734 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



contention. One of these species, Grimmiu inulrmoides Limpr., other- 

 wise recorded only from Tyrol and Salzburg, he discusses critically. It 

 is a peculiar moss, showing some of the characters of Andrecea ; but it 

 is a Grimmiu in view of its anatomy. Its nearest European ally is 

 G. torqvata. The differential characters of these two species are shown 

 in parallel columns. The distinguishing - characters of' G.funalis var. 

 epUifera, Schistidium teretinerve and G. Hoteingeri are made clear. 



Jungermannia in New England.* — A. Lorenz records four species 

 of Jungermannia as growing at Waterville, New Hampshire, a non- 

 calcareous region ; and these four are the only species known to occur in 

 New England. The commonest is -/. lanceolata, reported from all the 

 New England states. Living on rocks or humus, it is independent of 

 the subsoil. The other three species grow on rock or talus, and avoid 

 limestone. The subalpine species of J. sphmrocarpa occurs on wet 

 granite ledges, facing north, at 2500 ft. altitude, mixed with Marsivpella 

 emargmata, Lophozia alpestris, etc. ./. pumila grows on large granite 

 stones in a river just above the water-line. J, cordifolia occurs at the 

 same station, which is at an elevation of 1500 ft. It is thought that 

 other species of the genus remain to be discovered in the White 

 Mountains. 



New Descriptions of Hepaticae.j — F. Stephani continues his Species 

 Hepaticarum, that is, his series of descriptions of new species and 

 re-descriptions of old species under the successive genera, namely, 

 Chihisr i/pli us (137 species described), Geocalyx (3), Saccogyna (10), 

 JackieUa (4), Wettsteinia (1), Protoccpludozia (1), Pteropsiella (1), Schiff- 

 iieria (2), Zoopsia (9), Cepladozia (133), Xowellia (3), Alobiella (13), 

 Hygrobiella (6), Piyafettoa (1), Pleuroclada (2), Lembidium (5), Odonto- 

 schism (29), Adelanthus (10), Marsupidium (8), Calypogeia (62), 

 Mastiyobryum (103) (of this genus about 230 species remain over to be 

 described). Nearly 140 of these descriptions represent new species. 



New West Indian Lejeuneas.J — A. W. Evans supplements the 

 series of papers, in which during the past six years he has presented 

 detailed studies of more than fifty species of Lejeuneas collected in 

 Puerto Rico, by publishing detailed descriptions of six new species of 

 Lejeuneae gathered in the West Indies other than Puerto Rico. One 

 species from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica is made the type of a new 

 genus, Leiolejeunea grandiflora. The other species treated are : Trachy- 

 hjeunea dilatata, Harpalejevnea reflexida, Odontolejmnea longispica, 

 Brachiolejeunea bahamensis, Symbirziiliinn laceratum. 



Thalloid Hepatieae of Java.§ — D. H. Campbell gives an account 

 of his trip to Java in search of thalloid hepatica?. His collecting 

 grounds were chiefly in the vicinity of the botanic garden of Buitenzorg 

 (altitude under 1000 ft.) on Mount Gedeh, at the mountain garden of 



* Torreya, viii. (1908) pp. 55-6. 



f Butt. Herb. Boiss., viii. (1908) pp. 49-64; 125-48; 205-20; 267-82; 371-5; 

 426-36; 483-514; 561-608; 661-96; 745-76. 



% BuU. Torrev Bot. Club, xxxv. (1908) pp. 371-89 (3 pis.). 

 § Torreya, viii. (1908) pp. 103-10. 



