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VOLUME XXIV 



NUMBER 6 



NOVEMBER, 1921 



1 BRY0L0GI8T 



JOURNAL OF THE 



SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY 



Conducted and Published for the Society by 

 O. E. JENNINGS, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief 



Associate Editors 



GEORGE N. BEST. M.D. ABEL JOEL GROUT, Ph.D. 



ALEXANDER W. EVANS. Ph.D. JOHN M. HOLZINGER. M.S. 



and the 



Advisory Board Officer* of the Society 



CONTENTS 



Notes on North American Sphagnum. — ^IX. The Group 



Cuspidata Lindberg {Continued) A. Leroy Andrews 81 



Adventures in Mossland. — Desmatodon latifolius (Hedw.) 



Brid. John W. Bailey 86 



Some Rare Mosses from Northeastern Pennsylvania 



Edwin B. Bartram 88 



Sphagnum used as a Surgical Dressing in Germany during 



the World War (Conc/uJec/) J.W-Hotson 89 



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 Copyright, 1921, by EdwardB. Chamberlain 



The SEPTEMBER number of THE BrYOLOGIST was published FEBRUARY 13, 1922 



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