14 let, 1910 
Mr. 71. H. Hi clio Is on, 
Lewes, Susses:, 
England, 
My dear Hr. ITicholson:- 
Ihank you very much for the reprints you were 
so kind as to send me recently, I was very alad to ret them, 
T am particularly interested in the T "olytrichaeeae and would 
especially Hie© to yet hold of authentically named specimens of 
ichum co/Cuiir.e •o.nci it:, various varieties and forms as they 
are understood by European bryologists. I wonder if you can surest 
tue names of any bryoloyiats in various parts of Europe who would 
be 11hoi; to want to exchange such forms for various American spec¬ 
imens of Ephagna, Heraticae, or Musei, to be selected from an 
exchange list that I could send them! 
,*r. riwort was so Wind as to send me some yeeimens of commune 
and the vars. perironiale and Minus as he understood them, with 
very interesting personal comments written on the envelopes. 
i would be glad to get such specimens representing your own 
views of these or other varieties, if you are sufficiently interested, 
3y 
commune and its forms and varieties" I mean not only' the 
valid but any that have ever received a distinctive name, even though 
t v - € H arc nouyuniversally regarded as unimportant forms; such, for 
iU3ounce an . ov/artzi 1, Jensenii , cubicum, fastimiatur , hyperbo^eum 
mconstans, uliginosum, dig. var. (or form) falcifolia, porimonialc’ 
var mamlllatum, minus, commune var. Roomer i, var. pyrmaeum, etc., etc. 
Do you happen to knpw if the specimen-, of }?, commune and the var. 
minus _are preserved in the rinnaean Herbarium? and to whom one 
should aca.ro ss an inquiry in regard to such specimens? 
'cry trul; 
rour 
. fifw 
h ■■ryy-vy 
