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we will refcT our readers lo Mrs. Hrittoii's article in the March, 

 96, Observer for a full description accompanied by an excellent 

 plate. Figs. S-ii represent the most abundant member of this 

 family, the sessile Webera ( Web era sessilis (Schmid.) Lindb. 

 Diphysciuinfoliosum Mohr.), which is easily recognized by the 

 odd shaped capsules and is easily distinguished from Buxbaumia 

 by its much greater number of leaves. 



NEW OR RARE MOSSES. 



n. — BKArnvTHF.CRM rvKTorHvi.i.UM Kindb. 



BRACHYTHECIUM cyrtophyllum Kindb. is a very interest- 

 ing moss closely allied to B. acuminatum, but much more 

 slender, with much smaller leaves and broader, shorter 

 leaf cells. Besides the type collection at Brighton, Ontario, by 

 Prof. Macoun, it had previously been collected by Austin at Wa- 

 terloo, N. Y., and the specimen in his herbarium was labeled 

 Hypnum {Brachythecium) julaceum sp. nov. It was distributed 

 in Austin's Musci Appalachian! No. 311, as A*, aciiininatum, var, 

 setosn7n. 



Since this it has been collected by Prof. Hol/.inger and prob- 

 ably by others, but never in fruit until Mr. Burnett collected it 

 as recorded below. The capsules, however, do not differ mate- 

 rially from those from B. acuminatum, except that they are more 

 slender. Besides this collection of the fertile plant, Mr. Burnett 

 has several times collected it in a sterile condition. — A. /. d. 



Riverside Park, on the Alleghany River ten miles north of 

 Bradford, near the mouth of Tuna Creek, is an interesting local- 

 ity for the botanist. The rich, deep alluvium of the broad valley 

 is greatly broken by numerous creeks or l^ayous, which, in seasons 

 of protracted drouth, leaves many stagnant pools. In Au- 

 gust, 1896, I found some beautiful specimens of Dichelymapalles- 

 cens in one of these pools. In October, 1S97. we had a season of low- 

 water, and in seeking to locate my Dichelyma I came upon an up- 

 rooted tree, reclining upon another tree at an angle of aboutthirty 

 degrees. The tree was large, partially denuded of bark, and de- 

 cidedly slippery, but the sight of the dainty little Brachythecium 

 with its glossy red-brown cylindrical capsules was too tempting 

 to resist. Selecting the fertile and leaving most of the sterile I 

 filled my pockets with what proved to be Brachythecium cyrto- 

 phyllum /^r/77r.—Z>. A. Ihnnett, Bradford, McKeatt Co., Pa. 



