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Mr. A. Tennyson Beals sends a correction as to the dis- 

 coverer of the Luminous Moss in Fayston Pass, Vermont; it 

 was not he, as previously reported, but Mr. William Gavin 

 Taylor, another member of the club. Mr. Beals writes: 



"Dr. H. Garns in 'Die Pflanzenreale," in 1928 shows on a 

 world map the distribution of this moss, Schistostega osmun- 

 dacea (Dicks), Mohr. This plant is known from only twenty 

 regions (and never plentiful anywhere) and these are all located 

 in the North Temperate Zone. It has been recorded from 15 

 European regions, pretty well scattered over that continent; 

 from the Amur region in China; one station in Japan; western 

 North America centering about Vancouver, B.C., Southern 

 Canada and northern United States, along the Great Lakes, 

 which region extends east across the Adirondacks in New York, 

 and into Vermont and New Hampshire, and there is a final 

 station on Mount Desert, Maine. Anyone finding this plant at 

 a new station, even in a region where it is known to occur, has 

 achieved a real botanical discovery and should not be deprived 

 of the honor of making such a record. 



"Mr. William Gavin Taylor found the Luminous Moss in 

 Fayston Pass, in 1929, and should be credited with its discovery 

 there. I happened to be near at the time but would very likely 

 have overlooked it, as we were hurriedly getting ready to re- 

 turn to Dr. Monroe's home, so we wouldn't be late for supper. 



"Incidentally, I found a new station for this plant in 1922, 

 one hundred and fifty miles north of Quebec, Canada, on the 

 shore of Lake Edward. My station is not included in Dr. 

 Garn's map of its distribution." 



Dates of Publication of Torreya, Volume 30, 1930 



No. 1 January-February, March 3, 1930 



2 March-April, April 25 



3 May-June June 22 



4 July-August August 21 



5 September-October, October 24 



6 November-December January 7, 1931 



