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Fig. i — Cephalozia Francisci, leafy stem X 130. 
Fig. 2 — Perianth and involucre X 42. 
Fig. 3 — Male plant X 70. Reduced X- 
CEPHALOZIA FRANCISCI (HOOK.) DUMORT. 
Cephalozia Francisci being an American as well as European species 
[see Torreya, 3:40. Mr. 1903, in which I recorded the fact of having detected 
it in a collection made by Mrs. Alice R. Northrop, near Prospect Harbor, 
Maine], I have thought I would publish some drawings of it as it has never been 
figured in our books. In its habit this Cephalozia shows the same charac- 
teristics as the genus Odontoschisma, except in its regularly bifid leaves and 
a few minor details : the obtuse lobing of the leaves, however, is unusual 
among the Cephalozia. Even this exception loses some of its importance 
when it is remembered that both O. Sphagni and O. prostratum show, in 
very rare cases, bifid leaves obtusely lobed. Its upright flagella-like gem- 
miparous branches recall those of O. denudatum, in miniature. Dr. Evans 
has given the above facts in the Botanical Gazette (36:337, N. 1903) and 
shown it to be one of the connecting links between the two genera ; he also 
mentions that it was principally on account of this species that Spruce 
included Odontoschisma among the sub-genera of Cephalozia. The speci- 
mens found in Maine grew on a shady path in company with C. bicuspidata 
(L.) Dumort, and formed little compact tufts, showing perianths with imma- 
ture sporogonia and immature androecia. I am in hopes of soon hearing of 
its occurrence at other stations and add a short description of it. 
The pallid-green plant is sometimes tinged a clear wine-color ; leaves 
oval to orbicular, alternate, strongly imbricate at apex, spreading at base, 
obliquely attached, concave, sinus acute, lobing very obtuse : erect stems bear- 
