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‘ I have diligently examined numerous specimens of this species from 
various countries and stations, and have compared them with all those speci- 
mens of Amblystegiam radicale (P. B.) Mitt, (in sensu Limprichtii) which 
I possess, and likewise with specimens collected in various places in Europe; 
nevertheless to find a sufficiently~pronounced difference has been impossible 
to me. The same conclusion has been reached by the noted bryologists, 
Schift'ner and Moenkemeyer. 
‘■Ido not doubt but that the result will be the same if one should 
compare Amb lystegium virens Haus. with Amblystegiuni juratzkanum.' 
This disposition of one of the most vexing groups of species, or rather 
of one of the most polymorphous species of pleurocarpous mosses, like the 
cleaving of the Gordian Knot, will be a great relief to many who have 
floundered here. Johm M. Holzinger. 
Forarbejder til en Norsk Lovmosflora. Av I. Hagen. (Kgl. Norsk 
Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifteri; 1909, No. 5, and 1910, No. 1). 
Trondhjem, Norway, 1909 and 1910. 
The first two parts of Dr. Hagen’s Norwegian Moss-Flora have already 
been noticed in The Bryologist for September, igog. The present issues 
include the families Grimmiaceae Timmiaceae, Schistostegaceae, 
Hedwigiaceae, Splachnaceae, Oedipodiaceae, Leucodontaceae, Ceratodon- 
taceae, Encalyptaceae, and Seligeriaceae. 
The main portion of the text is in Norwegian, but all critical notes are in 
French, while the keys and synopses of new forms are in Latin, No new 
species are described, but several varieties are proposed as new, besides four 
new subgenera and one new genus. The latter, P seudephemermn 
Hagen, is constituted for P leuridium axillare Dicks, which is considered to 
be most closely allied to Dicranella ri{fesce 7 is. The family Ceratodontaceae 
is here extended to include the Norwegian species classified by Brotherus in 
the sub-family Ditricheae. 
Of particular interest are the notes upon Griimnia calvesceits Kindb. 
G. apocarpa Hedw., Seligeria brevifolia Lindb., 5 . pusilla Bry. Eur,, 
5 , paludosa L , and the figure giving the relationships of the various species 
of Encalypta. Figures are given showing the branched male inflorescence 
of Schistostega, and the capsules of Seligeria brevifolia. 
Edward B. Chamberlain. 
Necrology. — Attention is called to the death of Nils Conrad Kindberg 
on August 23d, 1910, at Upsala, Sweden. He was 78 years old. From 1S60 
to 1901 he was a teacher, lecturer, etc., at Linkoping, after which time he 
resided at Upsala as Emeritas Professor on a pension. The last 30 years of 
his life was devoted almost exclusively to North American bryology. 
His valuable collection of mosses, containing about four thousand 
species, from numerous localities, especially North America, is for sale. For 
further information, as to price, etc.,, address Dr. H. W. Arnell, Upsala, 
Sweden. 
