BOTANICAL GAZETTE 151 
CURRENT LITERATURE. 
Manual of the Mosses of North America. By Leo Lesquereux and Thomas P. 
James. Boston: S. EK. Cassino & Co., 1884. pp. 447, pl. 6. 
The recent publication of this work is an important and valuable addition 
to our bryological literature, and can not fail to be hi hly appreciated by those 
interested in the study of mosses. It is in the form Ze 
found within the limits of the United States, British America, Alaska and 
Greenland are fully described; those found in Mexico, although properly 
within the limit of the work are excluded. 
.,')2€n work on the Manual was commenced, Mr. Lesquereux, owing to 
failing sight, was obliged to leave the examination of specimens to Mr. James; 
t i the work was continued and fin- 
Mr. T. Renauld, an eminent French bryologist. Mr. Sereno Watson 
also rendered valuable assistance in the work. : 
Manual includes the advances made in bryological investigations since 
the publications of the late Mr. W. S. Sullivant. The classification adopter 
iS mainly according to Schimper. It is to be regretted, however, that the habi- 
tats in many instances are deficient and do not represent the well-known ranges 
of the Species. In the following notes I h d red 
The species referred to from Colorado were collected by Mr. T. 8S. randegee, 
and are represented in my herbarium; a list of some of these was published in 
~ eee of the U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey of the Territorizs by Hayden, 
+ 1, No. 3. 
The varieties Torre anum and plumosum of Sphagnum cuspidatum, are 
aati in Southern New Jersey. eerste Liarlbargti; —— (Allen). 
is is, I believe, the first time it has been found fruiting. This species also oc- 
rat Filotida.. Sphagnum cyclophyllum and sedoides, Adirondack Mts. 
a , 
(Peck) Sphagnum Pylesii, Labrador (Allen). Andrea rupestris, igh 
Mwy » Penn. (Woll u he generic name Micromitrium, Austin in Musci 
Ppalach. 1870, has also been adopted by Schimper for a very different moss 
exico, vide omus Bryologie Mexicane, par le, 1871. 
ti cording to these respective dates, Austin’s name would claim priority. Aus- 
in” howey o change it to Sympoma and Lindberg to Nanomitrium, 
va: vigg bl cont n. Oreoweisia serrulata is not rare in P - 
1a, Catski Mountains, Watkins Glen, N. Y., et au abdoweisia 
i 
- = anstield, Vt., and Ausable Chasm, N. Y. zg y. 
side serratum, Colorado (Brandegee). ’Dicranella debilis, Texas (Rau). Fis- 
. ens obtusifolius, Colorado (Brandegee). Octoblepharum albidum, — 
atodon 
_—_ 
Pringle). Cynodontium — 
Bee). | 
tng mens to both authors, the habitat is meagerly gi In Austin’s Suppl. to 
L gerly given. In 
banks, oat No. 505, the habitat of this moss is given as follows: lay 
thlehem, Penn’ (Rau) ; Ohio (Beardslee) ; also Canada and westward 
