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collected by the Kelp Expedition in 1913, together with other unreported Alaskan species 

 sent from time to time to the University of Washington. The species enumerated number 

 19S and the varieties 25. Caniptolhecium paulianiim Grout from St. Paul Island and Ily/mum 

 iananae Grout from Tanana are described as new species, and Aulacomnium androgynum 

 pygmaeum from Alitrofania Bay as a new variety. The following new combinations are like- 

 wise proposed: Brachythecium paciftcum (Ren. & Card.) Grout, based on B. reflexum pacijicurn 

 Ren. & Card. ; and Trachycystis pellucida (Williams), based on Bryohriilonia pellucida Williams. 

 The list includes 44 species and 11 varieties of mosses reported for the first time from Alaska. 

 Two of the species, Geheehia giganlea (Funck) Boulay and Zygodon reinwardti (Hornsch.) 

 Al. Braun, rejjresent additions to the North American flora. Critical notes are interspersed 

 throughout the article, and the recognition of the genera Geheehia and Trachycystis is suggested. 

 The figures, arranged on 4 plates, were drawn by E. B. Chamberlain and represent Bryo- 

 hrittonia pellucida, Dicranella squarrosa (Schrad.) Schimp., and Trachycystis flagellaris (Sull. 

 & Lesq.) Lindb.— r. C. Frye. 



1506. LtrisiER, A. Fragments de bryologie iberique. [Notes on Iberian bryology.] Bro- 

 teria Ser. Bot. 19: 5-11. 1921. — The 1st part of the article catalogues a collection of mosses 

 made at Ona in the province of Burgos; Campylium SommerfeldtH (Myr.) Bryhn is reported 

 for the first time from Spain, and a supplementary list indicates the species previously known 

 from the province. The 2nd portion of the article deals with the distribution on the Iberian 

 peninsula of Triquetrella arapilensis Luis., Brachymenimn lusitanicum (Luis.) Hagen, and 

 Claopodium Whippleanum Sull. — E. B. Chamberlain. 



1507. LuisiER, A. Les mousses de Madere. [Mosses of Madeira.] Broteria Ser. Bot. 

 19: 36-48. 1921. — The present installment of this series [see Bot. Absts. 7, Entry 351] com- 

 prises the keys to the 1st part of the Pottiaceae. — E. B. Chamberlain. 



1508. Meylan, Ch. Note sur une nouvelle espece de mousse. [On a new species of moss.] 

 Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 3S3-3S4. 1919.— A new species, Desmatodon Wilczekii, col- 

 lected at an altitude of 2600 m., is described. It represents a form intermediate between 

 Desmatodon and Pottia, resembling the former genus in its gametophyte and the latter in its 

 capsule. The spores measure 25-35 m and are minutely papillate. Maturing in August, the 

 operculum remains attached to the smnmit of the columella as in the genus Hymenostylium; 

 no peristome is present. — Charles Drechsler. 



MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF FUNGI, LICHENS, BACTERIA, 



AND MYXOMYCETES 



H. M. FiTZPATRicK, Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 1308, 1309, 1318, 1323, and others in 



the section Pathology) 



FUNGI 



1509. BiJL, Paul A. van der. Note on Lysurus Woodii (MacOwan) Lloyd. Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. South Africa 9: 191-193. PI. 11. 1921.— The nomenclature of Lysurus Woodii and its 

 relation to other species of the genus are discussed. — E. M. Doidge. 



1510. BijL, Paul A. van der. South African Xylarias occurring around Durban, Natal. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 9: 181-183. PI. 7-S. 1921.— Four species of Xylaria occur 

 in the neighborhood of Durban, namely Xylaria multiple.r, X. apiculata, X. anisopleura, and 

 X. polymorpha. Three of these have not been previouslv recorded from South Africa.— 

 E. M. Doidge. 



