- 87 - 
Fra E. Ryan’s Mosherbarium af I. Hagen (Det.Kgl. Norske Videnskabers 
Skrifter, 1907. No. I.), Trondhjem, 1907. 
This pamphlet of thirty-six pages contains an account of the life and 
work of Elling Ryan, with his portrait. The collections made by this gen- 
tleman during his many years of graveling in Norway and Sweden were, 
after his death, given by his wife, Fru Annette Ryan, to the Herbarium of 
the Natural History Museum in Trondhjem, and forms the basis for the 
moss flora of these countries, the results being published from time to time 
as indicated in Forarbejder Til En Norsk Lovmosflora by Dr. Hagen, already 
reviewed. 
Elling Ryan was born October 24, 1849. After he finished in the ele- 
mentary schools he began to study for a pharmacist and while a college 
student took great interest in botany and learned to know the flowering plants 
with thoroughness. In 1874 he become a partner in a concern which manu- 
factured oxalic acid, and was thus engaged until his death, April 25, 1905. 
His home was near Fredrikstad. He died at Buchsweiler, Elsass, while 
away on a business trip. 
His list of writings comprise few numbers owing partly to his absorp- 
tion in business, and partly to his aversion to literary work. A detailed 
account is given of the various localities where the collections were made 
and will be needed for all who use the results of the study as given in the 
series of papers to be issued by Dr. Hagen, as it will take some study to 
understand the localities referred to on our maps, the spelling being given 
in Norwegian. 
The Mosses and Hepatics of Prince Charles Foreland, Spitzbergen, Dr. I. 
Hagen, Trondhjem. Reprinted from Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., XXlli, 
1908. 
The collections described were made by Dr. W. S. Bruce, while explor- 
ing the Spitsbergen Archipelago in the summers of 1906 and 1907, and sent to 
Dr. Hagen for determination. The list of species is a short one, nineteen 
mosses and four hepatics, but one is a new variety namely Hypnum uncin- 
atum Hedw. n. var. foeneum and one a new station for Dicranum spadiceum. 
The account of the habit of growth of plants in this north country will be 
found most interesting. 
Mousses Nouvelles, par Dr. 1. Hagen. Det. Kgl. Norske Videnskabers 
Selskabs Skrifter. 1908. No. 3. Trondhjem, Norway. 
This is a pamphlet of forty-four pages, and two double plates. The text 
is in French with the descriptions in latin. Sixteen new species or varieties 
are described, those with the star prefixed being illustrated. Brachythecium 
coruscum. * Brachythecium udum , *Bryum arduum, *B. bernense, *B. 
Bornmuelleri Ruthe mss., *B. Bryhnii , *B. camurum , B. castaneum 
Hag. var. Bomanssonii , B. humectum , *B. Islandicum , *B. Kaalaasii, *B. 
pedemontanum , *B. rhexodon, B. riparium, * B. s pis sum, *B. umbratum y 
Fontinalis Bryhnii Limpr. in litt. ad Bryhn 9/1, 1894, et 3/9. 1901. 
Annie Morrill Smith. 
