2 VERMONT MOSSES. 



collection. In the autumn of 1866 the New England and Ver- 

 mont State Agricultural Societies held a union fair at Brattle - 

 boro. A diploma was awarded by these societies to Mr. C. C, 

 Frost, " For the Specimens of all the Known Mosses of Ver- 

 mont." This exhibit is bound in two quarto volumes and is 

 deposited in the Museum of Natural History at Brattleboro, 

 Vt., and all the species of Mr. Frost's collection here listed are 

 represented in that collection. 



All specimens of Mr. Pringle's collection will be found in 

 his herbarium and the greater part will be found also in the 

 herbaria of the University of Vermont and of A. J. Grout. 

 Most of Mr. Faxon's collections will be found in the herbarium 

 of the University of Vermont and in the Columbia University 

 herbarium; all of those not found there will be found in 

 Mr. Faxon's private collection and many of the rarer ones not 

 at Columbia have been very kindly communicated to the author 

 by Mr. Faxon. Mrs. Britton's collections are in the Columbia 

 University herbarium, also many will be found in the herba- 

 rium of A. J. Grout. Duplicates of nearly all of Dr. Blanch- 

 ard's raossss are in the herbiriura of the Fairbanks' Museum , 

 St. Johnsbury, Vt. The mosses collected by the author will be 

 found in his private herbarium and duplicates of all the species 

 will be found in the herbarium of the University of Vermont. 



lyocalities and habitat have been given as fully as possi- 

 ble. Many of the mosses for which only a very few localities 

 are given are undoubtedly common, but have not been col- 

 lected often enough to warrant that statement. 



Keys to the genera and species listed have been added 

 with the hope that they may be found of material assistance to 

 those who wish to study our Vermont moss flora. The keys 

 are comparatively simple because of the small number of genera 

 and species listed. They are mainly compiled from Barnes, 

 Braithwaite, and Husnot. 



The arrangement of the acrocarpous mosses follows Lind- 

 berg and Braithwaite with one or two unimportant exceptions. 

 The arrangement of the pleurocarpous mosses is less satisfactory 



