comes the beginning ol a set of Hepaticae from that locality. Prof. John 
L. Sheldon, of Morgantown, W. Va. , continues to send good things. Among 
them, two new accessions, Pellea Fabro 7 iiana Raddi, and Me i2£-eria crassi- 
lipis Lindb. Two other species also new were added, Mars^ipella apicu- 
lata Schiffn.,by Miss Haynes, and Lophozia Kat 7 ?'i?n (Lim^v.) Steph. by 
Mr. Louis Dutton. This last named species is described by Dr. Evans in his 
notes in Rhodora, Oct. 1910. Nardia Geoscyphus (De Not.) Lindb. was 
sent by Miss Helen E. Greenwood from Worcester, Mass. This is the 
second station for Massachusetts and fourth for the United States. 
During the year contributions arrived from A. S. Foster, of Washington; 
Prof. J. P. Naylor, Greencastle, Indiana; Rev. Jas. Hanson, Collegeville, 
Minn. ; and Dr. H. S. Jewett, of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Louis Dutton, of 
Brandon, Vt., continues his set of “Vermont Hepaticae.” Mr. George B. 
Kaiser, of Germantown, Pa., contributed a collection of fifty-four packets, 
representing twenty-seven species, all unusually fine specimens. 
Additions have been made to the writer’s set from the “ Duluth-Superior” 
district now numbering sixty-five species. 
Miss Caroline Coventry Haynes continues to remember us with her set 
of “ American Hepaticae,” numbers 60 to 80. 
It has been observed that beginners are often prevented from sending 
specimens to the Herbarium on account of the impression that the material 
is common and therefore valueless, and a beginning in the study of bryologi- 
cal forms is delayed year after year because of this. If one should gather, 
however, the more common forms and really start a Herbarium and have 
each species verified by a department of the society, it would be a matter of 
surprise how quickly knowledge of these plants would be attained, and a 
good Herbarium built up. The departments of the society and the three 
Herbaria were designed especially to aid the beginner. Nothing delights 
those in charge more than a real live student who asks questions. 
It gives me pleasure to acknowledge the prompt and efficient aid which 
Miss Haynes and Dr. Evans has always given in determining difficult 
species. George Hall Conklin, M.D. 
Superior, Wisconsin. 
REPORT OF THE LICHEN DEPARTMENT. 
The year 1910 has been a prosperous one for the Lichen Department. 
Many members have contributed generously to the herbarium, and the 
majority of the specimens sent in for identification have been good ones, 
carefully prepared and labeled. Mr. Kaiser has contributed a fine collection 
of 74 specimens from New England and the Middle States; Mr. Pendleton 
and Mr. Kingman have sent a number of lichens from California; Mr. 
Nelson from Colorado; Mrs. Leavitt from Massachusetts; Mr. Kirk from 
Vermont; and othersmaller collections have been received'from various parts 
of North America. Our foreign members have also remembered us : Mr. 
E. lishiba sent a valuable contribution of 126 lichens from Japan; and 
another fine set of 62 specimens came from Miss Flockton, of Sydney,. 
