88 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
morium is described as ‘‘ Fungus spicatus coccineus celine 
issima 
a Ms. in the public library at Malta. It seems probable, though 
Gicehorn con not say definitely, that the ‘ Brevis Notitia’ is also to 
be found ther 
It is otiisnk that our MS. is a copy of this, the number of spe- 
cies included being the same; the copy, however, was made by we 
one uae with botanical terminology, a number of the n 
being misspelt. A reference to Allegranza’s ay creme will doubilels 
supply ul information as to this little-known botan 
e not seen Cavyallini’s Pugillus: according to ‘Glohoth (l.¢.), 
it pponitee mainly of Bonamicus’ ‘ Notitia,’ with the addition of 
83 plants and a preface,” and is therefore not a mere copy of Buon- 
amici’s list. James Britten. 
SHORT NOTES. 
Evans (unger mania gutta Lindb. nell, Muse. Asie bor 
1888, p. 51). Discovered by M r George Sable on decaying wood 
at Ballochbine, hentia ge. July, 1 his species, which 
appears to be confined to decaying So: was accompanied by 
Cephalozia hte and Blepharostoma ~ ig ie a It is con- 
sidered by some botanists to be a variety of the plant named by 
Nees as J. er wre oleuca, which is Pastily now considered as 
being only a form of J. ventricosa ; but Lindberg and Arnell’s plant 
seems fairly well entitled to specific ra nk. At the time of gathering 
Mr. Stabler thought that the plant was distinct, but the species had 
not been described at that time. 
Opowtoscuisma Macounm (Aust.) Underw. (Sphagnoecetis Macountt 
Aust. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 1872, p. 18. S. communis var. tessellata 
Berggr. Muse. et Hep. Spetsberg. 1875, p. 101). Discovered by Mr. 
P. Ewing on bare soil, Ben Hea rearnich, Perthshire, July, 1900, 
and on the same mountain by Mr. William Young in 1903. When 
reading Dr. Evans’s paper on ‘‘ Odontoschisma Macounii and its North 
American Allies” | Botanical Gazette, xxxvi. 1908, p. 821), I recog- 
nized as this species a plant which I had ptblielied as a green 
alpine form of rh street denudata. As I had not an authentic 
1890.—Sym 
