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gradually to the serrate acute apex. On rotton wood. Hanging 

 Rock. "Wabash county, 111., April 3, 1S90, J. Schneck. 



E. sKDUCTRix MINUS Aust. Mss. in hcrb. Entire plant much 

 reduced, dirty green ; leaves, seta and capsule shorter than in 

 type. Capsule i.5-2mm. long, its length about three times its 

 diameter. Ohio, Sullivant. Sand hill near Augusta, Ga.. J. 

 D. Smith. Feb. 2. 1877. A portion of No. 3SS of SuU. and Lesq. 

 Muse. Bor. Am., in Columbia Herb., issued as Cylindi-othecium 

 compressum Br. and Sch. is this variety. 



E. sEPUCTKix Demetrii (Ren. & Card.) Grout. {Enfodon 

 /Vwc-/;-// Ren & Card. Rev. Bry. 20: 14. 1S93.) Stem irregularly 

 divided aiid branched, strongly complanate-foliate, slender 

 having almost exactly the facies of E. compressus; leave ovate, 

 gradually acute, very entire. Peristomal teeth often irregularly 

 perforate. On stones at top of well, Emma, Saline county, 

 Mo., Rev. C. H. Demetrio. 



From •• Fontinales Nouvelle." bv 1. Cardot. Rev. Bryol. 23: 

 67.1S96. 



F. rATi7i.A Card. Distinguished from F. antipyretica L. by 

 the leaves straight or little curved upon the keel and verj- open, 

 by the narrower subcylindric capsule and by the more elongated 

 peristomal teeth with more numerous lamella;. The form of the 

 capsule approaches that of F. Kindbergii Ren. and Card., from 

 which it is distinguished at first sight by the non-cuspidate 

 leaves, shortly and broadly acuminate and not presenting so 

 clearl}- marked dimorphism, ^'aucouver, Macoun. ' 



F. MissouRic.^ Card. This species reminds one strongly of 

 F. biformis Sulliv.. but it is easily distinguished by its more per- 

 sistent and longly acuminate cauline leaves with more compact 

 tissue and by its less folded branch leaves, which are a little con- 

 cave at the base, by the infolding of the borders, but not canili- 

 culate. On rocks floating in the creeks, Benton county. Mo., 

 Rev. C. H. Demetrio. 



F. "Waghoknei Card. Belonging to the group of F. Nov£e- 

 Anglia? Sulliv., but clearly distinguished from other described 

 species by having the leaves nearly entire at the summit, the 

 capsule half emergent, its peristome higher and strongly papil- 

 lose, with its lattice nearly or quite perfect. F. involuta of 

 Louisiana and Florida approaches it most closely, but is more 

 slender, with narrower leaves ordinarily denticulate at summit, 

 and cupsule immersed. Trinity Bay and Witters Bay, New- 

 foundland. Rev. A. C. Wasfhorne. 



Specimens of Pogonatum teuue. P. alpinum, P. capillare, 

 and Polytrichum Ohioense will be sent to any subscriber of this 

 journal on receipt of ten cents. A few sets of the mosses offered 

 last quarter are still left. Mr. W. H. Stultz. 203 W. Second 

 street. Duluth. Minn., will send a fruiting specimen of Dicranum 

 undulatum, one of the iKost beautiful of our mosses, to any sub- 

 scriber who sends him a self addressed stamped envelope. 



