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Kaalaas^ gives the following as the habitat of L. badensis : “This 
species occurs as it seems upon slightly damp and sandy earth, on 
thinly earth-covered cliffs, in humus-filled mountain crevices, etc., 
on a substratum of rocks containing more or less lime. * * 
L. badensis is not rare with us, in such regions, * * * and it 
occurs especially in the northern part of the country. * * 
a rule it is found with perianths, and frequently also with fruit.'’ 
Schiffner^ declares that L. badensis and the southern L. turbinata 
(Raddi) St., have until very recently been confused, even by careful 
writers like Bernet and Warnstorf. Lindberg% however, in a most 
excellent manner sets forth their differences and gives diagnoses of 
both. After describing them he says of then respectively ; 
L. badensis. “Terras septentrionales praefert, ” and gives a long 
list of Scandinavian stations. 
L. turbinata. “ Terras meridionales et occidentales praefert, nondum 
intra fines florae scandinavieae reperta, ubi tamen antecedens nullo 
modo rara esse videtur, ut loca supra relata demonstrant.” 
Macvicar^ gives a number of stations for L. badensis and says that 
in Scotland it is found only upon low ground. 
Muller'^ in Heft 12* gives a very good list of the differences 
between L. badensis and L. Muelleri, as well as some figures of each 
species. 
As for its North American distribution, Dr. Evans‘S gives it, “from 
King Oscar Land and Ellesmere Land from along the Montmorency 
River, Quebec, coll. Macoun;” from Ithaca, New York, coll. 
Andrews ; “probably has an extensive range in North America.’’ 
Hitchcock, in his Geology of Vermont (1861 ) describes such a 
variety of geological formations within the state as easily explains why, 
with but little systematic exploration, Vermont has so many rarities 
credited to her list. Her limestone hills and swamps ought to yield 
all further possible members of the Muelleri group — surely L. Muelleri 
(Nees) Dum. itself, and L. Schultzii (Nees) Schiffn. 
Since, however, in comparing specimens, all Vermont mosses 
resemble more closely those from Norway than from any other part 
of Europe, perhaps it is not unreasonable to expect that a large pro- 
portion of Norway’s rich hepatic flora must occur in Vermont. 
In conclusion, the writer will be very glad of material of any 
species of this group for examination, from any part of North 
America, as this group has hitherto been sparingly collected in 
America. 
Hartford, Connecticut. November. 1910. 
1. De Distr. Hep. in Norv. , p. 351. 1893. 
2. Verhandlungen der K. K. Zool.bot. Gesellesch in Wien, 54 : 394-5. 1904. 
3. Musci. Asiae Bor. I: p. 46. 1889. 
4. Trans. Bot. Soc. of Edinburgh, 25: 138. 1910. 
5. Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora, 6 : 733. 1910. 
6. Bryologist, 13: 343, Mar. 1910. 
