34: VERMONT MOSSES. 



E. hians (Hedvv.) Jaeger & Sauerb. Rock Point, Burlington, (7.; "Cold 

 Brook," Willoughby, F. 



HOMALOTHECIUM Br. & Sch. 

 H. subcapillatum (Hedw. ) Sulliv. On trees. Brattleboro, i*'/-. 



- IMYUROCLADA Bescherelle. 



M. Boscii (ychwaegr. ) Besch. {Hi/jminii Buscii. Schwaegr. ) On soil in 

 woods and meadows. Seldom fruiting. Brattleboro, F?-. 



POROTRICHUM Brid. 



( Thamnium Br. & Sch. ) 



p. Alleghaniense ( C. INIuell. ) Rocky margins of rivulets, Brattleboro, 

 Fr. Tlie specimen in Frost's harbarium, though not examined 

 microscopically appears to be this species. AVoodstock, Miss Soule. 

 In Herb. Faxon. 



Pororotrichum evidently does not belong in this family but is left here 

 because of the uncertainty as to its true position. 



RHYNCHOSTEGIUM Br. & Sch. 



Leaves apparently two ranked; plants of dry woods. serrulatum. 



Leaves spreading every waj- growing on stones in brooks. rusciforme. 



R. rusciforme (Neck.) Br. & Sch. On stones in brooks. Underhill and 

 Bakersfleld, P.; Newfane, G. 



R serrulatum ( Hedw. ) Jaeger & Sauerb. On the ground in dry woods. 

 Brattleboro. Fr. 



Family XXI. Isotheciaceae Spruce. 



CLIMACIUM Web. & Mohr. 



I. — Capsules 3-4:1; median leaf cells 10:1. dendroides. 



Cap'^ules 5-6:1; median leaf cells 2-7:1. Americanum. 



C. Americanum Brid. Swamps, wet soil, and rocks, sometimes growing 

 on cliffs ; common but rarely fruiting. 



C Americanum Eiudbergii Ren. & Card. In swampy places. Stowe, 

 B. 



C. dendroides (L. ) Web. and Moln\ Common in swamps in northern 

 Vermont. Milton and Johnson, G. ; Castleton, Eggleston. 



