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The officers elected were: President, Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury; 

 vice-president, Harry T. Perkins, Burlington; secretary, George P. 

 Burns, Burlington; treasurer, Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn, Burlington; 

 librarian, Miss Phoebe Towle, Burlington; editors of bulletin, George 

 L. Kirk, Rutland, and A. E. Lambert, Middlebury. 



Miss Towle will not be in Vermont next year and L. H. Flint, 

 of Burlington, was elected assistant librarian to take charge of the work 

 during her absence. 



The report of the treasurer was received and placed on file. The 

 local members of the two clubs gave a complimentary dinner to visit- 

 ing members at the Commons hall but the usual roll call was omitted 

 to allow some members to attend a concert. 



The meeting adjourned Saturday morning at 10:30. 



REPORT ON THE VERMONT HEPATICAE FOR 1916 



Annie Lorenz 



The season of 1916 was a banner one for the Vermont hepatic list 

 with no less than five additions, including one new to New England, 

 bringing the total up to 127. 



First of the acquisitions was Cephalozia macrostachya Kaal, from 

 the summer meeting at Wallingford. It was abundant in the sphag- 

 num bog at Elfin Lake. 



On the adjournment of that meeting, the writer went to make a 

 visit in Ascutneyville. During an evening stroll near the village, 

 Ricciella crystallina (L.) Warnst, appeared on the sandy-clayey edge 

 of the road, a similar station to several in eastern Connecticut. The 

 plants, either of this, or of the following species, were not very large, 

 as it was only the middle of July, which is early for good material of 

 the largely annual Ricciaceae. 



Next morning the writer explored the clayey bank of the Connecti- 

 cut River, and located, first, Riccia arvensis Aust., then more R. Crystal- 

 Una (L.) Warnst., and finally, an extremely attractive unfamiliar 

 Riccia. On being submitted to Dr. Howe, he reported it to be R. 

 Frostii Aust., not previously reported east of New York state. As this 

 species was named by Austin for his Brattleboro colleague, it seems only 

 appropriate that it should make its first New England appearance 

 within this state. 



As pickings were so good on this side of the river, the writer then 

 tried the banks at the Claremont end of the bridge, and gathered in 



