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"i. The mosses of Swedish-Lappland by Arnell and Jensen 

 contains a reference to Polytrichum gracile var. anomalum with 

 a record of its occurrence in Maine. The ecological studies and 

 tables are of much interest and the nomenclature follows that of 

 Lindberg's mosses of Scandinavia of 1879 and adopts the oldest 

 specific name and the original generic name in its primitive sense. 



"2. The non-European or exotic mosses by Dr. Georg Roth 

 as a sequel to his European mosses in which an attempt is made 

 to describe and figure all mosses from original specimens. In the 

 first part, the genus Andreaea is treated, including 102 species of 

 which 5 are North American and 28 from South America, all but 

 13 of these illustrations have been drawn from original material 

 and the cooperation of many prominent bryologists and botanical 

 institutions has been secured so that this publication will be 

 of great value to American students. 



"3. In the December number of the Journal of Botany, Mr. 

 H. N. Dixon has a new genus of mosses and a contribution to the 

 bryology of India, including some from the Mitten Herbarium. 

 As Mr. Dixon and Monsieur Cardot are the two most prominent 

 bryologists who have recently followed the 'Kew Rule' in the 

 nomenclature of mosses, we welcome the statement made on 

 page 303 that "The nomenclature of Brotherus in Engler and 

 Prantl Pflanzenfamilien has been and will be followed hereafter 

 in these lists." 



"4. In the Bulletin of the Botanical Society of France, Memoir 

 17, Monsieur Dismier has recently published a revision of Philo- 

 notis of America including 8 species and 4 subspecies from North 

 America with an extension of range northward into Florida, 

 Louisiana and Texas of P. gracillima, P. sphaerocarpa and P. 

 tenella and the description of two new subspecies P.fallax and P. 

 americana. Stations and numbers of specimens are cited in 

 detail and M. Dismier promises to continue the study of the 

 genus." 



Dr. W. A. Murrill then exhibited a specimen of an interesting 

 fungus which had grown in total darkness in a mine. It was 

 completely sterile not even having conidia. The specimen which 

 he called Elfvingia megaloma showed several regions of growth 

 corresponding to the age in years of the plant. 



