ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 
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1913 by the two parties of the Kelp survey, mostly in situations near 
the seashore. The list includes 198 species and 25 varieties, 2 species 
and 1 variety being new to science ; 2 species are new to North 
America, and 44 were previously unrecorded for Alaska. Detailed 
figures are given of Dicranella squarrosa , Bryobrittonia pellucida, and 
Trachycystis flagellaris. A reasoned appeal is made for the re-establish- 
ment of the genera Trachycystis and Geheebia. The distinguishing 
characters of Zygodon Reimvardti and Z. gracilis are displayed in 
parallel columns. A. G. 
Thallophyta. 
Algae. 
MRS. E. S. GEPP. 
It is with much regret that we have to record the death 
on April 6 of Mrs. Gepp, who for many years has supplied 
the abstracts dealing with Algae. By her careful work 
on the morphology and taxonomy of sea-weeds, some of 
which was published under her maiden name — Ethel 
Sarel Barton — Mrs. Gepp had gained a prominent position 
among algologists, when in 1911 a complete breakdown 
in health necessitated a removal to Torquay and a cessa- 
tion of active work. By extreme care and devotion her 
life was prolonged ; and though cut off from active par- 
ticipation in scientific work she was able to continue the 
abstracting for the Society’s Journal. Her help in 
matters relating to the study of sea-weeds was also from 
time to time available through the medium of her husband 
and co-worker. A joint paper by Mr. and Mrs. Gepp on 
the Marine Algae of the British Antarctic (“ Terra Nova ”) 
Expedition was published in 1917. A full account of 
Mrs. Gepp’s work will appear in the “ Journal of Botany.” 
A. B. R. 
Plankton and other Biological Investigations in the Sea around 
the Faeroes in 1913 .— 0. Paulsen ( Medd . /. Kommiss. /. Hcwunder- 
sogelser. Ser. Plankton , I., No. 13, 1918, 1-27 ; see also Bot. Centralbl., 
1919, 141, 278). Part I. contains a description of the Laminaria 
forests in Frangisvaag fjord in the Faeroes. These forests play an 
important economic role in the production of organic matter, and in 
forming shelter for fish and other animals. They occur everywhere 
within the 20 m. line, but as a rule not outside it. A list of benthic 
diatoms is given, determined by Destrup. Part II. gives a detailed 
investigation of the plankton of the same fjord. From May 28 to 
June 16 a sample was taken every day, treated centrifugally and counted. 
