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tophyllaceae and Brachytheciaceae. Besides the usual data upon collections and local dis- 

 tribution, the author gives detailed notes upon the species or varieties listed below, all of 

 which are of restricted occurrence or little known. These species are: H omalothecium seri- 

 ceum (L.) B. & S. var. Mandoni (Mitt.) R. & C, Brachythecium CardotiWint., Oxyrrhynchium 

 orotavense R. & C, Rhynchostegiella Bourgeana (Mitt.) Broth., Rh. surrecta (Mitt.) Broth., 

 and Rhynchostegium Winteri Card. [See Bot. Absts. 6, Entry 156.] — E. B. Chamberlain. 



352. Pearson, Wm. Hy. Apolozia Pendletonii Pearson, n. sp. Bryologist 23:50-52. 

 PI. 2. 1920. — This new hepatic is related to Jungermannia cordifolia Hook. It was collected 

 at Sisson, California. — E. B. Chamberlain. 



353. Wheldon, J. A. Recent new Sphagnum records. Moss Exchange Club Ann. Rept. 

 [York] 24: 247-252. 1919. — The specimens cited represent new county records for Great 

 Britain. Thirty-four species of Sphagnum are listed, including numerous varieties and forms, 

 some of which are here reported for the first time from the British Isles. — A. W. Evans. 



354. Williams, R. S. Grimmia (Guembelia) brevirostris, sp. nov. Bryologist 23: 

 52-53. PI. 3. 1920. — A detailed description of a new species of moss from Plumas County, 

 California. — E. B. Chamberlain. 



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355. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Blanc, Georges and Gabriel Brun. [A further case of 

 black-grain mycetoma (Madura Foot) in Tunisia.] Bull. Soc. Path. Exotique. Dec. 10, 

 1919.] Jour. Trop. Med. and Hygiene 23: 43-44. 1920. — Reports the seventh case found in 

 Tunisia of Madura Foot. This is a mycetoma. The cause was found to be a fungus closely 

 related to Madurella tozeuri Nicolle and Pinoy but differing in several characters and named 

 accordingly M. tabarkae. — E. A. Bessey. 



356. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Smith, Theobald. Mycosis of the bovine foetal membranes 

 due to a mould of the genus Mucor. Jour. Exp. Med. 31: 115. 1920.] Jour. Comp. Path, 

 and Therap. 33 : 60-64. 1920. — A description of infection of foetal membranes of cattle due to 

 a species of Mucor closely related to M. rhizopodiformis. On inoculation into rabbits, it caused 

 their death. — E. A. Bessey. 



357. Anonymous. The species concept among fungi. [Rev. of: Brierly, W. B. — Trans. 

 British Mycol. Soc. 4. Sept., 1919.] Nature 104: 708. 1920.— The author protests against 

 specific descriptions based on growths as found in nature, especially for species on cultivated 

 plants. The only exact method is by quantitative data derived from cultural treatment 

 under standardized physico-chemical conditions. — 0. A. Stevens. 



358. Brierly, William B. The fungal species. [Abstract.] Rept. British Assoc. Sci. 

 1919:340-341. 1920. 



359. Castellani, Aldo. The etiology of thrush. Jour. Trop. Med. and Hygiene 23: 

 17-22. 1 pi. 1920.— The author claims that instead of the one fungus, Oidium albicans 

 Robin, many fungi in the genera Monilia, Oidium, Hemispora, Willia, Endomyces, and 

 Saccharomyces may cause this disease. The generic differences are given. The clinical varie- 

 ties of thrush are described, with the causal organism for each. — E. A. Bessey. 



