THE HEPATICE OF VERMONT. 5 



This publication is made in the hoi)e that it may encourage the mak- 

 ing of further collections of ^\n•moJlt Ilepaticfp. The preparation of the ap- 

 pended lists represents intermittent periods of work extending over scarcely 

 eighteen months, and yet it adds 20 species to Frost's list, making 65 species 

 of Hepaticcie now reported from \\>rmont. M}' explorations have been con- 

 fined to the vicinity of Newfaneand Burlington. Those species in herbaria 

 outside of the state were collected cinefliy upon Mt. Mansfield and in the 

 Willoughby Lake region by Messrs. Farlow, Faxon, and Pringle, mostly in 

 connection with their work upon other cryptogamic plants. It is apparent, 

 therefore, that only a small portion of the state has been explored for hepatics. 

 Probably Frost's list of 45 species can be more than doubled by careful investi- 

 gation of the more unexplored parts of the state. Our higher mountains, 

 our lake shores, the southwestei-n corner of the state, our cedar swamps 

 and cold bogs, jDarticularly in the northern part of the state, probably all 

 contain hepatics not yet listed. It is earnestly hoped that the botanists of 

 tlie state will explore such promising localities as opportunity permits. I 

 will gladly examine any specimens sent to me for identification. 



Most of the specimens upon which this list is based may be found in 

 the Herbarium of the University of Vermont numbered in correspondence 

 with the citations in the list. 



Where the nomenclature of the latest edition of Gray's Manual differs 

 from that in current use, the synonym of the Manual is printed in italics 

 after the name of the hepatic. 



The preparation of this li.st was begun as undergraduate work for hon- 

 ors at the University of Vermont and has since been continued largely under 

 the supervision of Prof. L. R. Jones of that University and of Dr. Marshall 

 A. Howe of Columbia University, To both of these gentlemen I am greatly 

 indebted for assistance and encouragement in the work. Acknowledge- 

 ments are due also to Mr. C. G. Pringle for the loan of specimens, to 

 Dr. A. W. Evans for correcting certain identifications, and to Dr. W. G. 

 Farlow and Mr. C. E.Faxon for furnishing lists of the Veinnont hepatics 

 in their respective herbaria. 



Newfane, Vt., December, 1898. C. D. H. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



The names of the collectors are abbreviated as follows : — 

 B.—¥. Blanchard. 

 Far.~W. G. Farlow. 

 Fax. — Edwin Faxon and C. E. Faxon. 

 i^r.— Chas. C. Frost, 

 i/.— Clifton D. Howe. 

 P.—C. G. Pringle. 



Citation numbers refer to specimens in the herbarium of the University 

 of Vermont. 



