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1S34. Wells, B. W. A phenomenal shoot. Jour. Klisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 36: 15. 1920.— 

 A shoot of Paivlonia (omentosa is recorded as reaching in 1 year a height of 19 feet 5 inches 

 and a diameter of 2 feet 5 inches. — W. C. Coker. 



1S.35. Wright, Gertrude. Pit-closing membrane in Ophioglossaceae. Bot. Gaz. 69: 

 237-247. 2 pL, 6 fig. 1920. — The only torus found among the cryptogams was in Bolrychium 

 and Flelminthostachys, forms in which pits are circular, broad-bordered, and round-pored. 

 Ophioglossum has a uniform membrane, as is the case in Isoeles, Psilotum, Equisetum, and 

 Pteris, although both Strasburger and DeBary claimed that there is a torus in Pteris. The 

 form of the torus in Botrychium and Helminthostachys resembles closely the type found in 

 the lower gymnosperms, Ginkgo, and the araucarians. — //. C. Cowles. 



MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF ALGAE 



E. N. Transeau, Editor 

 L. H. Tiffany, Assistant Editor 



(See in this issue Entry 1937) 



MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF BRYOPHYTES 



Alexander W. Evans, Editor 

 (See also in this issue Entries 1533, 1535, 1967, 1968, 2058, 2066) 



1836. Chamberlain, Edward B. A catalogue of Portuguese mosses. [Rev. of : Machado, 

 AxToxio. Catalogo descritivo de briologia portuguesa. (Descriptive catalogue of Portuguese 

 mosses.) US p. Lisbon, 1919 (see Bot. Absts. S, Entry 126G).] Bryologist 24: 44-46. 1921. 

 — The reviewer sums up the work upon Portuguese bryophytes previous to the list at hand 

 and outlines the scope of Machado's work, commending the careful citation of geographic 

 distribution and the lack of "new species" but criticising the nomenclatorial changes. A 

 list of the proposed new combinations follows, and there is an attempt at correcting certain 

 of the typographic and other errors. — E. B. Chamberlain. 



1837. Dixon, H. N. Miscellanea bryologica— VII. Jour. Botany 59: 132-139. 1921.— 

 The 6th number of this series has already been abstracted (see Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 701). 

 In the present number Hypnum replicatum Hampe of Ceylon is first considered and is referred 

 to the genus Sematophyllum, under the name S. replicatum (Hampe) comb, nov., S. pilotrich- 

 elloides Card. & Dixon being included among its synonyms. Critical or distributional notes 

 on the following species are then given: Rigodium dentatum Dixon, erroneously recorded from 

 Transvaal but really based on Cape Town material; Eurhynchium meridionale De Not., 

 Tortula inermis (Brid.) Mont., Didymodon riparius (Aust.) Kindb., Discelium nudum Brid., 

 and a peculiar form of Dicranum fuscescens Turn., all of which are reported from localities 

 in the British Isles; Ectropothecium australe Jaeg. of Campbell Island, the proper name of 

 which is said to be Isopterygium. limatum (Hook. f. & Tayl.) Broth.; Barbula apoclada Par. 

 of Argentina, which should be known as B. perrevohda C. M.; Schicetschkea usartibarica Broth, 

 of East Africa; Myurium Foxivorthyii Broth, of the Philippine Islands; Fontinalis antipyretica 

 L., reported for the first time from South Africa; Hypnum secundifolium C. M. of Cape Horn, 

 which is referred to the genus Drepanocladus, under the name D. seciindifolius (C. JNI.) comb, 

 nov.; Neckera glossophylla Mitt, of India, which is reduced to synonymy under Homali- 

 odendron microdendron (Mont.) Fleisch.; Pinnatella elegantissima (Mitt.) Fleisch. of the East 

 Indies and Oceanica, which is regarded as ,a s3'nonym of P. Kuhliana (Bry. jav.) Fleisch.; 

 and Gymnostomum oranicum Rehm. of South Africa, the correct name of which is said to be 

 Weisia oranica (Rehm.) C. M. — A. W. Evans. 



1838. DouiN, Ch. La famille des C6phaloziellacees. [The family Cephaloziellaceae.] 

 M6m. Soc. Bot. France 63^5 : 1-90. PI. 1-9. 1920. — The Cephaloziellaceae represent a group 



