VERMONT MOSSES. 17 



H. albicans leucophea Schimp. Willoughby Mt., i^. 



H. albicans viridis Br. ik Sch. E. Barnet, BL; Bluffs of Lake Cham- 

 plain, Burlington, G. 



ORTIIOTRICHUM Hedw. 



I. — Capsule long exserted. anomalum. 



Capsule immersed or half emergent. 2. 



2.— Leaves obtuse. Ohioense. 



Leaves acute. strangulatum. 



0. anomalum Hedw. Limestone cliffs of Lake Champlain and Wil- 

 loughby Mt., F.; Jonesville, B. 



0. Ohioense Sull. & Lesq. On trees. Charlotte, P. 



0. strangulatum Beauv. On trees. Brattleboro, Fr. 



WEISSIA Ehrh. 



I. — Leaves rigid, not crisped. Americana. 



Leaves crisped when dry. ( 2. 



2. — Capsule striate only at the contracted orifice. coarctata. 



Capsule striate all its length. ulophylla, 



"W. Americana (Beauv.) Lindb. { U lota HutcJiinsiae Schimj).) On rocks 

 in subalpine regions; not uncommon. Manchester, G.; Smuggler's 

 Notch, Mt. Mansfield, B.; Brattleboro, Fr. 



W. coarctata (Beauv.) Lindb. {Ulota Ludwigii Brid.) Trunks of 

 trees; frequent. Peacham, Bl.; Underbill and Mt. Mansfield, P.; 

 Newfane, G.; Stowe, B.; Brattleboro, Fr. 



"W, ulophylla Ehrh. ( Ulota crispa Brid. ) On trees; not rare in sub- 

 alpine regions. Newfane, Manchester, G.; Peacham, BL; Under- 

 bill, P.; Brattleboro, Fr. 



W. ulophylla crispula (Bruch. ) Hammar. {Ulota rrlspula Brid.) 

 Willoughby Mt., F; Underbill Notch, G. 



Family XL Schistostegaceae. 



SCHISTOSTEGA Mohr. 

 S. osmundacea (Dicks.) Mohr. Path up Jay Peak, jP. In herb. Faxon. 

 Family XII. Splachnaceae. 



TAYLORIA Hook. 



T. tenuis (Dicks.) Schimp. On cow dung in swamp at the top of Mt. 

 Mansfield, Dr. Geo, G. Kennedy. In herb. U. V. M, 



