842 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



commences with an historical account, and deals with " The Early Stages 

 of the Archegonium," " The Division of the Central Cell," "The Peri- 

 pheral Cells," 4< The Homology of the Archegonia and Antheridia," " The 

 Origin of the Archegonium," and concludes with a summary.— G. H. 



Monocotyledons, Evolution of. By E. Sargant (Bot. Gaz. xxxvii. 

 No. 5, p. 325 ; with 6 figs.). — The author deals with this question under 

 "The Evidence of the Primitive Monocotyledon," "Evidence for the 

 Primitive Dicotyledon," and regards the single cotyledon of the former as 

 due to fusion rather than to an aquatic habit arresting one cotyledon. 



G. H. 



Morsea Thomsoni. By W. B. H. (Bot. Mag. t. 7976).— Native of 

 East Tropical Africa. Nat. ord. fridacece ; tribe Morceece. Herb with a 

 rush-like habit. Leaves terete ; flowers in fascicles, pale lilac, the base 

 yellow within. — G. H. 



Morus alba pendula. By Chas. Grosdemange (Rev. Hort. pp. 446-7, 

 Sept. 16, 1904). — By the description an extremely handsome Weeping 

 Mulberry. Originated in America. — C. T. D. 



Mosses, New, European and Exotic. By C. Warnstorf (Neuruppin) 

 (Beih. Bot. Cent. xvi. pp. 237-252 ; with 2 plates). — Describes the follow- 

 ing new species : — Biccia subbifurca (France), Pottia Fleischeri (Corsica), 

 Diclymodon angustifolius (Neuruppin), Tortula Pontresince (Switzerland), 

 Pohlia Lindbergi (Sweden), Pohlia Bamannii (Finland), Pohlia grandiretis 

 (Rom), Bryum anomalum (Pomerania), B. arvense (Germany), B. palli- 

 dum (Germany), B. Jaapianum (Germany), B. Bothii (Hesse), Sphagnum 

 pseudomolle (Japan), S. roseum (Brazil), S. Dielsianum and S. otagoense 

 (New Zealand), and S. Harperi (North America).— G. F. S.-E. 



Mosses, New, from Corea. By Jules Cardot {Beih. Bot. Cent. 

 xvii. pp. 1-44 ; with 27 figures). — The author has named and described 

 the new species (see below) in a collection of 98 species (147 numbers) 

 obtained by M. l'Abbe Faurie. Fifty species are common to Japan 

 and Corea. There are also a few North American types which are found 

 in Corea. 



The new species are Sphagnum microporum Warnst., Ancectangmm 

 coreensc, Bicranotveisia Fauriei, Trematodon flaccidisetus, Theriotia 

 lorifolia, Macromitrum consanguineun, M. bathyodontum, Physcomitrium 

 rurystomoides, P. macrophyllum, Bartramia stenophylla, Webera seoul- 

 ensis, Mnium sub 'integrum, Pterogonium coreense, Leucodon coreensis, 

 Papillaria Jielmintocladula, Thuidium submicropteris, T. strictulum, 

 Pseudolcskea laticuspis, Brachythecium brachydictyon, Eurhynchium 

 latifolium, Tricliostelcum subtile, Isopterygium alternans, Amblystegium 

 psciulo-radicalc, A. connexum, Hypnum Fauriei, H. platycladum. 



G. F. S.-E. 



Mosses of North America, New or Unrecorded, II. (for No. I. 

 see Bot. Gaz; 30/12/1900). By J. Cardot and I. Theriot (Bot. Gaz. 

 xxxvii. No. 5, p. 363). — The authors describe some two dozen plants, with 

 ten plates of illustrations. — G. H. 



