48 ERYTHEA. 



Costaria reUculaia Saunders becomes simply a rot uncom- 

 mon form of Dictyoneuron Californicum Kupr. 



Plate I. A specimen of Dictyoneuron Californicum 

 Eupr. collected at Pacific Grove, Calif., July, 1892, by Mr. 

 M. A, Howe showing two longitudinal central ribs, the space 

 between being somewhat reticulated above but almost plane 

 below. The specimen also is beginning to split at the base. 

 (From a photograph, \ nat. size). 



NOTES ON CALIFORNIAN BRYOPHYTES.— II. 



By Marshaljj A. Howe. 



Of the plants listed below, one — Cephalozia Turneri — is 

 new to America, several have not before been reported as 

 occurring in California, and the others are thought to be of 

 sufficient interest to justify placing on record localities 

 where they have been collected 



Hepatic^. 



Riccia Californica, Aust. On shaded bank beside the 

 Botanic Gardeu of the University of California, with R. 

 glauca, L.; Fruit Vale, Alameda Co., Miss Edith S. Byxbee. 



Riccia lamellosa, Raddi. Fruit Vale, Miss Byxbee. There 

 is also a specimen in the Herbarium of the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences from near the Golden Gate Park, San Fran- 

 cisco, mixed with Riccia hiria, Aust. and R. nigrella, DC. 

 In both specimens, the spore-measurements are larger than 

 those given by Underwood,^ the average diameter being 

 110-115yu. 



Lunularia vulgaris, Mich. In greenhouses, Berkeley 

 and San Francisco. 



Rehonlia hemisphcerica (L.) Raddi. Folsom, Mrs. Brand- 

 egee. In Herb. Cal. Acad. 



CryptomHrium teneinim (Hook.) Aust. Menlo Park, Mr. 

 W. C. Blasdale; Folsom, Mrs. Brandegee; Jackson. Amador 

 Co., Mr. George Hansen; Navarro, Mendocino Co., Miss Byx- 



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