MOSSES. 999 
Fissidens decipiens De Not. 
Shaded sandy ground. Mobile County, not frequent. 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to New Jersey, Ohio, and Ontario. 
Fissidens polypodioides (Sw.) Hedw. 
Dripping rocks in the mountains. Etowah County, Gadsden, Black Creek Falls. 
Sterile; not rare, 
Louisianian area, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia. Mountains of Jamaica and South 
America. 
OCTODICERAS Brid. 
Octodiceras julianum (Savi) Brid. Conomitrium julianum Mont. 
In clear rocky springs. Talladega County. 
Carolinian and Alleghenian areas. New Jersey, Ohio, and Ontario, South and 
central Europe. 
Family POTTIACEAE. 
DESMATODON Brid. 
Desmatodon plinthobius Lesq. & Sulliv. 
Damp brick walls. Mobile County. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas, ‘exas to Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee. 
BARBULA Hedw. 
Barbula caespitosa Schwaegr. 
Woodlands, roots of trees. Montgomery County, Cullman County, Sand Moun- 
tain. Winston County, frequent. 
Louisianianto Alleghenian area. Georgia, Tennessee to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
New York. 
Barbula convoluta Iedw. 
In woods, on the ground. Marshall County, Raccoon Mountains (Lesquereur). 
‘arolinian and Alleghenian areas. ‘Throughout the Eastern States to Canada; 
west through the Rocky Mountains to California; British Columbia, 
TORTULA Hedw. 
Tortula muralis (L.) Hedw. Larbula muralis Timm. 
Shaded damp walls. Mobile County, rare. March. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas, South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Penn- 
sylvania. Europe. 
.DITRICHUM Timi. 
Ditrichum pallidum (Schreb.) Hampe.  Trichostomum pallidum Hedw. 
On light sandy ground. Over the State, common. April. 
United States, Canada, Europe. 
TRICHOSTOMUM Smith. 
Trichostomum macrostegium Sulliv. & Lesq. 
On stones and old walls. Mobile County, very rare. 
Louisianian area. Louisiana (onaldsonville), first collected by C. Mohr, 1873. 
Family GRIMMIACEAE. 
GRIMMIA Ebrh. 
Grimmia campestris Burchell. G. leucophaea Grev. 
On rocks. Throughout the mountains. Cullman and Winston counties. Dekalb 
County, Lookout Mountain, frequent; sterile. 
Carolinian area. Upper Georgia, Ohio to New York. Central and South Europe, 
North Africa. 
