— 2S — 
Plagiothecium latebricola (Wils.) B. & S. Base of trees in swamp, 
Flushing. 
Plagiothecium micans (Sw.) Par. Flushing, Jamaica, Lawrence. 
“ Ruthei Limpr. Abundant on hummocks in swamp at 
Valley Stream. Frequent in swamps. 
Plagiothecium striatellum (Brid.) Lindb. Common in swamps. 
“ Groutii Card. & Ther. Depression in base of chestnut 
tree, Hempstead. See Bryologist 9 : Jan. 1906. Probably=/\ micans { Sw.) 
Par. forma. 
Pylaisia Schimperi R. & C. Bark of apple trees. Cold Spring, 
Fushing. 
Raphidostegium adnatum (Mx. ) B. & S. Base of trees, Jamaica. 
“ recurvans (Mx. ) J. & S. Frequent. 
Fontinalis antipyretica gigantea Sulliv. Valley Stream, Rev. George 
Hulst. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
BOOK REVIEWS. 
Moss Exchange Club. Census Catalogue of British Hepatics. Compiled 
by Symers M. Macvicar. Pp. 23. 8vo. York: 1905. 
This catalogue is both concise and serviceable. Schiffner’s System of 
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lowed. The county and vice-county divisions of the British Isles are given, 
each division having its number. Then follows the list of Hepatics, from 
page seven. Stations where the species given have been found are indi- 
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genera and two hundred and forty-nine species. Copies of this catalogue 
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Caroline Coventry Haynes. 
Ch. Lacouture ancien professor de sciences naturelles au College Saint-Cle- 
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caracteres Saillants des Tribus, des Genres et des Especes. Avec- 
plus de 200 figures representant toutes les especes de la Flore frangaise. 
Paul Klincksieck, Librairie des Sciences Naturelles, 3 rue Corneille, 
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This popular guide to the hepatics of France is very fully illustrated 
with figures showing the vegetative organs, stem and leaves, of the leafy 
hepatics, and the thallus and reproductive organs and spores of the thalloid 
forms, with magnifications of from one to fifty diameters; in the case of 
spores, three hundred diameters. The student with a leafy hepatic, 
unknown to him, starts with the first table of the Key and determines 
whether the specimen possesses succubous or incubous, entire, lobed or 
divided, etc. leaves, and places it in its family. The second part of the Key 
leads him to see if it possesses lobules or underleaves : to observe the shape 
and placing of the perianth, the root-hairs, etc., until the genus to which it 
