Mnium insigne Mitt. 



Among some mosses which I recently received from the Vienna Exchange 

 Club for Cryptograms, was one labelled JVUihini insigne. Mitt, June 20, i8g6; 

 on wet shaded earth," Columbia Falls, Montana, U. S. A. R. S. Williams. I 

 examined this moss which had abundant capsules with interest, as M . insigne 

 is generally considered synomymous with M. Seligeri, Jur,, which is a shy 

 fruiter in Europe and very rare in England in that condition. I was, how- 

 ■^ever, surprised to find that the fruiting plants had a clearly synoicous in- 

 florescence, though a few purely S flowers were also present. I also found 

 that the leaves were rather broadly ovate and sharply pointed which 

 together with their long sharp marginal teeth, generally consisting of but 

 ■one cell, and ceasing about the middle of the leaf, suggested that the plant 

 before me was scarcely the same as the European M. Seligej'i. The moss 

 in question seems to agree well with the diagnosis given by Limpricht of 

 M. Drumnt07idii Br. & Sch. of which unfortunately I have no authentic 

 specimens, but I cannot find that iVhiiiim insigne, Mitt, is given g.s a 

 synomyn for this species, although Limpricht points out that Mitten's 

 species is not the same as M. Seligeri ^ur . , to which many authors have re- 

 ferred it. A' close comparison of the European and American species of this 

 fine genus would be of great interest. W. E. Nicholson. 



January, 1903. " ■ Lewes, Sussex, England. 



SULLIVANT MOSS CHAPTER NOTES. 



Dr. Best says of Claopodiuni pel Incinerve (Mitt) Best, offered in this 

 number of The Bryologist by Mrs. J. B. Lowe, and collected by her at 

 Noroton, Ct. : "So far as I know it has been collected only once before this 

 and then by Mr. R, S. Williams in the Yukon territory. See The Bryologist 

 3:i9, 190Q." Harriet Wheeler. 



Members desiring the offerings will please forward stamped and ad- 

 dressed envelopes to the donors. H. W. 



Confusion would be avoided and some labor saved if the annual dues of 

 Chapter members were paid directly to the Secretary who reports such pay- 

 ments to the editors of The Bryologist and members receive the magazine 

 to which they are thereby entitled. Subscriptions to The Bryologist should 

 be paid to Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith. H. W. 



In a letter just received from Prof, Holzinger he says: "If you have 

 space please express my cordial thanks to the Sullivant Moss Chapter for 

 honoring me with the Presidency. I promise to be faithful to this high trust 

 and work hard." He adds in a letter of a few days later date : "Members 

 wishing mosses determined must prepare material neatly, and send ad un el- 

 ant f=,'^eQim.ens, in proper, foldeei envelopes with exact data written thereon. 

 Scraps of mosses put up in indifferently folded scraps of paper will receive 

 no consideration. Use pockets of good paper 7x8 inches. This request is 

 absolutely necessary since the endless scraps have come pouring in." 



