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The type species of this genus are from Central America, but Brotherus 
adds two West Indian species and transfers to it Neckera cymbifolia and N. 
Luddoviciae of the manual, removing them from the Meteoriae to the Pter- 
obryeae. As the distinctions between these two tribes are based on the peri- 
stome and neither of these species has been found in fruit, their true affinity 
still remains somewhat problematical. They have previously been referred 
to Pilotrichella (C. M.) Besch. which includes thirteen species from the West 
Indies and Central America. 
Papillaria C. M. includes thirteen species from the West Indies and Cen- 
tral America with P. nigrescens (Sw.) Jaeg. from Florida and Louisiana 
extending into Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Antilles. 
Meteorium { Brid.) Mitt. Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 427, 1869. 
Pilotrichum Sect. Meteorium Brid. Bryol. univ. 2: 264. 1827. 
The citations for this genus, as given by Brotherus, are puzzling and 
misleading. Bridel originally included under this section two species 
from Nepal, India, of which one is transferred to Papillaria (P. fuscescens) 
leaving P. filamentosum as the type of Meteorium. 
This species is not retained in the genus either by Fleischer or Brotherus, 
but placed in Aerobryidium Fleischer, a new genus. Four species from Mex- 
ico and the West Indies are retained in Meteorium. Meteorium pendulum 
Sull. is transferred to the following genus: — Floribundaria C. M. Linnaea 
40: 267. 1876. One North American species, P. pendula (Sull.) Fleisch. is 
distributed in Louisiana, Japan, China, Formosa and Java. 
Neckera Hedw. Fund. 2: 93. 1782, is maintained with twenty-six North 
American species. 
Under Thamniece Brotherus recognizes five genera of which four include 
North American species. He continues to use the generic name of Tha?n- 
nium Br. & Sch. (1852) in spite of its being antedated by three homonymns 
dating back to 1799, 1825' and 1838. Porotrichum (Brid.) Dozy & Moelk. is 
also maintained, and the two genera are separated on the character of the 
teeth, whether transversely striate above or below. Nine Central American 
and West Indian species are listed under Porotrichum and seven under 
Thamnium , with two from the United States under the latter genus Th. 
A lleghaniense and Th. Leibergii. 
Bestia Brotherus in Engler & Prangl Pflanzenfamilien 226, 858. 1906, is 
dedicated to Dr. George N. Best. This a new generic name the synonymy 
of which is as follows: — 
Alsia longipes Sull. & Lesq. 
Dendroalsia longipes E. G. Britt. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32:265, 1905. 
This is a rare and beautiful California species, and Dr. Best is to be con- 
gratulated on having his name associated with it. 
New York Botanical Garden. 
Mr. Herman S. Simmons, Lund, Sweden, desires to sell his Moss Herb- 
arium. It contains collections made by various Scandinarian bryologists : 
Lindberg, Kaurin, Hagen, Jensen, and others. For information as to price, 
etc., address Mr. Simmons as above. 
