Vol. 33 



BULLETIN 



No. 3 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



MARCH, 1906 



The Hepaticae of Bermuda 



Alexander William Evans 



(with plate 6) 



Very little has been published on the hepatic flora of Bermuda. 

 A short list by Mitten,* which appeared over twenty years ago, 

 and a few scattered references of later date apparently include 

 everything. In Mitten's list only six species are recorded. These 

 were all collected by Mr. H. N. Moseley, one of the botanists of 

 the Challenger Expedition, although one of the species noted had 

 been previously found by Governor Lefroy. They are listed un- 

 der the following names : Aneurd palmata, Cepludozia counivens, 

 Dumortiera Jrirsuta, Otiona Aitonia, PleuroscJnsma prostratum and 

 Radula pallens. Of these species the Aneura (or Riccardid) pal- 

 mata is marked with an interrogation-point, the determination 

 having been based on poor and sterile material. Since R. palniata 

 is a species with a distinctly northern distribution, it would hardly 

 be expected in Bermuda and is therefore omitted from the list 

 which follows. It is possible that the specimens in question ought 

 to have been referred to R. latifrons instead. Of the remaining 

 five species two require a word of explanation. PleuroscJiisma 

 prostratum is of course a synonym of OdontoscJiisma prostratum, 

 and Dr. M. A. Howe kindly reports that the sterile specimens of 

 Otiona Aitonia preserved at Kew really represent the common 

 Rcboidia hcmispJiacrica. These five species have all been brought 

 from Bermuda by later collectors. 



* Challenger Rep. Botany i 2 : 92, 93. 1884. — The same list, with the exception 

 of Radula pa/tens, was originally published by Mitten in Jour. Linn. Soe. Bot. 15 : 

 61. 1S76. 



[The Bulletin for February 1906 (33: 67-128, //. 4, j) was issued 14 Mr 

 1906.] 



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