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NOTES ON CONNECTICUT MOSSES,— II. 
G. E. NICHOLS. 
DurinG the past year the number of mosses known to occur in 
Connecticut has been very considerably increased. As will be seen 
from the remarks in the body of the present paper these additions 
are due partly to a more critical examination of material already at 
hand. But the majority are the result of recent collections. The 
region about Salisbury has proven especially fruitful, and will repay 
more thorough exploration. Salisbury is situated in the northwestern 
corner of Connecticut and, in addition to including the highest eleva- 
tions, it contains one of the few, and perhaps the richest of the lime- 
stone areas in the state. There are many localities in this town which 
are of particular interest to a bryologist. Among these are Bingham 
Swamp, a typical mountain Sphagnum bog with its central pond and 
enveloping spruce forest; Bear Mountain, altitude 2350 feet, together 
with the adjacent rocky slopes and brook beds; Sage’s Ravine; the 
region below the falls of the Housatonic River at Falls Village; the 
“Wolf Den,” a moist limestone ravine; Beaver Dam Swamp, an 
extensive, well wooded, calcareous area; and the marly swamps 
bordering the Twin Lakes. Up to the present writing no less than 
eighteen species of hepatics and mosses are known from no stations 
in the state outside of Salisbury. Another locality worthy of mention 
is the Chamaecyparis swamp at Stafford, which is unusually rich in 
northern forms and affords the only known Connecticut station for a 
number of interesting species. 
The ten species discussed on the following pages are all new to 
Connecticut. One is new to New England. 
DICRANUM SABULETORUM Ren. & Card. (D. pallidum Br. € Sch., 
not C. Müll. D. spurium var. condensatum Lesq. & James, not D. 
condensatum Hedw.) On a rock near the shore, New Haven (J. A. 
Allen, 1881). Determined by Prof. O. D. Allen, and verified by Dr. 
A. J. Grout. Recorded also from Maine (Rand), and Massachu- 
setts (Miss Clarke, fide Grout). By some authors this species has 
been considered merely a variety of D. spurium, and Allen’s specimens 
are cited under this name in the Bryophytes of Connecticut. Al- 
1 Evans, A. W., and Nichols, G. E. Conn. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 11. 
100. 1908. 
