70 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



source. The paper is illustrated with six plates in all, drawn by H. G 

 Jameson, and representing 21 of the rarer species. 



W. E. Nicholson * .supplies a list of 7 mosses and 14 hepatics, 13 of 

 which are new to the Hastings flora ; they are included in E. N. Bloom- 

 field's Annual Notes on the Local Fauna, Flora, etc., for 1911. 



Norwegian MuscineaB.f — B. Kaalaas gives an account of the bryo- 

 phytes of the Romsdal district in Norway, the result of two tours. He 

 describes the district, discusses the relation of the species to the different 

 zones, and gives an enumeration of 141 hepatics and 322 mosses. Three 

 of the species are new records for Norway, one of them being new to 

 science. 



Moss-flora of Haute-Saone. — A.Coppey J publishes a further instal- 

 ment of his phytogeographic studies of the mosses of Haute-Saone, and 

 carries on his series of notes from FontinaUs through the pleurocarpous 

 species as far as Drepanodadvs. 



Bavarian Mosses. § — A. Hammerschmid publishes a contribution to 

 the moss-fiora of Upper Bavaria, including species not previously re- 

 corded for this district, and Latin diagnoses of one species and ten 

 varieties or forms which are new to science. 



Mosses of British Columbia. |1 — A. J. Hill publishes notes on some 

 of the principal mosses of the coast region of British Columbia, princi- 

 pally as observed on the western flanks of the Cascade Mountains and 

 on the islands of the Gulf nf Georgia — a mild, humid climate. Species 

 of Mnium are perhaps the most abundant mosses in this region ; but, 

 whereas M. insigne was most widespread in one year, in the next year its 

 place was taken by M. venustum and M. glalrescens and allied species. 

 The Hyloconihnns rank next in profusion, and notes with reference to 

 some tliirty other genera and species and their habitats, etc., are added. 



Antarctic Mosses. H — J. Cardot publishes a note on the mosses 

 collected by the second French Antarctic Expedition, under the com- 

 mand of J. Charcot. The specimens were gathered by M. Gain, and 

 form the richest collection yet brought home from the antarctic region 

 proper. It includes 34 species, and adds three genera, 11 species and 

 two varieties to the antarctic moss flora, which, in consequence, now 

 totals 63 species, representing 24 genera and 13 families. New to science 

 are seven species and one variety, and diagnoses of these are given. 

 The antarctic region is poor in mosses as compared with the arctic. 

 Gain collected at 14 localities, extending from the South Shetlands to 

 Marguerite Bay, South of Loubet Land ; and Cardot gives the names of 

 the species collected at each locality. 



• Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist, i. (1911) p. 309. 



t K. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. (1910) No. 7 (figs.). See also Hedwigia, li. 

 (1911) Beibl., p. 116. 



X Rev. Bryolog., xxxviii. (1911) pp. 128-35. 

 § Mitt. Bayerisch. Bot. Ges., ii. (1911) pp. 259-62, 272-6. 

 II Bryologist, xiv. (1911) pp 103-6. 

 ^ Rev. Bryolog., xxxviii. (1911) pp. 124-7. 



