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

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



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follows : 



Leaves plicate, with accessory veins. -^. ctirtipendula. 



Leaves not plicate, with only one vein. A, calif ormca, 



. A careful comparison of European specimens, descriptions and 

 illustrations has convinced me that all five of the differences 

 claimed by Kindberg to separate van gigantca 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 Lauhnioose 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. 



Antitriclda tendla Kindb. and var. flagcllifera R. & C. seem 



'dpendiila 



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 subgcftus of Anoectangiiun 

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

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



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

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

 dhim domingcnse is reported as having been collected in Cuba, 



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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 domingcnse from the descriptions 

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

 ingense is the type species. 



Erpodium domixgexse (Brid.) C. Mull. Bot. Zeit. i : 773. i843- 



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

 1827. 



