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"Cuba promises to be especially rich in ferns. At present it 

 is not very thoroughly explored botanically, but by comparing 

 the number of species in certain genera now known from Cuba 

 with the total number of species in these genera known from 

 North America, it appears probable that eventually Cuba will 

 prove to be as rich in ferns as Jamaica is now known to be. 



"To illustrate with one genus, Anemia as presented in the 

 North American Flora, Volume i6: part i, is recognized as ha\ing 

 twenty-six North American species, with ten in Cuba. Recent 

 collections for the New York Botanical Garden have included 

 material of three species not accredited to Cuba in the Flora. 

 The list of Cuban anemias now stands: (previously recorded) 

 A. phyllitidis, A. Underwoodiana, A. obovata, A. pastinacaria, A. 

 Wrightii, A. ciciitaria, A. speciosa, A. cuneata, A. coriacea, A. 

 adiantifolia; (to be added) A. nipeensis Benedict (new), A. 

 aurita (either this or undescribed), and A. sp. (probably un- 

 described). 



"Thus, Cuba now has thirteen out of twenty-eight, and in the 

 total number, there are several species now found in neighboring 

 islands, and which may be expected in Cuba. 



"Some of the Cuban species of Anemia are especially interest- 

 ing. For example, A. pastinacaria has been found in the West 

 Indies only in Cuba, but is native also in Mexico and South 

 America. A. speciosa has a somewhat similar distribution. 

 Mrs. N. L. Britton has collected in Cuba material here identified 

 as A. speciosa which exceeds Mr. Maxon's North American Flora 

 description, in that it has leaves twice-pinnate below instead of 

 merely pinnate. 



^^ Anemia nipeensis Benedict, was collected by Dr. J. A. Shafer 

 in the Sierra Nipe, a hitherto botanically unexplored Cuban 

 mountain range. The plant indentified as Anemia aurita is 

 similar to small Jamaican specimens of this species but is not 

 certainly the same." 



The next number on the program was "Reviews of Recent 

 Moss Literature," by Mrs. N. L. Britton. 



Mrs. Britton gave a brief abstract of three recent publications 

 which contain references to or descriptions of North American 

 Mosses as follows: 



