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enable them to determine whether species from their own localities are desiderata. 
We happen to know that such correspondence will be welcomed by Mr. Holzinger, 
who has recently written us that he wishes to acknowledge his g'reat obligation, 
both for material and for assistance in critical determinations, to Mrs. E. G. 
Britton and Mr. R. S. Williams of the New York Botanical Garden, as well 
as to the many collectors and students who have aided him in assembling material. 
Fascicle Nineteen contains the following species: — 
451. Amphidium lapponnicum, Washington. 463. 
452. A. Mougeotii, Puy-de-Dome, France. 464. 
453. Archidium altermfolium, Florida. 465. 
454. A. longifcliiun, Florida. 466. 
455. Bryum californicum, Washington. 467. 
456. Conostomiim horeale. New Hampshire. 468. 
457. Desmatodon Porteri, Pennsylvania. 469. 
458. Dicranella Grevtlleana, Washington. 470. 
459. D. hetiT/omalla orthocarpa, Florida. 471. 
460. Dicranum fragilifolium, Norway. 472. 
461. Didymodon rigidulus, California. 473. 
462. Ditrichum vaginans, Connecticut. 474. 
475- Tortula oblusifolia, France 
Encalypta leiomitra, Washington. 
E. vulgaris obtusa. Alberta. 
Fissidens Donnellii, Florida. 
F. subbasilaris, Florida. 
F. taxifoUus, New York. 
Hyophiia riparta, Pennsylvania. 
Orihoirichiim Braunii, Vermont. 
O. Jamesianum, Colorado. 
Philonotis gracillima, Kansas. 
Physcomitrium megalocarpum, Florida. 
Pleuvidium Ravendii, S. Carolina. 
Syrrhopodon ligulatus, Florida. 
and Switzerland. 
NOTES ON CURRENT BOTANICAL LITERATURE 
H. N. Dixon. — On a collection of mosses from the Kanara District. (Journ. 
Indian Bot. 2: 174-188, plate. 1921.) The district mentioned, from which 
50 species or varieties are listed, is on the western coast of British India, a Uttle 
south of Goa. The following new species are described and details figured: 
Archidium hirmannicum Mitt. Mss., Leucoloma strictifolium Dix., Fissidens 
subfirmus Dix., F. 'karwarensis Dix., F. immutatus Dix, F. macrosporus Dix., 
Barbula dharwarensis Dix., Pinnatella elimbata Dix., Ctenidium stereodontoides 
Dix., Vesicularia Levieri Card. Mss. In addition two new varieties are described 
{in Campylopus and Brachymenium) , Fissidens elimbatus Broth., is reduced to 
a variety of F. Walkeri Broth., and Hyophila involuta (Hook,) Jaeg. is stated 
to include both H. cylindrica Jaeg. and H. stenocarpa R. &. C. 
HoL2:iNGER, J. M., & T. C. Frye. — Mosses of the Bureau of Soils Kelp Ex- 
pedition to Alaska. (Publ. Puget Sound Biol. Sta. 3: 23-64. pis. 4-8 (con- 
taining figs. 1-35). 192 1). — A report on about 1000 packets of mosses collected 
at odd times by members of the Kelp Expedition mostly near the coast of south- 
eastern or southwestern Alaska, with addition of material from various parts 
of Alaska and the Yukon accumulated at the University of Washington. The 
report lists 15 Sphagna, 2 Andreaeae, and 206 species and varieties of true mosses. 
One new cornbination, Brachythecium pacificum (R. & C.) Grout occurs; Campto- 
ihecium paulianum Grout, Hypnum tananae Grout, and Aulacomnium androgy- 
num pygmaeum Holz. & Frye are proposed as new, (none figured). Besides 
many extensions of range on the peninsula- itself, forty-four species and eleven 
varieties are here first recorded for Alaska, two being new to America. A bib- 
