1917} Evans,— Notes on New England Hepaticae, XIV 263 
NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND HEPATICAE,— XIV! 
ALEXANDER W. Evans. 
In 1915 Warnstorf? described and figured as a new species, under 
the name Sphenolobus ascendens, a specimen collected by Miss Lorenz 
at Waterville, New Hampshire. The specimen had been sent him 
as Scapania glaucocephala (Tayl.) Aust., but he failed to find the 
Scapania and suggested that there might have been an error in the 
determination. The Waterville material had been named by the 
writer, and had served as the basis for his observations on S. glauco- 
cephala, published in 1909. In view of a possible error this material 
has been carefully reéxamined, but there seems to be no reason for 
revising the original determination. Mixed with the Scapania, 
however, are several other species of Hepaticae, such as Cephalozia 
curvifolia, Jamesoniella autumnalis, Harpanthus scutatus, and Lopho- 
zia porphyroleuca. The last species occurs as a slender gemmiparous 
form and is not abundant, but the few plants present agree with 
Warnstorf’s description and figures of Sphenolobus ascendens. The 
writer would therefore regard the Sphenolobus as a synonym of the 
Lophozia. 
During the past two years Miss Lorenz * has recorded a number of 
species additional to the hepatic floras of Maine, New Hampshire, 
and Vermont, respectively. These species, with a single exception, 
were found by Miss Lorenz herself. The additions for Maine, col- 
lected on Mt. Ktaadn, are Cephaloziella bifida, C. byssacea (listed as 
C. Starkit), Gymnomitrium corallioides, Lophozia Kunzeana, Nardia 
Geoscyphus, and Scapania dentata. The only addition for New 
Hampshire, collected along the Connecticut River at Claremont, is 
Riccia arvensis. The additions for Vermont, collected at various 
localities, are Riccia arvensis, R. Frostii (first record for New Eng- 
land), Ricciella crystallina, Cephalozia macrostachya, Lophozia hetero- 
colpa, L. longidens, and Radula tenaz. 
Attention should likewise be called to an interesting observation 
1 Contribution from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. 
2? Hedwigia 57: 63. f. 2. 1915. 
3 Roopora 11: 194. 1909. 
4 Bryologist 20: 43-45. 1917; Vermont Bot. & Bird Clubs, Joint Bull. 2:14. 1916; Joint 
Bull. 3: 7,8. 19017. 
