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RAMALINA RIQIDA ON THE RHODE ISLAND COAST. 
To aid in the clearer understanding of the distribution of this species, it 
may be of interest to note its occurrence at Middletown, Rhode Island. Dur- 
ing September, 1905 , 1 collected several specimens, and in November received, 
through the kindness of Mr. Edward Sturtevant, several more. It grows 
commonly on the Red Cedar ( funiperus Virginiana), the tree which mainly 
comprises the Paradise Woods, which back the Second Beach sand dunes. 
My determination of the species was corroberated by Dr. W. G. Farlow, 
.after careful comparison with specimens in the Cryptogamic Herbarium of 
Harvard University, where, at his request, a specimen was placed, as the 
Herbarium contained no Rhode Island specimens. % m 
Willey recorded in 1892 the presence of Ramalina rigida Pers. in the 
region of New Bedford, which is some twenty miles to the northeast. 
Concord, Massachusetts. Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. 
ENCALYPTA PROCERA.— A CORRECTION. 
The punctuation or better perhaps the lack of it in my copy of Die 
Natiirlischen Pflanzenfamilien led me in the article on Encalypta procera 
Bruch, in the November, 1905, Bryologist, to ascribe to Brotherusan opinion 
that he evidently does not hold, namely, that E. Selwini Aust. is identical 
with E. procera Bruch. In a paragraph in which both are mentioned the 
final sentence on E. procera is not separated from the one beginning with 
“ E. Selwini ” by any mark of punctuation, which led me rather hastily to 
infer that they were one species. A closer attention to the custom of placing 
a synonym in a parenthesis after the name of the species with which it is 
identified would have prevented the mistake, even with the faulty reading. I 
am indebted to Prof. Holzinger for calling my attention to the error. 
Chicago, 111 . E. J. Hill. 
SULLIVANT MOSS CHAPTER NOTES. 
Chapter members will please take notice of the following remarks. Our 
'Secretary, Dr. J. W. Bailey, Walker Building, Seattle, Wash., has charge of 
the Chapter Mo$s Herbarimn and all specimens designed for it, and all cor- 
respondence regarding contemplated offerings of mosses in the Bryologist 
should be addressed directly to him as well as all mosses for determination. 
Mi-ss C. C. Haynes, 16 East 36th street, New York City, has custody of 
the Hepatic Herbarium and all specimens of material for determination, 
and correspondence regarding the work of this section should go directly to 
her. 
Mr. G. K. Merrill, 564 Main street, Rockland, Maine, our Vice-President, 
has the Lichen Herbarium , and all that pertains to the subject of lichens 
should be addressed directly to him. 
Our President, Mr. E. B. Chamberlain, 1830 Jefferson Place, Washing- 
