242 HOW TO KNOW THE MOSSES 



Leaves small, but easily seen, spreading, equally arranged 

 around stem; dark or yellowish-green. 



^ Seta %-yi inch long; reddish-brown. 



^ Capsule long-cylindrical, inclined; red- 



/ dish-brown; mature in summer. 



I| - . Range, Greenland and Newfoundland 

 ^m%MdJ^ ^^ Minnesota, south to North Carolina; 

 ^"^^ Alaska; Europe. 



Plagiothecium 



striatdium Piagiothecium striatellum (Brid.) 



Lindb. {Plagiothecium MUhlenbeckii Bryol. Eur.) is 

 usually found on decaying logs in swamps. The dis- 

 tinguishing characteristics are the short, crowded, erect 

 branches and the spreading leaves arranged equally 

 around the stems and branches. See Eurhynchium 

 (p. 252) and Brachythecium velutinum (p. 248). 



