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ANNUAL REPORTS— SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY— 1915 

 Report of the President 



During the past year the work of the SuUivant Moss Society has been ably 

 •continued by its members and has been productive of valuable results. The 

 •current volume of the Bryologist, in which some of these results are recorded, 

 contains 96 pages, exclusive of the index, and is illustrated by two plates and 

 twelve text figures. It includes twenty-three original articles, a report of the 

 Philadelphia meeting, an obituary notice, and a series of short notes. Six of 

 the articles deal with the mosses, eleven (wholly or in great part) with the he- 

 patics, and six with the lichens. The articles on the mosses were written by six 

 dififerent contributors, those on the hepatics by six, and those on the lichens by 

 four. The following species are described as new: Rinodinia dirinoides A. 

 Zahlbr., R. euryspora A. Zahlbr., Cetraria pallidula Tuckerman, Jamesoniella 

 heterostipa Evans, and Cololejeunea tuherculata Evans. The following new com- 

 "binations also are proposed: Endocarpon petrolepidum (Nyl.) Hasse, Dermato- 

 carpon lecideoides (Mass.) Hasse, and Buellia parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Hasse. 

 One matter which deserves a word of criticism is the inclusion of manuscript 

 species in printed papers. Three such species appear in the present volume: 

 namely, Cephalozia floridae (p. 23), Cephaloziella Rappiana (p. 23), and Cepha- 

 loziella Brinkmani (p. 37). The printing of these names is in no sense publica- 

 tion of the species, it is hardly fair to the authors of the names (who are very 

 likely to change their minds with respect to the plants in question), and it may 

 be the cause of considerable confusion. It is suggested that contributors avoid 

 the use of such names in the future. The President takes pleasure in renewing 

 his congratulations to the Society. 



Alexander W. Evans, President. 



New Haven, Connecticut. 



Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 



During the past year four new members. Miss Roberta Deam, Mr. N. 

 twasaki, Mr. Alfred C. Kinsey, and Mrs. Leo D. Miner, have been added to 

 our lists, and two others have changed from subscribers to members. In this 

 issue a complete list of members is pubHshed in the hope of facilitating corres- 

 pondence and exchange. Prompt notice should be sent to the Secretary of any 

 errors or omissions. A few of the European members have not been heard from 

 since the opening of the war, and it has seemed wisest to omit their names from 

 the active list, without ceasing to use all efforts to get in touch with 

 them. Through death, withdrawal, and the cause mentioned above, there has 

 been a loss of ten members, the total now standing at 131. 



Thirteen species of lichens, five of hepatics, and eleven of mosses have been 

 offered through the columns of The Bryologist for free distribution. It is a 

 matter of great regret to the Secretary that more members do not take advan- 



