«2 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



make attractive many a brook side, while in sparing quantities i?./«n,to/uf(V) Brid., and 

 B. Marchica, Brid., give an interest to our moss flora to the naturalist. 



In the early autumn months Fiiii.aria hygrometrica, Hedw., with its abundant fruit- 

 ing masses appears everywhere in moist places. Physcondtrbnan pyiifurtu^, Br. A: Sch., is 

 not uncommon in fruit in most old lields during spring. Le^Lcodon juloceus, SuUiv., 

 with its i)lume like stems grows everywhere on the old bark of trees and decaying logs. 

 Li'pti>d'i>ii trichoiiilli'laiiu Mohr., shows its much branched and numerous fruiting stems on 

 both logs and trees, but seems to have a partiality for the buckeye. Everywhere in the 

 woods, and alike upon rocks and trees, one linds in striking abundance the dense 

 cushions of Aiioi/Kiffii/i atttnaatiu. Hub., but A. i>bfii)fif<jh'.u.s, Br. A; Scliw., appears but 

 sparingly. Equally al)undaut with the former is LcHkea rosfrata, Hedw., ^vhile L. oh' 

 urtirit, Hedw., is ev(^n less common than the latter Aaomodoii. The ashy mats of Thelia 

 iu<jjre/l(i. Sulliv., are not uncommon to the bark of trees, which also may be remarked of 

 '!'. hirti-Uii. Sulliv. The soft and delicate Pylaiscpa intricata, Bry. Eur., abounds in 

 most woods. Of ihe flat and densely matted GylLiidrotheciuiiiH we have, somewhat spar- 

 ingly, V. rki'lon-hizaiia, Bry. Eur., and most plentifully, C. sr'diirfn'x. Bry. Eur., with its 

 peculiar shining leaves. 



On every liand one sees the lovely Climocuun Americaiunn, Brid., a tree indeed, in 

 miniature and an object of beauty to all. This moss is of peculiar iuterst here from its 

 presenting many variations, and some of these are so marked that had a person but a 

 limited amount of material he might easily persuade himself that he possessed a new 

 variety. But with abundant material collected under diticrent circumstances of 

 growth, they can all be easily sifted down to the typical form. Cliiiiacium, although 

 rarely found in fruit, has been collected abundantly here, and al.so in the state of Cou- 

 uecticul, in 1ST4. Tiie genus //^i/;;////w is well characterized here in numerous species, 

 and of the-e I will make a simple enumeration : H. (irumiiuifuin, Heanv., II. adiMtum, 

 llcilw.. //. AHeyhaiiicinic. (.'. Mull., H. i-iirn'foliiiui. Hedw., H. cyliiidrontrpd/ii^Q!. Mull., 

 //. ilcjddit^itiiiiK ^'•chimp., H. f/rari/c, Br <Si Schimp., H. IlnMd/iiainnn, Grew, H. Mans, 

 Heilw., //. litHpiduhiiii, Brid., 7/. impomux, Hedw., //. Idctutit. Brid., R. lo.inutidum, 

 H<'dw.. //. nnin'onx, Schw., H. ripurinm., Hedw., //. ruulure, Br. Eur., H. serpens, 

 Hedw.. H. xcrndiifu.iii. Hedw.. H. stri;/i»<niii, Hoffm.. //. tiiiiuirisriiniiii. Hedw., and H, 

 Boscii, Schw. H. Bosi-ii 1 ohiained in good fruit during Deceml)er and January last. 

 It was to me a most interesting find and I make this note of it on account of its rare 

 occurrence and therefore its interest to b')tanists. In these notes upon the mosses of 

 Jetterson County, we lunc by no means done the region full justice, our time and 

 rauii'e being l)olh quite limited and the single season entirely too hrieffor a full report. 

 — A. H. Y<)i"N<i, Hannrtr Iiid. 



Fkkns kkom Rock Ckstt^k Springs, Kentucky. — In August last. Miss Ct. H. Rule 

 of Philadelj>hia, whilst on .a visit to Louisville, Kentucky, spent a short time at Rock 

 Castle Springs, and dining her stay there collected a variety of plants, chiefly ferns, 

 ^omeof which are (juite rare. As it is a section of country seldom visited by botanists, 

 1 here api>end a list of them. From the description gisen by Miss Rule, of the place 

 and its surrounding country, it would well repay a thorough exploration, and doubtless 

 some additional species might be added. 



1. Pill ypi>d ill III ndgnrt, L. 17. Aspidiain cristatuin. Swartz. 



2. I'idypodiiim iuru/iiiin., Swartz. 18. Aspidium marf/hiale, Swartz. 



y. Adiaiitvoi pedatam, L. 19. Aspidium acrostichoides, Swartz. 



4. Pffris iiqiiiliiKU !>. 20. Trkhomanes nidinuis, Swartz ? 



T). A.ip/finii'iii piiiixitijidani. Null. 21. Oiwrlen sensihilis, L. 



(). Aspli/nuiii Trii-hoDiantis, i-. -22. Woodsia obtiisii, Torr. 



'i. Asplfiiiriiii i^bfiietiiii. XH. \2'd. Lygodium pal inafum. Swarti. 



8. Aspleniuw uwntfdiuin, Willd. .24. Osmu/ida rtgalis, L. 



9. Aspleiiium Buta-inuraria, L. 25. Osmunda Claytoniaiui, L. 

 10. AspUiiium Filix-faminu. Bernh. 26. Onmu/ida ciuHantoinea, L. 



