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phus I am in considerable doubt about. Number five is pro- 

 bably C. chilocyphus and number nine C. ascendens, but the 

 leaves are more sharply lobed than I have ever seen before." 



Plagiochila asplenoides, Dumort. On ground by brooks. 

 Not common. (Confirmed by Evans). 



Liochlaena lanceolata, Nees. Not found by Curtis. 



Fossombronia salina, Lindb. Identified by Evans who says, 

 4 'It seems to be preferable to F. salina Lindb. This species 

 has a range extending- from Connecticut along- the coast to 

 Florida and is apparently found in the West Indies also." 



Pallavicinia Lyelli, S. F. Gray. Not common. (Confirmed 

 by Evans). 



Pellia epiphylla, Raddi. Common by streams. 



Metzg-eria conjugata, Lindb. Curtis gives M. furcata and 

 M. conjug-ata for North Carolina. Gemmae are produced in 

 abundance on marginal cells. 



Anuera multifida, Dumort. In very damp places. I have 

 found this on the floor of a mill race in South Carolina cover- 

 ed by several inches of swiftly flowing- water. (Confirmed by 

 Evans). 



Aneura ping-uis, Dumort. Forming- larg-e mats in springy 

 places. (Confirmed by Evans). 



Anthoceros laevis, L. Common. 



Notothylas orbicularis, Sulliv. Not common in this region. 



Marchantia polymorpha, L. Very rare here. Found in 

 only one spot by Mr. H. A. Allard. 



Fimbriara tenella, Nees. Not rare in low meadows. 



Conocephalus conicus, Dumort. Plentiful, but rarely fruit- 

 ing-. The gametophyte. contains abundant michoriza. 



Asterella hemisphaerica, Beauv. Bases of stone walls on 

 North side, and in damp old fields. 



Dumortiera hirsuta, Nees. With or without air chambers, 

 depending- on location. 



Riccia sp. Probably R. nutans. On damp open ground. 



Sphaerocarpus terrestris, Smith. Edges of cultivated 

 fields. The spores remain united in tetrads. Male plants 

 minute, purplish. 



