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Order IV. BRYALES : The True Mosses. 



Suborder A. ACROCARPI : Capsules Terminal. 

 Family 10. Grimmiace.i: : Grimmia Family. 



55. Coscinodon renauldii Card. Saline county; not known from 



elsewhere. (R. & C, Bot. Gaz., xv, p. 41, pi. VI6.) 



56. Ptychomitrium pygm^um L. & J. On stones in Neosho 



river; occasional. (L. & J., Proc. Amer. Acad., xiv, 136.) 



57. Orthotrichum cupulatum Hoffmann. Limestone rocks, E. K. ; 



variable but not common. (S) 



58. Orthotrichum strangulatum Beauvois. On trees. Saline 



county; not common. (Rau, W. B. , i, 172.) 



Family 11. Funaniace^: Funaria Family. 



59. Pyramidula tetragona Brid. Sandy soil. Barton to Saline 



(Henry). (S) 



60. Physcomitrium pyrif orme Brid. Wet open and shaded ground ; 



common. Fruits in spring. (Rau, Washb. Bull., i, 18, 114.) 



61. Physcomitrium hookeri Hampe. Meadows, Riley county 



(Kellerman). 



62. Physcomitrium acuminatum B. & S. Moist earth, chalk re- 



gion, N. W. K. (Carleton) ; also Wyandotte county (Reed); 

 occasional. (Rau, W. B., i, 172.) 



63. Physcomitrium kellermani Mrs. Britt. Moist sandy banks, 



near streams, Riley, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie, Wyan- 

 dotte, Phillips counties. (Mrs. Eliz. G. Britton, Bull. 

 Torr. Bot. Club, xxi, 204.) Differs from hookeri in its 

 smaller size, flaring mouth and single annulus. 



64. Funaria hygrometrica Sibthorpe. Bare ground, moist sand 



and rocks, chinks of a well wall at Topeka, etc. ; very 

 common. (S) 



Family 12. Bryace^ : Bryum Family. 



65. Bartramia pomiformis Hedw. Shady banks and fissures of 



rocks, S. E. K.; occasional. (Rau, W. B., i, 114.) 



66. Leptobryum pyriforme Schimp. Shaded sandy ground, E. 



K.; frequent. (S) 



67. Webera annotina Schwaegr. Banks, Shawnee county. 



(Bull. Washb. Coll., i, 61.) 



68. Webera albicans Schimp. Wet sand, E. K. ; frequent. (S) 



69. Bryum pendulum Schimp. On the ground and decayed trees; 



common. Capsule narrow-mouthed; lid acutely apicu- 

 late. (S) 



70. Bryum bimum Schreb. South side of a well, Topeka. (Cra- 



gin, Washb. Bull., i, 114, 173.) 



71. Bryum argenteum L. Sandy ground, etc., E. K. ; common. 



(S) 



72. Bryum caespiticium L. On ground, old walls, etc., E. K. ; 



common. Capsule wide-mouthed; lid large, mammiform; 

 peristome ferruginous. (M. Reed, Trans. K. A. S., xiv, 

 175.) 



