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REPORT ON THE HEPATICAE OF FRANCONIA MOUNTAINS, N. H. 
The forty-third field meeting of the Appalachian Mountain Club was 
held at the Profile House, N. H., July 3-11, 1908. Owing to the burning of 
the Summit House on Mount Washington, the projected meeting of the New 
England Federation of Natural History Societies at that place was aban- 
doned, and the Appalachian Club courteously offered the privileges of guests 
to any of the Federation who desired to attend. 
This invitation was accepted by a committee of four from the Sullivant 
Moss Society, appointed by Miss Haynes, namely: Dr. Evans, chairman; 
Miss Haynes, Miss Robinson, and Miss Lorenz. The committee, followed in 
the main the expeditions made by the Club, but collected as copiously as 
possible en route, besides making some independent explorations. 
Mt. Lafayette, Bald Mt. , the Flume, Lonesome Lake, and Mt. Agassiz 
were visited, and rather careful attention was given to the vicinity of Profile 
and Echo Lakes. 
The summit of Mt. Lafayette, 5269 ft. alt., resembles that of Mt. Mans- 
field rather than that of Mt. Washington. The rock is a coarse granite, in 
large pieces, instead of the jagged schist of Washington and the Northern 
Peaks, while the flora is of a somewhat xerophytic character. The most 
interesting species collected were: Gymnomitrium concinnatum , Marsu- 
pella ustulata, M. Sullivantii, Lophozia alpestris , Temnoma setiforme , 
and Scapania curta . 
Below the summit is a most enticing tarn, Eagle Lake, whose sphagnum- 
edged shores produced Scapania irrigua, Mylia anomala , Lophozia infiat a 
and Calypogeia tenuis. Scapania umbrosa was abundant on wet rocks 
along the trail above 3000 ft. alt. 
The Flume is the well-known ravine on the slope of Mt. Flume, about 
five miles south of the Profile House. It is about 700 ft. long, with perpen- 
dicular walls of coarse granite, about 10 ft. apart in the narrowest part, and 
perhaps 60 ft. deep. Flume Brook enters by a cascade over the upper end of 
the ravine. The walls are constantly dripping with moisture, and support a 
rich moss-flora. Although we did not find any species new to New Hamp- 
shire, it well repaid the day’s work, as we collected Lejeunea cavifolia, Ric- 
cardia pinguis, Nardia hyalina, Jungermannia p until a, Lophozia in flat a. 
L. Lyoni , Sphenolobus exsectus and Scapania curta. 
Lonesome Lake lies on the south-eastern slope of Mt. Cannon, at an 
elevation of 2750 ft. and commands a magnificent view of the Franconia 
range. It is nearly surrounded by the choicest kind of heath and sphag- 
num bog, which yielded Mylia anomala , Cephalozia pleniceps, Cephalozia 
fluitans, Calypogeia tenuis , and Lepidozia setacea. Lophozia longidens 
was found on the dry bark of a dead birch on the bridle path. 
Bald Mt., 2394 ft., our first climb, produced Lophozia bicrenata. On our 
return we found Sphenolobus Hellerianus on some old logs. It grows mixed 
with other things, particularly Cephalozia curvifolia , and prefers a rather 
dry log, with the bark off, but the wood still firm, while Scapania apicu- 
lata wants wood bare, but wet. 
