vp:rmont mossks. 35 



ENTODON C. MiH'll. 

 ( Cylindrothecium Br. & Sch. ) 



i.^Teeth of peristome conspicuously hyaline margined. repens. 



Teeth not hyaline margined. 2 



2-— Very broadly complanate foliate ; anuulus of large cells. cladorrhizans. 



Nearly terete foliate, annu'us of narrow cells. seductrix. 



E. cladorrhizans (Hedw.) C. Miiell. On decaying wood and base of 

 trees in moist shady places ; frequent. 



E. repens (Brid. ) Grout. {Phitj/gyrinm rcpnii^, Br. & i<ch.) Rotting logs 

 in moist woods. Rock Point, Burlington, G.; Mt. Hor cliffs, F. 



E. seductrix (Hedw.) C. Muell. On decaying wood and moist soil. 

 Brattleboro, Fr. 



PYLAISIELLA Kindb. 

 {Pylcdsia Br. & Sch. ) 



Segments of endostome partially adherent to teeth, free at the apex; spores 0.018 



-0024 mm. intricata. 



Segments wholly adherent ; spores .-.026-0.030 mm. velutina. 



P. intricata ( Hedw. ) Grout. On bark of living trees ; common. 



P. velutina (Schimp. ) Kindb. Killington Peak, Mrs. Laura Morgan. 

 (In Herb. Frost as /'. polyantha.) 



Family XXII. Fabroniaceae. 



ANACAMPTODON Brid. 



A. splachnoides (Froelich. ) Brid. On an old yellow birch. Smuggler's 

 Notch, Dr. Kennedy. In Herb. U. Y. M. This moss has a peculiar 

 habit of growing around old knot holes and similar cavities in 

 wood. 



Family XXIII. Neckeraceae. 



HOMALIA Brid. 

 H. Jamesii Schimp. Base of Mt. Hor cliffs, F. 



LEPTODON Mohr. 



L. trichomitrion (Hedw.) Mohr. Trees in woods, Brattleboro, i^r. 

 I regard Frost's specimens as doubtfully this species. 



