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*169. Hypnum palustre Htids. 



Q, H, on rocks in damp ravine, 5000 feet, 

 (No. 623). 



170. Hylocomium robustiim 



E, along- west fork, west of Mountaineers' 

 Camp, 5000 feet, on soil, (No. 478); also 

 about 2 miles above Lillian Creek, 1500 feet. 

 Q, H, 5500 feet, on soil, (No. 567). This 

 occurs only in higher altitudes, 1000 feet and 

 upwards. It resembles Hylocomium triquet- 

 rum but is less branched, the leaves not so 

 much standing out from the stem and more 

 secund. 



171. Hylocomium triquetrum B. & S. 



E, from sea-level to 3500 feet, on ground and 

 logs, in very damp shady woods, (Nos. 461, 

 529, 572, 591). A common moss in wet 

 hollows in western Washington, coarse, large- 

 leaved, not much branched. 



172. Hylocomium loreum B. & S. 



E, from sea-level to 3500 feet, habitat same as 

 Hylocomium triquetrum, but moss not so 

 abundant, and plants only about half as wide, 

 (Nos. 459, 489). 



173. Hylocomium splendcns 



E, in damp hollows on ground and logs, from 

 sea-level to 3500 feet ; broad, much-branched, 

 with new years' growths always from the 

 upper side of the old stem at about its middle. 



SUMMARY 



Of the plants collected, any which may be new are 

 either not yet definitely settled as such, or are not yet 

 named or described ; they are therefore not included in 

 the list. Concerning the 173 listed, 114 have not before 

 been reported from the Olympic Mountains ; of these, 



