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Report of the Committee on Bryophytes, 1913. 



The Committee on Bryophytes begs leave to submit the 

 following report: 



During the time that has elapsed since the presentation 

 of the last formal report the work upon Maine bryophytes has 

 been confined almost exclusively to the hepatics. The com- 

 mittee is not aware of any literature relating to the mosses 

 which bears upon Maine plants. Dr. A. W. Evans, of Yale, 

 has published two lists of "Notes upon New England Hepa- 

 ticae" listing seventeen additions to the Maine Hepatic Flora. 

 The same author has revised his Preliminary Checklist of the 

 New England Hepaticae, and indicates in that 123 species as 

 represented from Maine by authentic specimens. The pre- 

 vious list reported only seventy-five species, some of them 

 doubtful, so that the newer list represents a gain of over 60%. 

 In this Maine compares very favorably with the other New 

 England States, considering the difference in area and the 

 comparatively small amount of w r ork that has been done. 



