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343. WissELiNGH, C. VAN. Bijdragen tot de kennis van de zaadhuid. Tiende bijdrage. 

 Over de zaadhuid van Reseda luteola L., Parnassia palustris L., Viola odorata L., Daphne mez- 

 ereum L., Eleagnus edulis Siebold, Aucuba japonica Thunb. en Pirola rotundifolia L. [Contribu- 

 tions to a knowledge of the seed coat. Tenth contribution.] Pharm. Weekbl. 58: 298-308, 

 326-342. PI. 2, fig. 22. 1921. — In continuation of the author's previous studies [see Bot. 

 Absts. 3, Entries 2453, 2809; 8, Entries 444, 445], the ovules of the above species are described, 

 particular attention being paid to the structure and development of the integuments in the 

 ovule and to the changes which they undergo as the ovule ripens into the seed. Cuticles and 

 cork layers are especially studied. — H. Engelhardt. 



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344. Church, A. H. Thallassiophyta and the subaerial transmigration. Bot. Mem. 

 [Oxford] 3. 95 -p. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 7, Entry 2007. 



345. DisMiER, G. Notes sur les Fissidens serrulatus Brid. et Fissidens polyphyllus Wils 

 [Notes on Fissidens serrulatus and F. polyphyllus.] Rev. Bryologique 47: 54-56. 1920. — 

 The geographical distribution and differential characters of Fissidens serrulatus and F. 'poly- 

 phyllus are discussed, emphasis being laid on certain anatomical features first pointed out 

 by BoTTiNi. So far as France is concerned the distribution of F. serrzdatus is essentially 

 Mediterranean, while that of F. polyphyllus is exclusively oceanic. — A. W. Evans. 



346. Herzog, Th. Beitrage zur Bryogeographie Siidosteuropas. [Contributions to the 

 bryogeography of southeastern Europe.] Krypt.Forsch. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Miinchen 4:274-298. 

 1919. — The author participated with a German unit in military operations in the Balkans 

 during the late war. As opportunity offered he made bryological observations and collections. 

 The paper is divided into 2 parts, of which the 1st deals with Macedonia and the 2nd with the 

 Transylvanian Alps of the Rumanian border. Lists of mosses and hepatics are given, together 

 with a discussion of points of geographical and ecological interest. The Macedonian flora 

 is primarily Mediterranean, that of the Rumanian mountains northern. As new species 

 (both from the Cherna bend region of Macedonia) appear Orthotrichum insidiosum and 

 Mielichhoferia paradoxa, the latter supposedly a relict of an ancient tropical or subtropical 

 flora. — A. LeRoy Andrews. 



347. PoTiER de la Varde, R. Contribution a la fiore bryologique du Kikouyou (Afrique 

 orientale anglaise). [Contribution to the bryological flora of Kikuyu (British East Africa).] 

 Rev. Bryologigue 47: 49-54. 6 fig. 1920. — This report is based on a collection made by 

 J. Soul in the vicinity of Nairobi, during the years 1912 and 1913. The species listed number 

 29, full data regarding localities being given under each. The following species are described 

 as new and figured: Anomobryum sulcatum Th6r. & P. de la V., Bryum Soulii Th6r. & P. 

 de la v., Hylophila acuminata Broth. & P. de la V., Philonotis Soulii P. de la V., and Tortella 

 Therioti Broth. & P. de la V. Two new varieties are likewise described and the capsule of 

 Lindbergia patentifolia Dixon, hitherto unknown, is figured. — A. W. Evans. 



