252 THE BRITISH MOSS-FLORA. 



and misleading. To us, the most startling item is the entirely 

 unexplained transfer of a form of 1L Lentosa, described by 

 ourselves, from that species to R. hibemica, with which it has no 



nln^^^T V? ? ur . thinki "S> ^ils to carry out its legitimate 

 tTotJZCTx^ ° f n lngmg the ori & inal ™k »P *o date! on the 

 I™ ? tV Y ^ aUtl 1 1 ° r ' Xt Seems more like a » at tempt to sit in 

 i t J °\ ' ?°T e11 a , nd tLe rest of the Brit ^i botanists, and 

 tl ZTT iT ° P aCe H 16 Com P iler ' s na ™ as authority for the 



i T nT^ 1 '/ Species and varieties - Tlle one state- 

 ZoV V VlU b f , read WltU * reat satisfaction is, that the con- 

 J °! ° t [ tu ° work from the Comport* onwards will be undertaken 



well l™wn Z ^fTJ'^T CrUical ^owledge of our Flora is so 

 veil known to all British botanists. „ - , _, 



Jtl. « J. OrROVKS. 



The British i Moss- Flora. By R. Brmthwaitk, M.D., P.L.S. 



1 art XIV London : published by the Author. Pp. 40, 

 o plates. Price 6s. F ' 



The appearance of this part of Dr. Braithwaite's great work has 

 been anxiously looked for by all bryologists. It has been dekved 

 we much regret to learn, by the ilUstf the author. The geLra 

 dealt wi h are four-Po*/* (better known as Webera) ; s2*K5 

 (of which genua Bryum Tozeri Grev. is our British lipJJZ^iT- 

 Ptagwbryum (better known as Zieria); and Bryum in ,, ar Sif 



m oVeTftxner The ^"V* *" 5"** ^ SSSffi* 



Th s Dr BrSS and , aUth ° llty should make his ™ws public, 

 in s L»r. tfraithwaite has done in masterly fashion Paees 14S and 



are intLXir^t ""V ^n^ tW ° *^"M**S 



«n ed bv SSil "? ' f n idl ^ SpeCiGS are "bribed, and ac- 

 of Hobk ir k %f lllustrafc ' on ?- Stad «nti who use the second edition 

 ot liobiark s S,,noj>ns will find several modifications of, and additions 

 to, the arrangement, n/l.w^ ;~ *u„4. i_ ™, ' . auuiiions 



arrangement 



Thus Pohlia euctUUtta 



Bruch has be.i founding WeeTof 53* P. SST 



in a sterile state on Ben Lomond; *W* /«,/' mST £= 



B/7/mmi /atf«* Milde in Sussex 



35a w jss r^rwEffs cuss 



Hchimn ft,™/,,, «-i ; • w-i as , s y non y i ns Webera comnnttata 



latrTingSu^S": "A^SZl*- ****. «- 



as tf.yW,,,) is referred bv Dr B r. I -7 g * E rrone ou8ly.quote«l 



et Schimn t£7™ ■* «, y •/' ^^waite to B. jntrpurascem Br. 



bu " ™ mow stStVrf q p tG agre6S W l th Norwegian specimens," 



-SbiluC t U Sctmp noTT'"" ^f b ' £ u th6 Same aS * 

 Liidh i» P ; oonimp., not B. pendulum Schimp. ii. a (fine 



alpine variety />'. n>,™L Ho™S ~i • ? Soh,m P" a " d has as ita 

 " /,',•»,/«, />„ •• o i • ^-o 11180 "-. which occurs on Ben Lawers 



Th. rare B. jZffi^ ^&frt S^T 'JST^f- ™ ■ GUem3ey ; 

 from Ben Nev. S and Westmore and I P " DcVOUBb ' re ' ls «wrf^ 



