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Smith, A. L., Cläre Island Survey. Part 14, Lichenes. 

 (Proc. Roy. Irish Aead. XXXI. 1911.) 



After a few introductory remarks on the localities in which the 

 lichens were collected, a list is given of the species found in the 

 district. The list is avowedly not complete but it Claims to be repre- 

 sentative. No new species are described. 



O. V. Darbishire (Bristol). 



Smith, A. L., New Lichens. (Journ. of Bot. IL. p. 41—44. 1911.) 



The following are the new species described: Lecidea pleiospora, 

 Gongylia viridis, Microglaena Larbalestierii, M. Holliana, Artopyrenia 

 are>iiseda, A. foveolata, A. Crombiei, Leptorhaphis Carrollii, Micro- 

 thelia dispora and Porina Curnowii. 0. V. Darbishire (Bristol). 



Cardot, J., Les Mousses de l'Expedition Nationale Ant- 

 arctique Ecossaise. (Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh. XL VIII. 

 p. 67—82. (1911). Also Scott. Nat. Antarctic Exp. Rep. III. Bot. 

 Edinburgh, p. 55-69. 3 pl. 1912.) 



The author gives an account of the mosses collected by the 

 Scottish Antarctic Expedition (1902—4) on Gough Island, Laurie 

 Island, and Ascension. Gough Island, or Diego Alvares is 

 near to Tristan d'Acunha; its moss-nora was previously quite 

 unknown; 21 species were found there; and the new species are: 

 Spliagmun Scotiae Card., Trematodon intermixtus Card., Dicranella 

 sp. (planta mascula), Campylopus Alvaresianus Card., Rhacomitrium 

 subnigritum (C. M.) Par. var. alvaresianum Card., Brynni tenellicaule 

 Card., B. snbidinerve Card., Bartramia stenobasis Card., Thuidium 

 alvaresiamtm Card., Isopteryginm Brownii Card., /. ambignum Card., 

 Brachythecium pallidoflavens Card., Rhynchostegium isopterygiodes 

 Card. 



Of 6 species brought from Ascension Island 3 are new: 

 Dicranella pygmaea Card., Hyophila Ascensionis Card., Philonotis 

 pergracilis Card. 



Laurie Island in the South Orkney group belongs to the 

 Antarctic region proper, and provided 10 species, which raise the 

 total of its moss-fiora to 14 species. A. Gepp. 



Takeda, H„ New forras of Mertensia from the Far East. 

 (Journ. of Bot. p. 222—223. 1911.) 



The author describes one new subspecies and one new variety: 

 M. maritima, Don, sub-sp. asiatica and M. rivularis, DC, var. 

 japonica. W. G. Craib (Kew). 



Watts, W. W., The Ferns of Lord Howe Island. (Abstr. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, p. III. Jury 31*t 1912.) 



During a two months' stay, last year, Mr. Watts collected spe- 

 cimens of the unique fern-flora of the island. The paper indicated 

 the species to be found on the northern hüls, in the central area, 

 and at the southern end of the Island, where Mts. Lidgbird 

 and Gower rise to a height of 2,500 and 2,800 ft. respectively. 

 The plateau on the top of Mt. Gower is the home of a number of 

 beau tiful species to be found nowhere eise. Among the ferns col- 



