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Desirable material for exchange is always welcome and our stock affords 

 ample return for those who send in their own collections when they consist of 

 other than the species which are common almost everywhere. The continua- 

 tion of the European War continues to cut off practically all foreign corres- 

 pondence. 



George B. Kaiser, Curator. 



Germantown, Pa., Dec, 19 i6. 



Report of the Hepatic Department for 1916 



Three hundred and forty-two specimens, representing 79 genera and 162 

 species, have been placed in the herbarium during the past year. It was found 

 impossible to complete the determination of the A. H. Brinkman collection, from 

 Alberta and British Columbia. One hundred and seven specimens, however, 

 were added this year. Among these are such rare species as Riccia Lescuriana, 

 Lophozia quadriloba, L. badensis, L. confertifolia, L. grandiretis, L. longiflora, L. 

 Schultzii, Sphenolohus politus, Gymnomitrium concinnatum, Harpanthus Flotowi- 

 unus, Nardia geoscyphus, Anthelia Juratzkana, Scapania Bartlingii, S. uliginosa, 

 S. paludosa, Clevea hyalina, Bucegia roniancia, Sauteria alpina, Asterella Linden- 

 bergiana, and Hygrohiella laxifolia. The most important gift during the year 

 was by Drs. A. W. Evans and Geo. E. Nichols. Dr. Evans gave us 44 specimens 

 collected in Quebec, Ramouski, and Saguenay Counties. This set contains such 

 interesting species as Metzgeria furcata, Lophozia badensis, L. heterocolpa, L. 

 confertifolia, L. injiata, L. Hatcheri, Scapania umbrosa, Sphenolobus minutus, 

 Gymnomitrium concinnatum. Gym. corallioides, Cephaloziella myriantha, and C. 

 Hampeana. (See Bryologist 19: 27-30. March, 19 16.) 



Dr. Geo. E. Nichols gave 42 specimens from Cape Breton Island, Nova 

 Scotia, and included many of the species new to Cape Breton as given in the 

 list (See Bryologist 19: 38-47. May, 1916.). In addition, this gift includes 

 18 species from Connecticut. Mr. A. S. Foster sent 12 packets, partly Alaskan, 

 and one species, Lepidozia Sandricensis, new to North America. Miss H. E. 

 Greenwood, Geo. Moxley, O. E. Jennings, Geo. B. Kaiser, Roy Latham, and 

 Stewart H. Burnham have been contributors of material from their respective 

 locations. In Mr. Burnham's material from Ft. Ann, N. Y., was found Chilo- 

 scyphus ascendens. Mr. Severin Rapp's gift of 34 hepatics (See Bryologist 18: 

 23. March, 1915) has been acknowledged. These have been verified, and make 

 a most valuable addition of new species to the herbarium. Further additions to 

 species from Florida have been made by Prof. N. L. T. Nelson from Gainesville. 



Miss Lorenz has sent generously of the new and rare New England species. 

 Who of us would not like also to find in any one year Pallavicinia Flotowiana, 

 Pedinophyllum interruptum, Nardia crenuliformis, Cephaloziella bifida, Anthelia 

 Juratzkana, Nardia obovata, Lophozia Kunzeana, and Jungermannia cordifolia. 

 The writer has added a full set of the genus Sphenolobus, and the following Cepha- 

 loziellas as found in the Duluth-Superior District: C. Hampeana, C. bifida, C. 

 myriantha, S. Sullivantii, C. elachista, C. byssacea. 



