252 Lichenes. — Bryophyten. 



Malme, G., Lichenes suecici exsiccati, fasc. III & IV. (Stock- 

 holm 1908.) 



Includes 50 numbers, most of them collected by the publisher; 

 especialy remarkable are the following: Parmelia jarinacea Bitter, 

 Lecanora ciiprogrisea Th. Fries, Bacidia fuscoriibeUa (Hoffm.) Arn. 

 f. phaea Stitzenb. , Lecidia demarginata Nyl., Lecidia symniictella Nj^. , 

 Lecidea ocellifonnis Nyl., Lecidea hypopta Ach., Blastenia leiicoraea 

 (Ach.) Th. Fries and Pertiisaria noiens Nyl. I. Lind (Copenhagen.) 



Wainio, E. A., Lichenes in viciniis stationis hibernae 

 expeditions Vegae prope pagum Pitlekai in Sibiria 

 septentrionali a Dre. E. Almquist collecti. Praefationem 

 scripsit E. Almquist. (Arkiv för Botanik. VIII. 4. Stockholm. 

 1 Februar, 175 pp. 1909.) 



In the famous expedition of Dr. Nordenskjöld northward ot 

 Asia Dr. Almquist participated as botanist and hibernated with 

 the Vega at Pitlekai (Lat. N. 67° 7' and Long W. 173° 24') from 

 28 Sept. 1878 to July 1879. 



The preface is written in German and treats of the nature at 

 Pitlekai and the conditions, under wich the collected lichens were 

 growing. After this Wainio gives a complete monography in latin 

 of all the lichens found with their synonymy and many references. A 

 new genus is proposed, Melanaspicilia, Standing between Rinodina 

 and BueUia; it is divided in 3 sections: I. Rinodinopsis, including: 

 Buellin depressa Wain., B. rinodinea Mass., Lecanora castanoniela 

 Nyl., L. intiita Nyl., L. airopaUidida Nyl., L. iimbrinofusca Nyl., L. 

 endochrysodes Nyl., L. praefinita Nyl., L. coniopta Nyl., and L. com- 

 pensata Nyl. II. Semihiiellia including the 5 first named of the new 

 species of Melanaspicilia enumerated below and III. Btielliopsis\N\t\\ 

 1 species: Melanaspicilia Tschuctschonmt Wain. 



Besides numerous new varieties and forms of already known 

 species, the author describes the following new species: 



Ramalina Almquisti and scoparia. Parmelia nigra, Almquisti and 

 siibobscitra. Stereocaulon leprocepJialian. Lecaiiora phaeosphaeroides , 

 caesiosulphurea, testaceolivida, iorrida, Nordenskjoeldii , Palander i and 

 glaiicoatra. Pertiisana trachydactyla and brachydactyla. Placodiuni 

 polare and geogenuin. Rinodina melanconia. Melanaspicilia microplaca, 

 ectolechoides, injnciinda, dubia with var: paraleiica and \a.r: paraphaea, 

 crystallifera and Tschuctschonini. Bnellia septoitrionalis and sculptu- 

 rata. Lecidea gramimim, indigetis, albopunctata , nielaneiina, siibtra- 

 balis, speirococcoides, cheiloplaca, subJnunosa, delicaUda, siibdepressa, 

 hyphochroea, incongriiella , subcongruella , rnbigineoatra and redncens. 

 Acharospora scyphidifera and nitUtipiinctata. Arthonia physciae. Xylo- 

 grapha arctica with var: subhians and var: incrnstans. Verrucaria 

 halophiloides with form: siibcontiniia and form: firniior, naeviformis, 

 subumbrinula and fuliginea. Thelenella aeruginosa. Arthopyrenia 

 humicola. I. Lind (Copenhagen). 



Hallas, Enima, Om Oedogonium inclusuni Hirn. (Botan. Tids'skrift. 

 XXVIII. p. 211—213. Köbenhavn 1907.) 



Die Verfasserin zeigt, dass die unvollständig bekannte Art: 

 Oedogonium inclusum Hirn in der Tat nichts anderes ist als 0. ma- 

 crandriuni VVittr. form, aciiminattan Hirn, deren Oogonien von einem 

 Parasiten angegriffen sind. N. Wille. 



