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Plate VI. Fig. i. Plant X i. Fig. 2. Stoloniform branch X 75. 
Fig. 3. Leaf X 15. Magnifications after drawing was reduced y 2 . 
PECULIARITY IN NECKERA MENZIES1I. 
Theodore C. Frye. 
Neckera Menziesii is one of the very common mosses on tree trunks and 
horizontal branches in Washington. It is particularly abundant on Acer- 
macrophyllum , the large-leaved maple; whose trunks are sometimes covered 
with a dense jmat as much as six inches thick. The lower green branches 
frequently become stoloniform at the tip like those at the base of Fig. 1. 
However, in February, 1909, the writer found near Seattle, Wash., a tree over 
part of which the stoloniferous branches had become densely branched, 
resembling even the “ Witch’s Brooms ” sometimes found on junipers, hem- 
locks, etc. ( Fig . /, a , b ). This form is very rare in Washington, for the 
writer has found it but this once. 
