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### Author
Howe, Reginald Heber, Jr. (1875-1932), American cryptogamist, high school teacher at Middlesex School, Concord, Mass., headmaster of the Belmont Hillschool (1923), curator of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History.
**Abbreviated name**: *R. Howe* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.Howe*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection FH|FH]] (4000); further material at [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection S|S]].
*Exsiccatae*: Lichenes novae angliae*. Determined and prepared by R. Heber Howe, Jr. Thoreau Museum of Natural History, dec. 1-7, nos. 1-70, Concord, Mass., 1911-1914. Sets at [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection O|O]], and [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – Hawksworth cites mycological material from [[Collection NY|NY]].
*Ref*.: Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 135. 1969.
- Hawksworth, D. L., Mycol. handb. 183. 1974.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 211; CSP 15: 965; GR p. 191, cat. p. 65; IH 2: 289; Kew 3: 48; KR p. 308; LS 12715-12719, 34787-34796, suppl. 12359-12397; SBC p. 123 ("R. H. Howe"); SO 3509.
- Anon., Bryologist 35(1): 16. 1932; J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 132. 1911.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 95. 1969.
- Philips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 450, 939. 1963.
### Publications
##### n.3089. Common and conspicuous lichens of New England
**Title**
*Common and conspicuous lichens of New England* a field book for beginners... Boston (W. B. Clarke & Company) 1906-1908, 5 parts.
**Abbreviated title**: *Lich. N. England*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Marion Appleton Howe (née Barker) (married Reginald Heber Howe 19 Sep 1904 (Barnhart)).
*Part 1*: 1906 (p. 8: Dec 1905), cover, \[3\]-22, *2 pl*.
*Part 2*: 1906, cover, p. \[23\]-39, *3 pl*.
*Part 3*: 1906, cover, \[41\]-55, *3 pl*.
*Part 4*: 1906, cover, \[57\]-71, *3 pl*.
*Part 5*: 1908, cover, \[73\]-87, *2 pl*.
*Copy*: FH.
##### n.3090. Classification de la famille des Usneaceae dans l'Amérique du Nord
**Title**
Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Paris \[série no. 60. No. d'ordre 71\] pour obtenir le titre de Docteur de l'Université par R. Heber Howe, Jr.,... Ire Thèse. – *Classification de la famille des Usneaceae dans l'Amérique du Nord*. 2e Thèse. – Propositions données par la Faculté. Soutenues le \[6\] février 1912 devant la Commission d'examen... Paris (J. Mersch) 1912. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Classif. Usneac. Amer.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 6 Feb 1912, p. \[1\]-31, \[32, thèse\], *pl. 10*, errata slip. *Copies*: G(2), US, USDA. – *See also: A monograph of the North American Usneaceae*, Ann. Rep. Missouri bot. Gard. 23: 133-146, *pl. 7.* 16 Dec 1912 (reprint with special cover and original pagination; *copy*: US).
##### n.3091. A monograph of the Usneaceae of the United States and Canada
**Title**
Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of natural History Middlesex School Concord, Massachusetts. *A monograph of the Usneaceae of the United States and Canada* by R. Heber Howe, Jr. \[Concord, Mass., 1914-1915\] 2 parts.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Usneac. U.S.*
**Notes**
*Part 1*: Mar 1914, cover, p. \[1\]-25, *pl. 1-5*, maps.
*Part 2*: Feb 1915, \[1\]-34, \[1-2\], *pl. 6-16*, map chart.
*Copy*: USDA.