MOSSES, 301 



Family FUNARIACEAE. 



PHYSCOMITRIUM Ihid. 



Physcomitrium turbinatum (Michx.) Brid. P.pyriforme jilnr. auct. Am. 



Grassy banks, borders of fi(4ds. Mobile County, abundant; March. 



Louisiani.iu to Allegenian area. Eastern Nortli America from Florida to Ontario, 

 west to the Kocky Mountains. 



Physcomitrium turbinatum langloisii (Een. & Card.) E. G. Britton. 



Low ground, February, March. Lee County, Auburn {Baker .j- Earle). Mobile 

 County. 



Louisiauian area. Texas and Louisiana to Florida. 



FUN ARIA Schreb. 



Punaria hygrometrica (L.) Sibth. 



On l)are s.mdy or gra\'elly ground, 'rhroughout; common. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Funaria calvescens Schwaegr. F. hygrometrica calrescens Br. & Schimp. 



On dam]> sandy ground. Mobile County, not infrequent; March, April. 



Louisiauian and Carolinian areas. Texas to South Carolina. Mexico, South 

 America. 



Funaria flavicans Michx. 



On damp sandy ground. Mobile County, damp pastures; abundant, March. 

 Lee County, Auburn, ilarch (Ilaker i^' Earle). 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to New Jersey. 



Funaria serrata Brid. 

 Exposed sandy banks. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn ( Baker <y- Earle). 

 Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to Florida. Frequent; March. 



ENTOSTHODON Schwaegr. 



Bntosthodon drummondii Sulliv. 



Bare damp loamy ground. Throughout the lower pine region; pine woods and 

 pastures. Mobile County, frequent. Montgomery County {ISidlivant). 



Louisiauian area. Eastern Louisiana to western Florida. March, April. 



Family BRYACEAE. 



BRYUM, 



Bryum erythrocarpum Schwaegr. Br yum sanguineiim Brid. 



Mountains, north Alabama. Lookout Mountain (Lentjuereux). April, .Tune. 

 Carolinian area. Central and Southern Europe. 



Bryum bicolor Dicks. 



Sandy soil. Mobile County. Lookout Mountain, with Jl. erythrocarpum; ^laj 

 {Le'i(juereuj). 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, 

 Illinois, and Nevada. Europe. 



Bryum caespiticium L. 



Old damp walls. Stones, shady places. Mobile County, not infrequent. 

 Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Canada to Arctic zone. Europe. 



Bryum nutans Schreb. 



Damp walls. Mobile County, rare; May. 



Throughout the United States; Canada to Arctic zone; Alaska. Eun»i)e. 



Bryum pulchellum Hedw. B. lescnrianu))! Sulliv. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker <)'■ Earle). 

 Carolinian area. New Jersey, southern New York. 



