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Plagiopus strictus (Brid.), P- pomiformis (Hedw.), P- ithphyllus (Brid.) (all 

 formerly Bartramiae) ; Pohlia elongata Hedw. var. longicolla (Hedw.) ; Bryum 

 Jiliforme Dicks, var. juliforme (Solms) ; B. caespiticium L. var. pseudo-Kunzei 

 (Limpr.); Fahronia octoblepharis (Schleich.) Schwaegr. var. pusilla (Raddi); 

 Camptothecium Phillippeanum (Spruce) (= Homalothecium, Br. & Sch,); Eur- 

 hynchium algerianum Kindb. var. scabrellum (Dixon) rusciforme Milde varr. 

 lusitanicum (Schimp.), et complanatum (Schultz); E. confertum Milde var. 

 hercynicum (Jaegr.) (the parenthetical authority should be Hampe); E. mega-, 

 politanum Milde var. meridionale (Schimp); Hypnum cupressiforme L. var 

 imponens (Hedw.) 



Edward B. Chamberlain. 



NOTES ON CURRENT BRYOLOGIGAL LITERATURE 



B. Lynge. — Index Specierum et Varietalum Lichenum quae collectionihus 

 *' Lichenes Exsiccati" distrihutae sunt. (Nyt. Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 

 57: 465-569; 58: 1-96. 1919, 1920.) — These articles are issued as supplements 

 to the regular volumes of the Nyt Magazin. The first referred to above is the 

 conclusion of Pars Prima of the Index, listing the contents of the various fascicles 

 of exsiccati by number under the title of the work itself. The second reference 

 is to the beginning of Pars Secunda, which includes an alphabetic list of the 119 

 different series of exsiccati indexed in part one, and begins the alphabetic list 

 of the genera and species with reference to the exsiccati containing specimens of 

 them. The two parts of this work by Dr. Lynge will, we understand, eventually 

 be issued as separate volumes. 



S. SORENSEN. — Eidsvoll Idvmosflora. (Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenska- 

 terne. 58: 1-27. 1920) — The article, which is in Norwegian, is an annotated 

 catalogue of some three hundred mosses collected during a five-year residence 

 in Eidsvoll, a district of some 115 square miles situated just north of Christiana. 



A. LuisiER. — Les Mousses de Madere. (Broteria Ser. Bot. 18: 79-97, 99- 

 120. 1920.) — The first article concludes the systematic account of the Madeiran 

 mosses already noticed in our columns, covering the families Sematophyllaceae 

 and Brachytheciaceae with critical notes on a number of species. The second 

 article commences the detailed keys to families, genera, and species, with refer- 

 ences to the previously published articles of the series. Father Luisier has, 

 however, enlarged the scope of the keys so that they include all species known 

 from the groups of Atlantic Islands adjacent to Madeira, and he has incorporated 

 in the keys sufficient descriptive matter for the identification through the keys 

 alone, of all save critical species. The series of articles is to be continued. . 



V. F. Brotherus. — Contributions d la Flore bryologique de V Ecuador. (Re- 

 vue bryologique 47: 1-16, 35-46. 1920.) — The articles represent the fruit of 

 the study of collections made in the provinces of Oriente and Azuay during 1909 

 and 1920 by Abbe Allioni. The region has been almost unknown bryologically. 

 Dr. Brotherus's list contains descriptions of 35 new species, besides varieties and 

 several new combinations. Localities are given with the greatest care. 



