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In many respects the moss flora of the Iberian peninsula is one of the most 
interesting in continental Europe. It is, therefore, pleasing to note two articles 
in Broteria dealing with this region. The first 2 contains notes upon 22 species 
of mosses and 4 of hepatics from Portugal, the majority of them occurring in 
America. Senhor Machado describes three new varieties (in Fissidens, Rha- 
comitrium, and Rhynchostegium) and gives notes upon the occurrence or char- 
acters of the other forms included in the article. The text is in Portuguese. 
The second article, 3 by Father Luisier, is an enumeration of all the mosses which 
have thus far been collected or reported from the ancient kingdom of Galicia 
in northwestern Spain. The region is now divided into the four provinces of 
Corunna, Lugo, Orense and Pontevedra. The first portion of Father Luisier’s 
list includes the 145 species previously known from Galicia, with citation of 
localities and a few notes; the remaining portions are composed of more exten- 
sively annotated lists of the 52 species which are new to the Galician flora, and 
of the 23 species which are new to the province of Pontevedra, without having 
been found in the other divisions. There are descriptions of the two new vari- 
eties (in Fissidens and Pohlia), and long, interesting notes upon Pottia littoralis 
Mitt., and Sphagnum turgidum Warnst. E. B. C. 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 
Mr. Moxley finds new lichens for southern California. — Mr. George L. 
Moxley notes in a letter some time ago that he had submitted to Mr. G. K. 
Merrill some lichens which he had collected in southern California. Physcia 
obscura var. virella (Ach.) Leight. and Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Nyl. appear to 
be new to the flora of southern California, while a third species, Parmelia dubia 
(Wulf.) Schaer., is evidently new to California. Quoting from Mr. Merrill, he 
says: “Perforce the plant is new to California. Hasse may have enumerated 
it under the name of P. olivetorum , but I have never seen the thing he called 
olivetorum. It is not P. olivetorum, that is certain.” 
M. Jules Cardot to give up his bryological studies! — In a recent issue 
of The Bryologist there were published a few sentences giving news about 
Monsieur Jules Cardot, one of the foremost French bryologists. In the extracts 
below, which were taken from a more recent letter, M. Cardot announces that 
he is compelled to give up Bryology forever. The loss of collections was far 
more serious than either this or the former letter would indicate, as I am in- 
formed through other sources that the thefts have every appearance of having 
been highly selective and of having been performed by an expert. Material 
that had been studied and annotated, manuscripts, and diagnoses were taken, 
2 Antonio Machado. Apontamentos Briologicos; Plantas raras criticas ou novas para Portu- 
gal. Broteria. 16 : 97-103. (Dec., 1918). 
3 A. Luisier. Fragments de Bryologie iberique, — 14. Mousses de Galice. Broteria. 16 : 
1 23-142. (Dec. 1918). 
