200 



A MAX UAL OF MOSSES 



.010 mm., mature in mid-summer; calyptra covering the whole 

 capsule, rather lustrous, yellowish-brown. 



Cosmopolitan; in North America almost throughout, in 

 marshy places, pastures, woods, etc. 



Allegheny : Brush Creek, near Douthett, April 26, 



1908. O. E. J. 



: Buffalo Creek, east of W. Winfiekl, Tune 

 20, 1904. O. E. T- 



: Near Beaver. J. A. S. and W. N. M. Oc- 

 tober 19, 1901. 



: Buffalo Creek, near Winfield Tct., May 26, 

 1906. O. E. J. 



: Cresson, May 18, 1904. O. E. J. ; Lloyd- 

 ville, July 23, 1908. O. E. J. ' 



: Miller; July 19, 1904. O. E. J. 



: Tussey's Mt., above Shingletown, July 

 15, 1909. O. E. J. : Barrens near Scotia, 

 July 16, 1909. O. E. J. 



: Linesville, May 18, and Tune 12, 1905. 



O. E. T. 

 : Dent's Run, July 19, 1904. O. E. J. 



: Presque Isle, May 8-9, September 20-22, 



1906. O. E. T. 



: Ohio Pyle. July 10, 1908, Tune 14, 1908. 

 May 30-31, 1908. O. E. J. 



: Bank of dish-dishing' Creek, near Cherry 



Tree, July 11, 1908. 

 : New Castle, 1906. Miss Susan Gageby. 



: Westbrook Swamp, Bradford, June 2, 

 1896, Bradford, June 9, 1896, West Branch 

 Swamp, Bradford, June 21, 1896. D. A. 

 B.: Larabee, July 21, 1904. O. E. J. 



: Houston Junction. July 12, 1902. T. A. S. ; 

 Half-Moon Swamp/ June 12, 1906. 

 O. E.J. 



: Keystone, October 9, 1904. O. E. J. 



Westmoreland : Between Ligonier and Donegal, June 23, 



1904. "Rachelwood," slope of Laurel Hill 

 Mts., near New Florence, September 8-11, 



1907. O. E. J. 



5a. Polytrichum commune variety uliginosum Huebener. 



In this variety the stems are less strong and rigid than in 

 the species, and the leaves in the dry specimens are wide- 

 spreading to recurved. It is rather rare in the eastern part 

 of the United States. 



Armstrong 

 Beaver 

 Butl el- 

 Cambria 



Cameron 

 Center 



Crawford 



Elk 

 Erie 



Fayette 



Indiana 



Lawrence 

 McKean 



Mercer 



Somerset 



