Report oF THE Boranist. ral 
Ortuorricnum Peck &. & L., ined. 
Stems tufted, simple or sparingly divided, 4”—6” high; leaves 
lanceolate, acute, costate to the apex, recurved on the margins, 
minutely papillose; areolation subrotund above, quadrate below ; 
capsule terminal, subimmersed, oblong, eight-ribbed and yellowish- 
‘brown when dry; peristome single, teeth eight, divided to the base, 
the parts sometimes separating and appearing like sixteen distinct 
teeth; calyptra tawny, pilose with long hyaline dentate hairs ; 
spores subglobose, rough, .0005’-.0006’ in diameter. 
Damp, shaded rocks. Helderberg Mts. June. 
This moss usually presents a sordid, uninviting appearance. 
The foliage is dark green or blackish, and is often incrusted by 
minute alge. 
OrtHoTricuuMm sorpipuM S. & Z., ied. 
* Trees. Sharon Springs. June. 
This plant is larger than O. Ohioense 8. & L. (formerly O. 
Canadense), and more branched. The dry capsule is pale yellow 
as in that species, ribbed and slightly contracted below the month, 
with the peristome double. Our specimens are not in proper con- 
dition for full description. 
Potytricuum strictum JZenz. 
Swamps and summits of the Adirondack Mts. June and July. 
This was formerly deemed a variety of P. juniperinum, but it 
is now regarded by most bryologists as a good species. 
Hypnum Pecxn Austin n. sp. 
“‘Cspites cineraceo vel lwte virides. Caulis tenuis, strictus, 
vage vel subpinnatim ramosus, late czespitosus, prostratus, inter- 
textus, fragilis. Folia conferta, e basi anguste lanceolata erectaque 
longe filiformi-acuminata, leniter faleata vel substricta; acumine 
flexuoso summo apice serrato varie directo, basis angulis rotundatis, 
haud excavatis, subrotundo-areolatis; areolis ceeteris oblongis line- 
aribusve, omnibus minutis valde chlorophyllosis ; costa in acumen 
producta. Flores monoico-polygami; folia perichtialia externa 
costata, haud sulcata (juvenilia), intima minuta, angustissima, 
ecostata. Flos masc. parce paraphysata, foem. eparaphysata. 
Folia perigonialia subaeque lata ac longa, apice abruptissime fili- 
formi attenuata, distinctius costata. Fructus ignotus.”’? Austin 
MS. 
Rocks in Panther Gorge, at the eastern base of Mt. Marcy. July. 
This moss, by its prostrate and closely entangled mode of 
