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REVIEWS 



Recent Bulletins of the State Qeological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut* 



The State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connect- 

 icut published in 1905 " A preliminary report on the Hymeniales 

 of Connecticut," by Edward Albert White, and "The Ustilag- 

 ineae or smuts of Connecticut," by George Perkins Clinton. In 

 the latter part of 1908 there appeared notable continuations of 

 the published results of the botanical survey of that state in " A 

 preliminary report on the algae of the fresh waters of Connect- 

 icut " by Herbert William Conn and Lucia Washburn (Hazen) 

 Webster, and "The bryophytes of Connecticut" by Alexander 

 William Evans and George Elwood Nichols. The report on the 

 fresh-water algae consists essentially of brief synopses of the 

 classes and orders, keys to the genera and short descriptions of 

 them, the names of the species found, and, with few exceptions, 

 figures of all the species collected by the writers within the limits 

 of the state. A few species are admitted on the authority of 

 Hazen and of Setchell, and the names of a considerable number 

 from the " Phycological notes of Isaac Holden," published by 

 F. S. Collins in Rhodora, have been introduced in brackets. 

 The Cyanophyceae and Characeae are included, but no attempt 

 is made to treat the Diatomaceae. The treatment of the Chara- 

 ceae is, however, very inadequate, only one species and that an 

 unnamed one being figured. The authors have evidently not 

 made use of the monographs of T. F. Allen and of C. B. Robin- 

 son, in which Connecticut materials are mentioned. The authors 

 appear to have devoted their attention largely to the Conjugatae. 

 Under Spirogyra, Zygnema, Clostermm, Cosmariiim, Staurastruin, 

 and Micrasterias, numerous species are listed and figured, but 

 under genera like Cladophora, Oedogonium, and Vaiiclieria, which 

 may reasonably be supposed to be well represented in Connect- 

 icut, the lists are confined to two or three species each. For the 



*Conn, H. W., & Webster, L. \V. A preliminary report on the algae of the 

 fresh waters of Connecticut. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Conn. Bull. 10: 

 1-78. //. 1-44. 1908. 



Evans, A. W., & Nichols, G. E. The bryophytes of Connecticut. State Geol. 

 and Nat. Hist. Surv. Conn. Hull, ii : 1-203. 1908. 



