II. 



[Reprinted, without change of paging, from Rhodora, Journal of the New 

 England Botanical Club, vol. 19 (1917).] 



NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND HEPATIC AE — XIV .^ 

 Alexander W. Evans. 



In 1915 Warnstorf ^ described and figured as a new species, under 

 the name Syhenolohus asccndens, a specimen collected by ]\Iiss 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 reexamined, 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, JamesonieUa 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. Starkii), 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 teyiax. 



Attention should likewise be called to an interesting observation 



1 Contribution from the Osborii Botanical Laboratory. 



2 Hedwigia 67: 63. /. 2. 1915. 



3 Rhodora 11: 194. 1909. 



* Bryologist 20: 4.3-4.5. 1917; Vermont Bot. & Bird Clubs, Joint Bull. 2: 14. 191G; Joint 

 Bull. 3: 7,8. 1917. 



