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by the smaller size, the narrower leaves entire or scarcely denticulate at apex 

 with broader margin and the capsule smaller, narrower and more abruptly 

 pendulous. 



Bryum crassirameum Ren. & Card. var. Covillei Ren. & Card., var. nova. 



Differs from the typical form in the denser mats, in the more slender 

 and stricter stem and branches, in the leaves more closely appressed, in the 

 seta which is commonly thicker in proportion to the size of the leaf, in the 

 fuscous-red capsule and in the wider openings on the back of the segments of 

 the inner peristome. 



Rocky Mountains (Death Valley Expedition, No. 1358; F. V. Coville and 

 F. Funston, 1891). 



Bryum torquescens B, & S. Bryol. Eur. 6-9:49, pi. 20. 



Washington: Pullman, Whitman County, moist banks (L. F. Hender- 

 son, 1892). 



Nearly allied to B. capillar e L., but distinct by the synoicous inflores- 

 cence and the capsule deep red when mature. The American form differs 

 from the European type by the leaves being erecto-patent and not spirally 

 contorted in the dry state. 



OFFERINGS. 



To Chapter members only. For postage. 



Miss C. H. Clarke, 91 Mt. Vernon street, Boston, Mass. Dichelyma capil- 

 laceum B. & S. cfr. 



Miss M. F. Miller, 1109 M street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Polytrichum 

 commune var. perigoniale Mx. cfr. 



Mrs. J. D, Lowe, Noroton, Conn. Entodon seductrix (Hedw.) C. M. cfr. 



Mrs. C. W. Harris, 125 St. Mark's Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Parmelia saxatilis 

 (L,) Fr. Plagiothecium striatellum Lindb. cfr. 



Mr. W. C. Barbour, Sayre, Pa, Frullania Asagrayana Mont. F. Eboracen- 

 sis Gottsche. Hylocomium brevirostre (Ehrh.) B. & S, Hypnum crista- 

 castrensis L. 



Mrs. Smith, 78 Orange Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Leucodon sciuroides (L.) 

 Schwaegr. 



REPORT OF JUDGE OF ELECTIONS. 



Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, Secretary: 



I submit the report of the election of Sullivant Moss Chapter officers for 



1902, as follows: 



Whole number of votes 22 



For President: Dr. G. N, Best 21 



Professor J. M, Holzinger i — 22 



For Vice-Pres: Miss Warner ..16 



Mr. J. W. Huntington 6 — 22 



For Sec.-Treas : Miss Wheeler 14 



Miss Crockett 5 



Mrs. Smith 3 — 22 



Dr. Best, Miss Warner and Miss Wheeler are elected. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Josephine D. Lowe, Judge of Elections. 



