'J'.M) PLANT LIKK <»K ALABAMA. 



Alaltaiiia, the Ivaccooii Mountains in Muigan County, and Lookout 

 Mountain in I )('Uall) County, riic writer coiuniunicatt'd liis collection 

 uiade in southern Alabama, ISOS to 1878, to the authors of the Manual 

 of the Mosses of Xorth America, and also to C. V. Austin and to Dr. 

 Karl Muellei' in Halle, the latter descrii)in.i;' llypniim lioitudonlcyiKni^ as 

 a new species. His collections made subse(]uently in diflerent parts of 

 the State weie submitted to Mr. Hol/.in<^er and Mrs. I']li/,abeth (1. I>ritton 

 tor identitication. To the peat nu)sses s[>ecial attention was given 

 in the attempt to contribute to the Sphagna exsiccata to be issued 

 by Professor Eaton and Mr. Faxon. Most of the s])ecimens of this 

 dillicult genus were placed in the hands of Professor Warnstorf for 

 identification, who found tw^o species among them not described 

 before — Spliof/niiDi nmhrii aud Sphof/nuni niohilieyiser To Mrs. Britton 

 thanks are due for the examination of the species of Bruchia and many 

 others and for the revision of the catalogue of xVlabama mosses. The 

 collections made recently by the Biological Survey of Ahibama in the 

 vicinity of Auburn have added to our knowledge of tlie distribution of 

 mosses in the State. 



To obtain data for the exhibition of the geograi)hic distribution 

 of the mosses known from Alabama, the following authorities were 

 consulted : 



Bridel, liryologia Universa, 1826-27. 



Hornschuh & Sturm, tJryologia (Jermanica, 182.S-1825. 



Hornscbuh, ]\Iu8ci, ill Martins' Flora Urasiliana. 



Muclhr, Karl, Synopsis Muscoriiiu Froudosoruni, Halle, 1851-1853. 



Sullivant, W. S., Musci and Ilepaticao of tlio TJ. S. in Gray, Man. 185G. 



Sullivant & Lcequenuix, ^Ins( i Boreali-Americani. 1865. 



Austin, C. F., Musei Appalacliiaui, list of labels, 1870. 



Bescherelle, E., Prodroiniis Bryologiae Mexicanae. 1871. 



Sullivant, W. S., Icones. 1865-1875. 



Lesquereux & James, Manual of tlio Mosses of North America, 1881. 



Macoun & Kindberg, Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Part 6. 1872. 



Besides these, use has been made of the papers on mosses published 

 by various authors in the contributions of the department of botany, 

 Columbia Univer.sity, in the Botanical Studies of Minnesota, Vol. 1, 

 and in the botanical reports and floras of New Jersey, New York, 

 West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, and Nebraska. 



In the arrangement of the families, genera, and species, Lesquereux 

 & James's Manual has been mainly followed. 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



At present 153 species and 13 varieties with 4 subvarieties or forms 

 of Musci are known from Alabama. Of these, 112 species, or 70 per cent, 



Bull.Torr. Cluh, 5: 13. 1874. -Published in Hedwigia, 1896. 



