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South of this drier section the surface dips for about two-thirds the length, 

 forming a narrow trough of sandy bog, covered with a various growth, including 

 Pinus rigida and Vacciniaceae, offering continuous shade. Here is the habitat 

 of Cephalozia Francisci growing mostly on small plots of barren sands, forming 

 beautiful dark-green mats from a few inches to ten feet in diameter. In one 

 spot where a slight gully transverses the depression, the plant follows the shady 

 western edge for fifty feet. 



Growing contiguously and abundantly is Cephalozia macrostachya and more 

 rarely C. fluitans. Riccardia pinguis and Fossomhronia foveolata occupy more 

 rush-grown localities in the region. 



The Musci are meagrely represented by Leucobryum glaucum, Sphagnum 

 inundatum and S. suhsecundum. 



Orient, New York 



NOTE ON BUXBAUMIA INDUSIATA BRIDEL 



Ralph S. Nanz 



Dr. Grout's note in the May number of The Bryologist indicates the wide 

 range of Buxbaumia indusiata Brid., in spite of its rarity. This species of Bux- 

 baumia has been found twice within the past year in the vicinity of Ithaca, N. Y. 

 On September 7, 19 16, Dr. Andrews and I found the moss on a decayed stump, 

 probably hemlock, in a very moist woods near the McLean bogs, about fifteen 

 miles northeast of Ithaca. The capsules, four in number, were immature and 

 green in color. On April 9, 19 17, Prof. K. M. Wiegand and Mr. F. B. Wann 

 discovered it in Coy Glen Ravine, two miles south of Ithaca. Ten mature cap- 

 sules were found on a log, growing together with Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) 

 Dum. The specimens collected agree in appearance with Dr. Grout's photo- 

 graphs. The mature capsules are light brown in color, in contrast to the deep 

 red brown of B. aphylla. The two very opposite types of situation are worth 

 noting; in the one case a swampy woods, and in the other a rocky ravine. 



Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 



A Record to be Envied. — Under date of January 29, 19 17, Dr. John Macoun 

 writes from Sidney, B. C, as follows: 



"I take quite an interset in the Bryologist and am still collecting. Think 

 of it! I sent my first mosses to Sullivant in 1861. The first new species I found 

 was Leptodon nitidus, named by him from my specimens. 



"Since then I have found nearly one thousand of all kinds, from trees to 

 seaweeds, and I am at it yet." 



Four-lobed spore mother cells in Gatharinaea. — Most students of the 

 mosses, hepatics, and lichens are interested primarily in the collection and identi- 

 fication of the various species of these plants, or in studying their distribution 



