii. (1809) 4 pp. 

 See also Bot. Centralbl, cxi. (1909) p. 623. 



Mahew, J.— Notes relatives a la Cryptogamie de l'Espagne. Les Lichens du 

 Montserrat. 



[Seventy-seven species of lichens from Montserrat, including an exotic 

 species, Polucauliona maheui.'] 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lvi. (1909) 19 pp. (3 figs.). 



Marc, F. — Catalogue des Lichens recueillies dans le massif de l'Argoual et le 

 bassin superieur de la Dourbie. (Lichens collected on the heights of Argoual 

 and the upper basin of the Dourbie.) Acad. Int. Bot,, xviii. (1908) 98 pp. 



See also Bot. Centralbl, cxiii. (1910) pp. 20-1. 



Petrow, J. P.— Die Flechten des Moskauer Districts. (The lichens of the Moscow 

 district.) 



[The author records twenty-two species, and a further list of fourteen.] 



Bull. Jard.Imp. Bot, St. Pe'tersbourg , ix. (1909) pp. 73-90. 

 See also Hedivigia, Beibl., xlix. (1909) p. 64. 



Wainio, E. A.— Lichenes insularum Philippinarum I. (Lichens from the Philip- 

 pine Islands.] 



TA number of new species, shrubby and leafy lichens, are included in this 

 list.] Phil. Journ. Sci., iv. (1909) pp. 651-62. 



Mycetozoa. 

 (By A. Lorrain Smith.) 



Text-Book of Mycetozoa.*— C. Torrend tells us in his preface that 

 his projected list of fifty-one species observed by him in Portugal gave 

 place to a full account of all the known members of the group. Seeing 

 there was no complete work on the Mycetozoa in French, he now pub- 

 lishes the complete account in the French language. He begins by 



* Flore des Myxomycetes, S. Fiel (1909) 270 pp. (9 pis.). 



