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Desmatodon Bushit Card. & Ther. from Missouri belongs to 
Tortula, fide Brotherus. D. Sartorti (C.M.) Paris, from Mexico, 
is a Leptodontium and D. systylioides Ren. & Card. from New- 
foundland a Pottia. 
As here constituted the species of Desmatodon have leaves 
broad in the upper half, sometimes even slightly spatulate, the 
leaf-margins flat or revolute, without border or with a colored 
or thickened border of two layers of cells and costa in cross-sec- 
tion showing a single stereid band below the 2 to 4 mostly large 
guide-cells. The capsule is annulate, the 16 teeth of the peri- 
stome densely papillose and more or less divided into 2 or 3 forks 
sometimes very irregular. The type species is Dicranum lati- 
folium of Hedwig. 
A. B. Stout, 
Secretary of the Conference 
HARDY WOODY PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK 
BOTANICAL GARDEN 
Acer saccharinum. SiLVER MAPLE. 
Location: Near Power House 1. Along road south of Museum. 
Natural distribution: Eastern North America. 
Acer saccharinum var. Weiri. Werr’s MAPLE. 
Location: Arboretum. 
Acer Saccharum. StGar MAPLE. 
Location: Arboretum. Wild, common. 
Natural distribution: Eastern North America. 
Acer Saccharum var. monumentale. Upricnt SvGar Mapve. 
Location: Arboretum. 
Acer tataricum. WHITE-FLOWERED MAPLE. 
Location: Arboretum. Fruticetum. 
Natural distribution: Southeastern Europe and the Orient. 
AESCULACEAE. Horse-chestnut Family 
Aesculus. HORSE-CHESTNUT 
Aesculus carnea. RED-FLOWERED HORSE-CHESTNUT. 
Location: Arboretum. 
Horticultural origin. 
