24 VERMONT MOSSES. 



A. apiculatus Br. & Pcli. Base of trees, in moist woods; frequent. 



A. attenuatus (Schreb. ) Hiiben. On rocks and base of trees; common, 

 but rarely fruiting. 



A. minor ( P. Beauv. ) Fuern. A. obtusifolius {Br. & Sch.) On trunks 

 of trees. Johnson and Manchester, G.; Willoughby Cliffs and 

 Charlotte, P. ; Willoughby Mt. and Ferrisburgh, F. 



A. rostratus (Hedw. ) Schimp. On the ground and stones and around 

 the roots of trees in wet places; common. 



A. viticulosus (L. ) Hook & Tayl. Limestone cave east of High Bridge, 

 Burlington, G.; Brattleboro, Fr. 



HETEROCLADIUM Br. & Sch. 



H. squarrosulum (Voit) Lindb. {IT. dimorphum, Brid. ) Dry shaded 

 rocks. Brattleboro, Fr. 



LESKEA Hedw. 



I. — Costa percurrent, nervosa. 



Costa not percurrent. 2 



2.— I^eaves bluntish; segments cleft between the articulations. obscura. 



I,eaves acute , segments not cleft. polycarpa. 



L. nervosa (Schwaegr. ) Myrin. Trunks of trees. Smugglers Notch, 

 P. ■ Ui. Hor, F. 



L. obscura Hedw. Brattleboro, Fr.; Little Otter Creek, Ferrisburgh, 

 Lewis Creek and Willoughby Mt., F. 



L. polycarpa Ehrh. Roots and trunks of trees, Cambridge, P. 



MYURELLA Br. & Sch. 

 I,eaves serrulate, obtuse or rarely short apiculate. julacea. 



Leaves spinulose-dentate, abruptly long acuminate. Careyana. 



M. Careyana Sull. Limestone cave east of High Bridge, Burlington, G.\ 

 ]jrattleb(>ro, Fr.; Smuggler's Notch, Eggleston; Williamstown Gulf, 

 Willoughby Mt., and Mt. Hor, F.; Limestone ledges, Dt)rset Mt. G. 



M. julacea (Vill.) Br. & Sch. Cliffs of Mt. Sterling, P.; Cliffs of Mt. 

 Mansfield, Mt. Hor, and Willoughby Mt., F. 



THELIA Sulliv. 



Papillae of leaves simple. hirtella. 



Papillae of leaves 2-4-furcate. asprella. 



T. asprella (Schimp.) Sulliv. Roots and stumps of trees, Brattleboro, i^. 

 T. Wrtella (Hedw.) Sulliv. Roots and trunks of trees, Brattleboro, Fr. 



