266 Brittox : Bryological notes 



Spain and Italy, had been referred by Schimper himself. He gives 

 a short and excellent key to separate them, which is translated as 

 follows : 



Leaves plicate, with accessory veins. A. curtipendula. 



Leaves not plicate, with only one vein. A. californica. 



A careful comparison of European specimens, descriptions and 

 illustrations has convinced me that all five of the differences 

 claimed by Kindberg to separate var. gigantea as a species, are 

 variable and unreliable. A large series of European specimens in 

 the Jaeger Herbarium shows this and the description given by 

 Limpricht in the Laubmoose indicates a variable species. He states 

 that the stems may be simple or branched, the branches thick at 

 the apex or slender, often flagellate ; the leaves mostly serrate, 

 with 1-2 accessory veins on each side of the midvein ; and the seta 

 straight or curved. He recognizes two varietal names in a foot- 

 note but evidently considers them of little importance. 



Antitrichia tenella Kindb. and var. flagellifera R. & C. seem 

 referable to A. curtipendula and are probably one and the same 

 thing. 



The American species of Erpodium 



In both editions of Paris' Index Bryologicus this genus is cred- 

 ited to Bridel, yet he used it only as a subgenus of Anoectangium 

 and Carl Muller (Bot. Zeit. I : 774. 1843) was the first to use it 

 as a generic name. Of the 20 species recognized, 9 are credited 

 to America, 3 are from Paraguay, 2 from Argentina, 2 from Bra- 

 zil, 1 from Mexico and 1 from the West Indies. Of these Erpo- 

 dium domingense is reported as having been collected in Cuba, 

 Jamaica and Porto Rico, but the type station Sto. Domingo is 

 omitted from the second edition, though it is the only one cited in 

 the first ! Recent collections from Jamaica by Professor Under- 

 wood include one specimen of this rare and interesting genus, 

 which I have referred to Erpodium domingense from the descriptions 

 only, not having any specimens for comparison ! Erpodium dom- 

 ingense is the type species. 



Erpodium domingense (Brid.) C. Mull. Bot. Zeit. 1 : 77^. 1S43. 

 Anoectangium Erpodium domingense Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2: 167. 

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