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at slightly above 60°. I have seen a portion of Trelease's collection in the her- 

 barium of the New York Botanical Garden, a portion of that of Macoun was 

 kindly given me by Warnstorf. That the species has not yet been found in 

 Greenland is remarkable. In Europe and Asia it is not altogether uncommon 

 in the proximity of the Arctic Circle, the only locality at less than 60° north 

 latitude being a somewhat isolated station discovered by Russow at Kasperwiek 

 in Esthonia (Russia),^ and this apparently only between the 59th and 60th 

 parallels. Its distribution in Scandinavia is admirably shown by Dusen's map.^ 

 During the summer of 1912 I was so fortunate as to find the species in Norway 

 and at the same time to somewhat extend its range of known distribution in 

 that country. It was noted in several tufts on the mountain side near the Hotel 

 Vatnahalsen, a short distance from the station Myrdal on the railroad Kristiania- 

 Bergen, and specimens taken as a record. This station is in approximately 60** 

 30' north latitude, the most southerly in Norway hitherto having been in the 

 Gudbrandsdal at about 61° 50' north latitude, an extension then of over a degree 

 of latitude. It is also remarkable as being on the western side of the Norwegian 

 watershed or divide, the species in Norway seeming to avoid the proximity of 

 the Atlantic Ocean. 



{Concluded in September Number) 



NINTH PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY 



According to the announcement in the May Bryologist our Society was the 

 guest of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Central Museum on Saturday, 

 May 24th. The weather was somewhat uncertain, but the real business of the 

 day was not interfered with by the showers which fell at intervals. 



Miss Susan Hutchinson, Librarian of the Central Museum, placed the 

 Periodical Room at our service for the day, arranged for our inspection rare and 

 interesting books, and made a most delightful hostess. The first item on our 

 program was given by Dr. Grout, in the Assembly Hall of the Museum Building, 

 it being an abridgment of his ''Lantern Talk on the Mosses." After this was 

 over we adjourned to the cosy Library Room and Dr. Evans, taking the chair, 

 presented in brief two papers, one by Miss Caroline Coventry Haynes "The 

 First Supplement to the Sullivant Moss Society Exchange List of Hepaticae of 

 United States and Canada," and the other "New and Interesting Lichens from 

 the State of Washington" by Mr. G. K. Merrill. This was followed by a paper 

 by Dr. Otto E. Jennings on "Notes on the Mosses of Western Pennsylvania,' 

 read by Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith. Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain followed, 

 reading a paper by Miss Annie Lorenz on "Notes on Maine Hepaticae and a 

 comparison with the Sarekgebirge Hepaticae." 



^ Cf. Russow. Zur Kenntn. d. Subsec. u. Cymbif. Gr. europ. Torfm. 136. 1894. 

 - Om Sphagnaceernas Utbredning i Skandinavien. 1887. 



