572 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



42 species, five of which are new, from the upper parts of the mountain ; 

 the other consisting of 19 species, one of which is new, from the lower 

 slopes. They were collected by him during his expedition, undertaken 

 on behalf of the National Museum at Rio de Janeiro, in May to July 

 1902 ; the specimens were determined by Stephani. 



Bryophytes of Norfolk Island.* — J. H. Maiden, in his account of 

 the Flora of Norfolk Island, publishes a list of eight mosses and ten 

 hepatics that have been recorded as occurring in the island. 



Japanese Muscinese.f — F. Stephani publishes lists of hepatics from 

 the provinces of Kai and Tosa, amounting in all to 76 species. 

 F. Stephani and Y. F. Brotherusf give lists of 17 hepatics and 41 

 mosses respectively, all collected on Mount Koya. Gr. Kono § gives an 

 account of two new mosses, Grimmia Konoi and Brachythecium Konoi, 

 both named by Brotherus. The text is in Japanese. J. Matsumura || 

 publishes an index of Japanese plants with the species arranged alpha- 

 betically under their classes. The habitat, Japanese name, citations of 

 literature, synonyms, and a bibliography are added. The hepatics 

 number 240 species, and the mosses 725. 



New Species of Sphagnum. *[ — C. Warnstorf describes seven new 

 species and a new variety of Sphagnum, all collected by Mosen in Brazil, 

 and preserved in the Stockholm Botanical Museum. Their main cha- 

 racters are figured in the text, and the species belong to the groups 

 acutifolium, sub secundum, and cymbifolium. 



European Species of Philonotis.** — L. Loeske publishes a critical 

 revision of the European species of Philonotis. In a paper in the same 

 journal a few months previously, he showed by a few examples how in- 

 adequately some forms of this difficult genus have been treated in the 

 past. Since then he has examined numerous specimens sent to him by 

 leading bryologists who have pressed for his opinion. He has accord- 

 ingly put together his principal results in the present paper, his projected 

 monograph being postponed for the present. He recognises twelve 

 European species as valid : — P. rigida Brid., P. marchica Brid., P. media 

 Bryhn, P. Arnellii Husnot, P. Ryani Philib., P. caespitosa Wils., 

 P. Osterivaldii Warnst., P. tomentella Molend. (including P. borealis 

 Limpr. and P. anceps Bryhn), P. fontana Brid., P. seriata Lindb., 

 P. calcarea Schimp., P. Schliephackei Roell. Each of these is critically 

 discussed, and its synonymy is appended. 



Riccardia major.jf — Y. Schiffner publishes some observations on 

 Riccardia major S. 0. Lindb., being a vindication of his views on the 

 great value of characters' founded on the structure of the sporogonial 

 wall, characters upon which the late Abbe Boulay had cast some doubt. 



* Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, xxviii. (1903-4) pp. 740-1. 



t Tokyo Bot. Mag., xx. (1906) pp. 52-4. 



t Tom. cit., pp. 64-65. § Tom. cit., pp. 79-82. 



|| Index Plantarum Japonicarum. Tokio : Maruzen, 1904, i. pp. 222-83, 368-82. 



% Beih. Bot. Centralbl., xx. (1906) pp. 128-39 (figs.). 

 •* Hcdwigia, xlv. (1906) pp. 195-212. 

 ft Oesterr. Bot. Zeit., lvi. (1906) pp. 169-74. 



