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Lesqiiereux and Thos. P. James, with a supplement by W. P. Schimp 

 er. — In the prefatory note it is said tliat the new species of mosses 

 described have been received from various sources since the death of 

 Mr. Sullivant and the publication of the Supplement to the Icones 

 Muscorum. On a recent visit by Mr. James to Europe, he took with 

 him not only specimens of these species, but also of many of those 

 recently described as new in the scientific periodicals of this country, 

 for the purpose of critically re-examining the whole in co-operation 

 with Prof. W. P. Schimper, of Strasburg, Seventeen -species are de- 

 scribed, ten of which come from the south, seven being from Florida. 



Characese Amcrianifr, by Timothy F. Allen, A. M,, M. D., Part I. — 

 This consists of a handsome colored plate of Chara gymnopus, A. Br., 

 var. clcgans, A. Br.,. with a page of letter press. It is well executed 

 and we hope that other parts will speedily follow. 



Catalogue of the Flowering Plaids, Ferns and Fungi growing in the 

 vicinity of Cincinnati, by J. F.James — This catalogue is from the 

 Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, April, 1879. 

 The list of Fungi has been taken from Mr. Lea's catalogue, published 

 in 184:9, and now out of print. Part of the nomenclature has been 

 brought up to date, Watson's Bibliographical Index being followed 

 as far as published. Through Filices, 898 species are listed. To this 

 is added Lea's catalogue of 319 Fungi, making quite a respectable 

 showing for Cincinnati botanists. Future investigations may yield 

 many more species and some may need to be verified, as for instance 

 Cyperus Lancastriensis, Porter. Care.c Mush'ngumensis, Schw. should 

 have been written C. aricla, Schw. & Torr. and some other names after 

 Cowpositsc might have been changed, but the catalogue is a good one 

 and is a step in the right direction. 



Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, April. — C. F. Austin in his 

 notes on Hepaticology describes nine new species of Liverworts. 

 Under the title of "New or little-known Ferns of the United States," 

 Prof. D. C. Eaton gives Acliantum tenerunu Swartz, Pteris Cretica^ L., 

 P. serrulata^ L. fil., Asplenium ebeneuni., var. proliferum, and Opliioglos- 

 sum vulgatmn, Plumier. 



C. F. Wheeler reports grooving near Hubbardston, Michigan, Dra- 

 ha Caroliniana^ Walt., and Utricularia resupinata, Green, neither of 

 which have been before noticed in that state. 



