264 Rhodora [DECEMBER 
by Howe! on Riccia Lescuriana. According to his studies this species, 
published by Austin in 1869, is a synonym of R. Beyrichiana Hampe, 
published by Lehmann in 1838. The species, therefore, should bear 
the earlier name. 
In the present series of Notes the following three species are re- 
corded from New England for the first time: Scalia Hookeri, Har- 
panthus Flotowianus, and Calypogeia fissa. The distinctive features 
of these species are discussed, further mention is made of Riccia 
Frostii, and several additions to local state floras are given. 
1. Rıccra Frostu Aust. Bull. Torrey Club 6:17. 1875. R. 
Watsoni Aust. l. c. R. Beckeriana Steph. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 374. 
1898. Clayey banks of the Connecticut River, Ascutneyville, 
Weathersfield, Vermont, July 15, 1916 (A. Lorenz). The species has a 
wide distribution in North America and the following stations may 
be cited from the literature: Genessee Falls, Rochester, New York, 
1868 (P. T. Cleve); near Painesville, Ohio (H. C. Beardslee); Tlinois 
(J. Wolf); Bloomington, Indiana (C. L. Black); banks of the Missouri 
River, St. Charles, Missouri (C. H. Demetrio); Manhattan, Kansas 
(W. A. Kellerman); South Dakota (Williams); Great Falls, Mon- 
tana (F. W. Anderson); Colorado (J. Wolf); near Denver, Colorado 
(C. C. Parry, E. Bethel); Idaho (J. B. Leiberg); Nevada (S. Watson). 
The last named specimen, sent to Austin by C. C. Frost, should be 
regarded as the type of the species. 
In 1898 Heeg? announced the occurrence of the species from the 
following localities in the Old World: Sarepta, Russia (A. Becker); 
Vienna, Austria (A. Pokorny); Gorelevo, Fatjanova and Polovinka, 
Siberia (H. W. Arnell). In 1912 Massalongo® recorded it from two 
stations in Italy, namely: Sermide (A. Manganotti) and Francolini, 
province of Ferrara (A. Fermioli). In 1913 it was reported by 
Schiffner* from the vicinity of Makó, Hungary (J. Györffy) and from 
Mesopotamia, Asia Minor (H. von Handel-Mazzetti). Stephani 
considered the Russian specimens distinct from R. Frostii, describing 
them as new under the name R. Beckeriana, but K. Müller ® reduces 
Stephani’s species to synonymy, maintaining that it comes within 
the range of variability to be expected in a species. 
1 Bryologist 20: 33. 1917. 2 Bot. Notiser 1898: 24. 
3 Atti R. Ist. Veneto TL: 852. f.7. 1912. 4 Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 68: 455. 1913. 
ë Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora 6: 210. f. 138. 
