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NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND HEPATICAE, — III. 
ALEXANDER W. EVANS. 
Since the publication of the second paper of this series’ additions 
have been made to the hepatic floras of New Hampshire and Ver- 
mont. ‘These additions include three species which are new to New 
England and which are referred to in the following pages. The 
other species noted are imperfectly described in the American litera- 
ture. With the exception of Cephalozia Sullivantii and the Jubula, 
the species mentioned are all common to Europe. 
1. MARSUPELLA SPARSIFOLIA (Lindb.) Dumort. Hep. Eur. 128. 
1874. Sarcoscyphus sparsifolius Lindb. Not. pro F. et Fl. Fenn.g: 
280. 1868. NVardia sparsifolia Lindb. Zc. 13: 370. 1874. Mt. 
Washington, New Hampshire (W. G. Farlow). This species has 
been collected by J. Macoun on Vancouver Island, but no other 
American localities for it have been recorded. Its discovery marks 
an interesting addition to the hepatic flora of eastern North Amer- 
ica. In size, color, and general habit M. sparsifolia bears a close 
resemblance to M. media, and the structure of the stem is essentially 
the same in the two species. The leaves are also very similar, but 
in M. sparsifolía the divisions are usually obtuse instead of rounded, 
the reverse being the case in M. media. The most important differ- 
ential character, however, is derived from the inflorescence, which is 
paroicous in M. sparsifo/ia and dioicous in M. media. A paroicous 
inflorescence is also exhibited by M. ustulata, but this species may 
be at once distinguished by its minute size and by the acute divisions 
of its leaves. 
2. LorHoziA KUNZEANA (Hüben.) Evans, Proc. Wash. Acad. 2: 
305. 1900. Jungermannia Kunzeana Hüben. Hep. Germ. 115. 1834. 
J. plicata Hartm. Fl. Scand. Ed. III. 2: 329. 1838. /. colpodes 
Tayl. Lond. Jour. Bot. 5: 280. 1846. /. plicata * Kunzeana Hartm. 
Fl. Scand. Ed. X. 2: 137. 1871. J. Kunzei B plicata Lindb. Musc. 
Scand. 8. 1879. .SpAenolobus Kunzeanus Steph. Bull. de l'Herb. 
Boissier, II. 2: 168. 1902. Mt. Washington, New Hampshire 
(W. G. Farlow). Lophosia Kunzeana has a wide distribution in 
1 RHODORA, 6: 165-174; 185-191. Pl. 57. 1904. 
