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Report of Election of Officers for the Year 1916 



What number of votes cast, 26. 



For President, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Britten, 26 votes. 

 For Vice-President, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, 24 votes. 

 For Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. B. Chamberlain, 24 votes. 

 No votes were cast other than as reported above, the candidates thus being 

 elected to the offices designated. 



O. E. Jennings, Judge of Elections, S. M. S. 



Report of the Curator of the Moss Herbarium for 1915 



During the past year 52 specimens have been mounted in the Moss Her- 

 barium of the SuUivant Moss Society, adding 13 species and varieties new to 

 the herbarium, which now contains 3855 specimens, representing 1173 species 

 and varieties belonging to 253 genera. The contributors have been: Mary F. 

 Miller, S. H. Burnham, F. L. Pickett, S. Rapp, T. C. Frye, E. C. Wurzlow, 

 Mrs. E. G. Britton, D. L. Dutton, W. Gray, E. B. Chamberlain, and Roberta 

 Deam. 



The meagerness of this showing is due to the utter cessation of all foreign 

 correspondence since the duration of the European war and to the inactivity on 

 the part of our home members. The Curator thanks all members who have 

 contributed specimens, but again — as last year — earnestly solicits renewed 

 activity among moss students. It is only by zealous collecting, correspondence, 

 and exchange among bryologists from widely different localities that the her- 

 barium can be made to satisfactorily grow, and the Curator remains ever ready 

 to help along the good work by determinations, letters, and generous exchanges. 



George B. Kaiser, Curator. 



Germantown, Pa., Dec. i, 1915. 



Report of the Curator of the Hepatic Department for 1915 



Three hundred and thirty-five specimens have been placed this year in the 

 Hepatic Herbarium. 



Of this number, 114 were from the A. H. Brinkman collections in British Colum- 

 bia and Alberta. A report of this interesting and valuable collection and a list 

 of species will be submitted during the year. 



Fifty-four specimens, only a part of a valuable collection by Prof. E. Ishiba 

 from Japan, and determined by Dr. A. W. Evans, have been included this year. 



In addition to the specimens contributed by Mr. Severin Rapp, Dr. Farlow, and 

 Dr. Evans in response to my appeal last year {see Bryologist Vol. 18, nos. i- 

 2), Miss Annie Lorenz has given the following: 



Riccia dictyospora, Gymnomitrium coraUioides, Anthoceros crispulus, Chiloscy- 

 phus fragilis, and Anthoceros Macounii. 



