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black fellows seemingly twice as big as the largest Jerseyite. But friend Hood 

 had concocted an aromatic "Skeet Skoot" that I placed on my hat and coat 

 sleeves which rendered me immune. So effective was it that I hope it may be 

 offered to the world for the relief of the many long-suffering sea shore vacation- 

 ists and mountain campers. 



In these swamps the cypress knees, stumps and dead logs are well covered 

 with rnSsses as is also the bark of most of the other trees. Here are found Fissi- 

 dens s'uhhasilaris Hedw., very common, also Forsstroemia trichomitria (Hedw.) 

 Lindb., and its var. immersa (Sulliv.) Lindb., which seems to me to be worthy of 

 specific rank. 



On the wet wood in and around the water Amblystegium floridanum R. & 

 C, Cryphea glomerata B. & S., Entodon seductrix (Hedw.) C. M., and Leskea micro- 

 car^a are frequent. Schlotheimia Sullivantii M.uel\, Fissidens incurviis Schwaegr, 

 Papillaria nigrescens, Forsstroemia floridanus (Lindb.) Kindb, Tortella caes- 

 pitosa ^(Schwaegr.) Limpr., Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb., A. irrignum 

 (Hook .& Wils.) B. & S., Clasmatodon parvulus (Hampe) Sulliv. are occasional. 



If one is fortunate he will pick up Fissidens Donellii Aust., F. Garberi, L. & J. 

 and Entodon Drummondii (B. & S.) J. & S. Sphagnum appeared to be less 

 abundant than in our northern bogs, and only occasional masses were noticed, 

 but I am informed on good authority that this is not typical and that Florida 

 has a very rich Sphagnum flora. 



*A REMARKABLE FORM OF DICRANELLA HETEROMALLA Schimp. 



By H. N. Dixon, M.A., F.L.S. 



In May of this year, Mr. C. P. Hurst sent me a gathering of Dicranella 

 which presented a very unusual appearance. The foliage was unmistakably 

 that of D. heteromalla, but the capsules were quite unlike those of that species. 

 Instead of being elongate, castaneous brown, inclined, and plicate when dry, on 

 long straw-colored setae, they were short, small, deep reddish brown, almost 

 erect and symmetrical, smooth when dry, wide-mouthed, and on very short, 

 red, often deep red, setae, so as to be almost immersed in the tufts. They pre- 

 sented indeed very much the appearance of the fruit of D. varia, and this was 

 enhanced when, as was occasionally the case, the peristome, just expanded, 

 showed the long, deep purple teeth characteristic, of some forms especially, of 

 that species. There seemed to be a good d priori case for a hybrid form, viz., 

 heteromalla 9 X Z?. varia $ . Careful search by Mr. Hurst, however, entirely 

 failed to detect the presence of D. varia in the immediate vicinity, while on the 

 other hand it showed that the fruiting plant in question covered a much wider 

 range than was at first supposed. 



♦Reprinted in part from the Journal of Botany, for October, 1912. 



