176 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



X M. affine, Shawnee (Cragin); Saline (Henry). M. afflne, var. 

 elatum, sterile, found in Saline Co. (Henry). 



TIMMIA, p. 254. 



Capsule irregularly plicate when dry; segments appendiculate . . 



* T. megapolitana Hedw. 1 

 Shawnee (Smyth and J. W. Beede); Riley and Pottawatomie (M. Reed). 



ATRICHUM, p. 255. > 



Costa lamellose on upper side only; lamellae 2-6, entire; lamina 

 with teeth on lower surface. 



Leaves acute, serrate for % length * A. undulatum Beauv. 1 



Lamellae of leaves higher; capsule narrower and erect 



X A. undulatum, var. alticristatum Ren. & Card. 

 Leaves bluntish; serrate above middle only. 



Teeth double, aculeate * A. angustatum Brid. 2 



Teeth single, short * A. xanthopelma Lesq. & James 4 



* A. undulatum, Saline (Henry); Bourbon (Bennett); Franklin (Meeker); 

 Pottawatomie, Wyandotte and Riley (M. Reed). None of these 

 specimens had clustered capsules, as described in Lesquereux's 

 and James's Manual. * A. angustatum, Shawnee (Cragin); La: 

 bette (Newlon); Wyandotte (M. Reed); Saline (Henry). * A. 

 xanthopelma. Saline (Henry); Wyandotte and Riley (M. Reed). 

 X A. undulatum, var. alticristatum. Saline (Henry). 



POLYTRICHUM, p. 2&3. 



Leaves entire ; margins inflexed, aristate at apex. 



Awn hyaline, long P. piliferum Schreb. 3 



Aw^n colored, short : leaves spreading when moist, subre- 



curved * P. juniperinum Willd. 4 



Leaves serrate ; marginal cells of lamellae semilunar, with two 



prominent papillae at corners. . ." P. commvme Linn. 6 



* P. juniperinum, Pottawatomie Co. (M. Reed), and in Western Kansas 

 (Smyth's Check List). P. piliferum, Western Kansas (Smyth's Check List). 

 P. commune, Northeast Kansas ( Smyth's Check List). 



FONTINALIS, p. 268. 



Perichaetial leaves abruptly pointed, entire. 

 Leaves not decurrent ; teeth lacunose * F. dalecarlica Br. »fe Sch. 4 



FABRONIA, p. 294. 

 Leaves ciliate-dentate. 



Peristome of 8 geminate teeth ; leaves costate nearly to mid- 

 dle X F. octoblepharis Schw. 3 



Sterile, Saline (Henryj. 



THELL\, p. 298. 



Papillae 2-4, furcate, usually bifurcate ; teeth 1:17-20 * T. asprella Sulliv. 2 



Shawnee ( Cragin ) ; Brow^n ( Becker ) ; Franklin ( Meeker ) : Riley and An- 

 derson (M. Reed). 



LESKEA, p. 301. 



I. Costa reaching to or beyond the middle. 

 Not percurrent; leaves entire. 



Endostome divided into segments. 

 Cleft between articulations; leaves bluntish L. obscura Hedw.? 2 



