No. 11.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 29 
necticut, have been described as new: Calypogeia tenuis 
(Aust.) Evans, Diplophylleia apiculata Evans, Frullania Brit- 
tonie Evans, Jungermannia Nove-Cesaree Evans, Lepidozia 
sphagnicola Evans, L. sylvatica Evans, and Plagiochila Sul- 
livantii Gottsche. Unfortunately two of these have since been 
reduced to synonymy, Jungermannia Nove-Cesaree being now - 
considered a form of Lophozia marchica (Nees) Steph., and 
Lepidozia 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 
Hepatice,” 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 punctatus L. Fifteen species of Connecticut 
Hepaticze and Anthocerotes have been distributed in Under- 
wood and Cook’s “ Hepaticee Americane,” all of which are 
indicated below. Several other species are included in the first 
two decades of the “American Hepatice,” 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 atsall complete. This is especially 
true of the towns in the eastern and northeastern counties. 
