No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 2g 



necticut, have been described as new : Calypogeia tenuis 

 (Aust.) Evans, DiplophyUeia apiciilata Evans, Frullania Brit- 

 tonicc Evans, Jiingennaiuiia Novcr-Cccsarece Evans, Lepidozia 

 sphagnicola Evans, L. sylvatica Evans, and Plagiochila Sul- 

 livantii Gottsche. Unfortunately two of these have since been 

 reduced to synonymy, Jungermannia Novcc-Casarece being now 

 considered a form of Lophosia marchica (Nees) Steph., and 

 Lepidosia sphagnicola being included under L. setacea (Web.) 

 Mitt. Many other additions to the hepatic flora of the state 

 have been recorded in a series of " Notes on New England 

 Hepaticse," and in a " Preliminary List," both published by 

 the senior writer in Rhodora. It should be noted, however, 

 that the earliest references to Riccia arvensis Aust. and Mylia 

 anomala (Hook.) S. F. Gray are to be found in the writings 

 of Professor L. M. Underwood, and that Dr. M. A. Howe was 

 the first to report Porella rivularis (Nees) Trevis. and 

 Anthoceros punctatiis L. Fifteen species of Connecticut 

 Hepaticse and Anthocerotes have been distributed in Under- 

 wood and Cook's " Hepaticse Americanse," all of which are 

 indicated below. Several other species are included in the first 

 two decades of the " American Hepaticas," recently issued 

 by Miss Caroline C. Haynes. 



The bryophytic flora of Connecticut is perhaps as well 

 known as that of any equal area in North America, but the 

 region has not yet been so intensively studied as certain parts 

 of Europe. This is due partly to the fact that here, as in other 

 groups, common species have been largely neglected by col- 

 lectors, and are therefore less fully represented in our herbaria 

 than some of the rarer and more local species. The attempt 

 has been made of late to collect even the commonest species 

 more systematically, but much still remains to be done, and 

 many parts of the state still remain to be explored before our 

 knowledge can be considered at all complete. This is especially 

 true of the towns in the eastern and northeastern counties. 



