1164 General Notes. [ November, 
16. B. elatior Griseb., W. Indies; 17. B. ciliata Griseb., S. Amer- 
ica; 18. B. lophostachya Griseb., S. America; 19, B. nana Griseb, 
S. America; 20. B. pilosa Benth., Galapagos islands; 21. 5. 
aristidoides Thurber, New Mex. to S. Cal. and Mex.; 22. B. iria- 
thera Benth., Mex. ; 23. B. texana Watson, Tex. ; 24. B. disticha 
Benth., Peru; 25. B. multiseta Benth., Brazil. 
A Hysrip Moss.—H. Philibert records (Rev. Bryol., X) a new 
instance of a hybrid moss found wild, between Orthotrichum dia- 
phanum and O. sprucei. He considers it a true instance of a hy- 
brid sporogonium, resulting from the fertilization of an archegon- 
ium of O. sprucei by antherozoids of O. diaphanum. The hybrid 
was intermediate in its characters between the two parents, and 
also in the time of producing its reproductive organs.—. Jour 
Royal. Mic. Society for August, 1883. 
petioles, the spores are thrown vertically 10-20" ja : 
are the Æcidium of Uromyces pisi on Euphorbia cyparissias, th i 
<LEcidium of Fuccinia straminis on Lycopsis arvensis an ee 
symphyti on Symphytum officinale, while the Aicidiums on UT 
leaves, as the Æcidium of Puccinia calystegia on Calystegia sep” 
and the Æcidium of P. coronata on leaves of Rhamnus dischar cl ir : 
4-6™™. or at most 8™"- He also notes that from cu 
ter species, growing on the petioles of the leaves, the ae 
thrown higher than from those on the thin lamina ot DS 
Inaugural dissertation delivered before the Kaiser- 
sitat at Strassburg, 1883. 
_ New Species or NORTH AMERICAN Funct. Sep finitely | 
Jolia E. & K—Epiphyllous, on light brown, rather 1%" ered 
bordered and irregularly shaped spots, 1-4" aa 
over the leaf and giving it a scorched or withered loo: ži 
cia rather numerous, slightly prominent, black, a . 
spores abundant, short, 20-30 X 114-134»., slightly, lid 
faintly nucleolate, yellowish. On leaves of /va rant ere 
Septoria cacalie E. &. K.—Spots rusty brown, 
Wilhelms-Univer 
