HERBARIUM, 



BOTANICAL^e^ETTE. 



Vol. ^. DECEMBER, 1876. jYo, ^. 



Bryulooical Notp:s. — The following; species of J/wsci were collected by the writer 

 during tlie fall and winter of 1875, and the identitications are partlj^ his own and 

 partly the result of the investigations of Prof. D. C. Eaton, ol' Yale College, and Mr. 

 Eugene A. Ran, of Bethlehem, Penn. Of the genus Sphagnum, or Peat Mosses, we 

 have S.cuspidatniu, Ehrh., common in the very wet woods, and now and then one finds 

 a few tufts of S. Mqnarronntu, Pers. GyninoHlirniutn eurinros.t,'uin, Hedw., is ver}' plentiful 

 upon the moist limestone cliff rocks and at Clifty Falls atibrds a firm support on the 

 sides of the cliti's and also a useful covering for the roots of the beautiful .'<itUicantia. 

 We have also obtained a few stems of G. rupestre, Schw. Weissia ciridula, Brid., though 

 of humble growth, makes in late winter an object of much attractiveness in the open 

 woods and fields, with its bright green leaves and dense cluster of fruiting stems. The 

 ganui^ Dicmtnun has a most abundant representation in the species I), .scopariam, L., and 

 J). heteroiiKiUuia, Hedw., in the moist woods, Avliiie very rarely D. nioittaniuii,, Hedw., is 

 found, and along some of the small streams appear small growths of D. varium, Hedw. 

 Ceratodon pur pure us, Brid., is not uncommon in the rotting debris of most woods, while 

 Leucobrynnt y/rt«ru///, Hampe, has never been foumi upon the river iiills, although its 

 white Ibliage appears abundantly in the flat timber lauds. Fi^Hldena adia/dioides, Hedw., 

 is plentiful in the clayey soil of the many brooks, and P. siibbasilaris, Hedw., is very 

 .(•ommon to old logs, stumps and bark of trees. Mr. Rau has also noted in my collec- 

 tion anew species described by Mr. Austin, F. decipiens (I think it is). Trichostoinu/u 

 .pdiliduin, Hedw., occurs s]jaringly on the river blufts. Among llie Barhuhe, with 

 their long hair-like peristomes, we have found but two species, B. u)i,guiculata, Hedw., 

 .and B. cwspitosa, Schw. 



The beautiful Brummondfa ddcellata, Hook., frequently spreads its rich velvety 

 mats upon the bark of the beech, but not uncommon to other trees and even logs. 

 O/'^/ic/i'/wV/////// ,s^/<////////^^^/t///, Beauv., hides away its una.ssuming presence in many a fur- 

 rowed elm or maple, while its peculiar hairy calypira cautiously steals out from among 

 the surrounding leaves as the moisture of spring appears and snugly hides itself in 

 the same covering from the rays of the noon-day sun. As the winter months draw to a 

 {•lose, SchiMiiJiu/ii upoi'iirpiuii, Br. ik Sch., occurs in abundant fruit, gi\ing with its pecu- 

 liar brownisli green an attr .dive covering to t!ie drear rocks. Associated with the 

 last, one occasionally finds small growths of Ilcdiciyia cUvtta, Ehrh., while over the 

 ground in never failing abundance AtricJiwin a/igustatum, Beauv., never fails to put in 

 an appearance. (_)f the large and striking PolytricJiMuis, whose 64-toothed peristome is 

 an object of beiiuty even to the untutored eye, we have the two species, P.cominune, L., 

 and P.fiiriiKiiiiiiii, Hedw. Along most of the woodland rivulets occurs an abundance of 

 Aukicoimiiiiit palufttrc, Sch., wliile in most wet woods and thickets ^. /i^ie/'os^icAz/.m, Br. 

 cV: Sell., is not uncommon. Many a dull old oak or rotten log is covered with beauty 

 b\ tlie roseate mats of Bryum roi<enin, Schreb., and here and there over the ground and 

 about the tlecayed roofs of dwellings the silvery leaves of B. argeatem/i, L., are easily 

 recognized, will Ic tlie cool and limpid waters of numerous springs among tlu; clifi's 

 give life and beauty to the lovely B. Wd./tit'jibergn, tichw. Tlie genus Mniuin seems at 

 least to be well marked m quantity, if not in species, in M. cuspidatuut, Hedw., and M. 

 rmtvatam, Schw., which appear everywhere. The curled and matted leaves of the 

 graceful i)'^/^/*///^';!^^?^/^/'??^*, Hedw^., together with its apple shaped fruit, helps to 



