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rights in its publication are reserved " — a caveat somewhat un- 

 generous and unscientific, especially as ho himself has not hesi- 

 tated to select from this Journal sucli information as he thinks 

 it desirable to convey to his readers. Incidentally it is to be 

 regretted that more care has not been taken in transcription : 

 e. g. the statement that Hyiiericum calycinum was " found by 

 T. Brewer in 1730 at Bradford, Wilts "— S. should be substituted 

 for T. and Yorks for Wilts ; we note too that to this and other 

 items " Editor" is attached — it is not easy to see why this sub- 

 stitution is made, as the communications so indicated are signed 

 by the writer in the Journal. Our notice of Henry Peirson w^as 

 presumably overlooked, as no reference is made to it and the 

 name is misspelt " Pierson." Perhaps the most interesting note 

 is that on Lycoijodium complanatwn, in which Dr. H. Takeda, 

 who has been working at the genus, states that the plant origin- 

 ally recorded and figured in this Journal (1882, 321, t. 233) under 

 that name, and subsequently regarded as a form of L. alpinmn, 

 really represents that species. The plant has long since dis- 

 appeared from its original locality in Woodchester Park, where it 

 only occurred in small quantity, but Dr. Takeda has identified 

 specimens from several localities as L. comi')lanatum. There is 

 much matter worthy of note, some of which suggests criticism, 

 but as no copy of the Eeport has reached us for notice we must 

 content ourselves with calling attention to its appearance. We 

 had hoped to find some information as to the constitution of the 

 " Botanical Society," of which Mr. Druce is not only the " sole 

 begetter " but apparently the only official. 



Some very interesting " Fragments de Bryologie Iberique ' 

 {Broteria, Serie Botanica, vol. xi (1913), pp. 135-143, and vol. xiii 

 (1915), pp. 149-157) are the outcome of the Eev. A. Luisier's 

 bryological explorations in Spain and Portugal, and they fall under 

 eight headings : — (1) The genus Triquetrella in Europe. T. ara- 

 jnlensis is a Spanish species of a genus hitherto found only in 

 Australasia, South Africa, and Patagonia. The plant is described 

 and figured. (2) Bruchia vogesiaca Schw. in Portugal — a very 

 rare species recorded from three or four stations only. (3) Didy- 

 modon Ehrenbergii Kindb. [Trichostomwii Lorentz). This is 

 another rarity ; to its previous stations — Sinai and Marseilles — is 

 now added Saragossa. (4) The genus Claopoditmi in Spain. C. 

 Wliippleamim (Sull.) Een.' & Card., var. cavernicolum Luis., a 

 new variety from Salamanca, is conspecific with Leskea algarvica 

 Schimp., discovered by the late Count Solms-Laubach at Mon- 

 chique in 1866, which after much discussion has been declared to 

 be identical with Claopodium Wliippleanum of the United States. 

 (5) Desmatodon meridionalis, a new species from the south of 

 Portugal, described and figured. (6) A further note on Triquetrella 

 arajnleiisis ; two new stations. (7) The genus Brachymeniuin in 

 Europe. Hitherto confined to tropical and subtropical regions 

 this genus is now represented by B. lusitanicicm in Portugal, a new 

 species described and figured by Hagen. (8) New species for the 

 Spanish flora — nine additions to the list of mosses of the Iberian 

 Peninsula recently published by Casares Gil. — A. G. 



