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Order IV. BRYALES : The True Mosses. 



Suborder A. ACROCARPI: Capsules Terminal. 

 Family 12. Bryace^ : Bryum Family. 



73. Bryum ontariense Kindberg. Old logs, sometimes on lime- 



stone rocks, Saline county; rare in Kansas. (M'. Reed, 

 Trans. K. A. S., xiv, 175.) 



74. Mnium cuspidatum Hedw. Shaded places on the ground, E, 



K. ; very common. (S) 



75. Mnium affine Bland. Shaded banks or roots of trees, E. K. ; 



very common. (Rau, Washb. Bull., i, 61, 173.) 



76. Mnium elatum (B. & S.) Ground and shaded banks, E. K. ; 



occasional. 



77. Timmia megapolitana Hedw. Wet shaded banks, in w^oods, 



Shawnee, Riley and Pottawatomie counties; occasional. (S) 



Family 13. Polytrichace^: Polytrichum Family. 



78. Atrichum undulatum Beauv. Sandy ground, in woods; not 



common. (Rau, Washb. Bull., i, 172.) 



79. Atrichum altecristatum (R. & C). Sandy ground, Saline 



county; not common. 



80. Atrichum angustatum B. & S. Dry woods and gravelly soil; 



very common. (Rau, Washb. Bull., i, 18, 62.) 



81. Atrichum xanthopelma L. & J. Saline (Henry), Riley and 



Wyandotte. (M. Reed, Trans. K. A. S., xiv, 176.) 



82. Polytrichum juniperinum Willdenow. Barren plains, W. K., 



and Pottawatomie county. (M- Reed, I. c.) 



Family 14. Fontinalace.e: Fontinalis Family. 



83. Fontinalis, sp. indet. In springs near Deep creek, Franklin 



county (Miss Meeker), (S) 



84. Fontinalis dalecarlica B. & S, Pottawatomie county. (M. 



Reed, Trans. K. A. S., xiv, 176.) 



Suborder B. PLEUROCARPI: Capsules Axillary. 



Fruit lateral; antheridial and archegonial flowers sessile in the axils 

 of the leaves, either on the main stem or branches. 



Family 15. Neckerace^: Neckera Family, 



85. Meteorium nigrescens Mitten. Riley county. (Reed, Smyth's 

 - Ch.-L., Supp., p. 36.) 



Family 16. FABRONlACEiE: Fabronia Family. 



86. Fabronia octoblepharis Schwaegr. Saline county. (Reed, 



Tr. K. A. S., xiv, 176.) Peristome of 8 geminate dark 

 , brown teeth, bifid only when old. 



Family 17. Leskeace^ : Leskea Family. 



87. Thelia asprella Sull. Base of trees; frequent in E. K. 



November. (S) 



88. Leskea polycarpa Ehrhart. On clay and limestone and foot 



of trees, N. and E. K. October. (S) 



89. Leskea obscura Hedw, Base of trees in low grounds reached 

 — by floods, E. K. ; frequent, (S) 



