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need of further study. In the writer's opinion, however, S. hypcrborca 

 is as worthy of recognition as certain other species of Scapania which 

 are accepted without question. 



The additions to local state floras, not already mentioned in the 

 preceding pages, are as follows: — 



For Maine: Lvnularia cruciata, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert (A. Lorenz); 

 Calypogcia fissa, Seal Harbor, Mt. Desert (E. L. Rand) ; C. Sullivantii, 

 Upper Hadlock Pond, Mt. Desert (A. Lorenz); Ccphaloziella bifida, 

 Mt. Katabdin (A. Lorenz); Radvla obconica, Pemetic Mountain Trail, 

 Mt. Desert (A. Lorenz); Scapania paludosa, Sunken Heath Brook, 

 Mt. Desert {E. L. Rand). 



For Vermont: Fossombronia foreolata, Grand Isle (A. Lorenz); 

 Ccphaloziella bifida, Lunenberg (A. L,orenz); Nardia obovata, Smug- 

 gler's Notch (A. Ljorenz) 1 ; Plagiochila Aiwtini, Brandon (D. L. 

 Dntton); Anthoceros crispulus, Jerico (A. W. E.). The Vermont " + " 

 record for A. punciatus (see Rhodora 7: 58, 1905) was based on 

 tins last material; A. punctahis should therefore be marked in the 

 list with a "-" sign. 



The census of New England Hepatieae now stands as follows: total 

 number of species recorded, 194; number recorded from Maine, 148; 

 from New Hampshire, 153; from Vermont, 134; from Massachusetts, 

 121 ; from Rhode Island, 79; from Connecticut, 146; from all six states, 

 63. 



Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. 



THE GRAY HERBARIUM EXPEDITION TO NOVA SCOTIA, 



1920. 



M. L. Fernald. 



(Continual from p. 278.) 



Gaylussacta dumosa (Andr.) T. &G.,var. Bigeloviana Fernald, 

 Rhodora, ] hi. 99 (191 1 ). Common in boggy barrens and in sphagnous 

 bogs, Yarmouth Co. to Halifax Co.; Cumberland Co.; and collected 

 by others on Cape Breton. See pp. 99, 132, 148. 



1 The earlier Vermont record for this species was based on N. obscura (see Rhodora 

 21: 100. 1919). 



