36 VERMONT MOSSES. 



NECKERA Hedw. 



Brandies atleiiuate, often llagelliforin. Oligocarpa. 



BrHiiclies obtuse, never tlaKelliforni. pennata. 



N. oligocarpa Bruch. On trees. Willoughby, Dr. Kennedy. In herb. 

 A. J. G. & Dr. K. 



N. pennata (L. ) Iledw. On trunks of trees ; common in iiKnintainous 

 regions. 



Family XXIV. Cryphaeaceae. 



LEUCODON Schwfcgr. 



Leaves entire, slender pointed; median cells linear-vermicular. sciuroides. 



Leaves serrulate and broader at apex ; median cells broader and shorter. brachypus. 



L. brachypus Brid. Trunks of beech trees, in mountains. ^Nlancliester, 

 G.; Underbill, P.; Willoughby region, jNIt. Hor and Ferrisburgli, F. 

 L. sciuroides (L. ) Schwaegr. On trees. Willoughl^y, Dr. Kennedy; 

 .Mt. Hor. F. 



Family XXV. Fontinalaceae. 



FONTINALIS Dill. L. 



I. — Leaf cells rhombic-hexagoual, 6:1 or less. 2. 



Leaf cells loue; linear, 7-30:1. 4. 

 2.— Plants very robust; branches markedly triangular -prismatic. antlpyretica gigantea. 



Plants much more slender and scarcely triangular-prismatic. 3. 



3.— Female flowers abundant, in most leal axils. Novae-Angliae. 



Female flowers rare, at base of stems. biformis. 



4. — Leaves concave and inci:rved on the borders. Dalecarlica. 



Leaves plane or coucave, not iucur^-ed. 5. 



5.— Alar cells very large. Sullivantii. 



Alar cells moderately or not at all enlarged. Lescurii. 



Fontinalis antipyretica L. var. gigantea Sulli\ . Cold brooks. Brattle- 

 boro, Fr.; Johnson, ft.; Peacham, Bl. 



F, biformis Sulliv. Found in New Hampshire and Massachusetts by 

 Faxon, and reported from Vermont by Frost. 



F. Dalecarlia Br. & Sch. Mountain brooks. Underbill, P.; Brattle- 

 boro, Fr. ; New fane, G. 



F. Lescurii Sulliv. Enosburgh, ]\; Elmore Pond, G.; AVilloughby Lake 

 n'gion, P. 



