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recognizing 14 species, 6 of which are included in the present contril New 
species are described in Atylospora (11), Psathyrella (5), Psilocybe, and Cam- 
panularius. In a later paper the same author’ has described 28 new species 
from the same region in the following genera: Drosophila (8), Hypholoma, 
Gomphidius, Stropharia (2), Agaricus (13), Coprinus (4). 
MILispAuGH and SHERFF'S have discovered that the species of X. pene 
are in great confusion, and have described 5 new species, from Vermont ( 
sates arpum), New York (X. arcuatum), North Carolina (X. ee and 
xas (X. crassifolium and X. acutilobum). In the same paper a new species 
2 Solidago (S. maa) from Illinois is described. 
SmitH and SMALL’ have described a new genus (Cavea) of Compositae 
from India, in the East Fsanlora region, belonging to the Inuloideae. It is 
an extreme alpine form, its structure associating it with Pluchea, but its appear- 
ance suggesting Saussurea or Berardia. 
STEPHANI,” in continuation of his Species Hepaticarum, has completed 
Meizgeria and presented 25 other genera, ~~ with meneiee ila. A new 
genus (Kormickia) is described and 121 new species distributed among 9 genera. 
The largest genus is, Plagiochila with 187 species, 92 of which are new. The 
remaining 29 new species are distributed among the following genera: Metz- 
geria (11), Symphyogyna (3), Funicularia, Solenostoma, Jungermannia (2), 
Jamesoniella (6), Anastrophylium (3), Lophozia (2). 
Watton® has described a new genus (Eutetramorus) of algae secured from 
the plankton of a pond on the campus of Ohio State University at Columbus. 
It belongs to the Coelastraceae (Protococcoideae), the colony consisting of 
16 cells. 
ZELLER and DopcE” have monographed the genus Rhizopogon in North 
America, recognizing 12 species, 6 of which are described as new. In addition, 
15 species are presented which have not as yet been found in North America, 
but may be discovered later. Among these ‘“extra-limital” species 2 are 
described as new.—J. M. C. 
™ MurrRILL, Witttam A., The Agaricaceae of tropical North America. VIII. 
Mycologia 10:62-85. 1918. 
*s Mittspaucs, C. F., and SHerrr, E. E., New species of Xanthium and Solidago. 
Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 4:1-7. pls. 1-6. 1918. 
6 SMirn, W. W., and SmaLL, JAMEs, Cues a new genus of the Compositae from 
the East Himalaya. Trans. and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 27:119-123. pl. 5. 1917- 
"1 STEPHANI, FRANZ, Species Hepaticarum 6:49-176. 1917. 1918. 
- %8 Watton, L. B., Euletramorus globosus, a new genus 6a Pages of algae belong- 
ing to the Protococnides, Ohio Jour. Sci. 18:126—128. 
19 ZELLER, SANFORD M., and DopcGe, CarRoL. W., me in North America. 
Ann. Mo, Bot. Gard. 5:1-30. pis. 1-3. 1918. 
