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be interesting to know to what extent. Is it a common occurrence, or is it 
only a rare one ? It would also be interesting to know, if any other mosses 
are likwise thus attacked. That moss spores should be an especial dainty to 
these little insects, is not at all improbable. Baltimore, Md. 
A RED ANDRE/EA. 
Cora H. Clarke. 
On July 3rd, 1906, I was climbing a rocky path in the woods at Manches- 
ter, Mass., not far from the ocean, nor much above sea-level, when my eye 
was caught by the very dark red color of some small cushions of moss on a 
bit of outcropping rock. At least, they appeared red, or a dark red-brown, 
by contrast with the other mosses on the same rock. The largest cushion was 
but little over an inch across. Some of the cushions bore a little fruit, which 
I did not at first recognize to be that of Andresea; there were spores in some of 
the capsules. 
On July 21st, a visit to this same rock showed the Andresea in a dry condi- 
tion, and therefore almost black. Not far off was an almost vertical rock- 
wall, of considerable extent, but with growths of moss here and there. Here 
again was Andresea but not so much in cushions as in patches with a flat sur- 
face. The color was not red at all but black when dry — dark green when wet 
—with little fruit. 
Both forms answer to the description of Andrecea ruftestris , a species not 
new to Massachusetts since Mr. Edwin Faxon found it in Franklin Park, Bos- 
ton, Nov. 25th, 1886. His specimens were red rather than dark green, and 
showed signs of having borne abundant fruit earlier in the season. 
Boston, Mass. 
SULUVANT MOSS CHAPTER NOTES. 
Dr. A. J. Grout, 360 Lenox Road, Brooklyn. N. Y., would like to arrange 
for a Sullivant Moss Chapter exploration of Mt. Washington, N. H., some 
time during next July. Those interested please address as above. 
Miss Lydia Prichett Borden, Manoa, Pa., under date Jan. n, 1907, writes 
that she found Mnium spinulosum B. & S. in full fruit and many plants 
with the spores apparently perfectly ripe on January 1st, this year. A friend 
also found M. sylvaticum in fruit and a few other species which usually 
fruit in spring. These were all found in Delaware County within a few miles 
of Philadelphia. 
Since March 1st the following persons have qualified as Chapter mem- 
bers: No. 174. Dr. Marshall A. Howe, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 
Park, New York City. No. 175. Mrs. L. E, C. Rohrabacher, Hotel Stan- 
der, Seattle, Wash. No. 176. Rev. C. H. Waddell, The Vicarage, Saint- 
field, Co. Down, Ireland. No. 177. Dr. I. Hagen, Natural History Museum, 
Trondhjem, Norway, No. 178. Dr. V. F. Brotherus, Helsingfors, Finland, 
Sweden. 
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