No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT, 2/ 



is quoted for a number of the most interesting species, and 

 Professor O. D. Allen, Mr. A. Barron, Mr. E. E. Brewster, 

 Mr. W. T. Browne, Mr. N. Coleman, Dr. F. W. Hall, Dr. 

 G. R. Kleeberger, Mr. F. N. Pease, Mr. R. Veitch, and Mr. 

 A. H. Young are also mentioned as collectors. The Berzelius 

 List has of course served as a basis for subsequent work on 

 Connecticut Bryophytes, but no publication on the entire 

 group, dealing with either the whole or a part of the state, 

 has since appeared. 



During the last thirty years, however, the Mosses and 

 Hepatics have by no means been neglected, and many ad- 

 ditional species have been detected within the state. Several of 

 these were found by Professor Eaton himself, who continued 

 his active interest in bryology throughout his life. Others 

 were collected by Mr. J. A. Allen, including a number of rare 

 and minute species which have not been rediscovered by later 

 observers. Still others were found by more recent students 

 of Professor Eaton, Mr, E, B. Harger, Professor W. A. 

 Setchell, and Dr. C. B. Graves being among the number. 

 During the last decade some of the most interesting additions 

 have been made by Mrs. Josephine D. Lowe and Miss Annie 

 Lorenz, and the authors of the present catalogue have also 

 had a share in swelling the list of Connecticut Bryophytes. 



In spite of this active collecting very little has been pub- 

 lished on the true Mosses (Bryales) of Connecticut since the 

 Berzelius List. A search through the scattered literature has 

 brought to light less than a dozen species which are actually 

 additions. Among the more important of these are the follow- 

 ing : — TJmidium Alleni Aust,, described from sterile speci- 

 mens collected by Mr, J. A. Allen in Beaver Meadows, near 

 New Haven; the rare Claopodium pellucinerve (Mitt.) Best, 

 collected by Mrs. Lowe at Noroton in the town of Darien, and 

 reported upon by Miss Harriet Wheeler; and Anacamptodon 

 splachnoides Brid,, first recorded by Mrs. Lowe from Burn- 

 side, in the town of East Hartford. As the present report 

 shows, the number of known species is now 245. This does 

 not include the two species of Andresea discovered by Mr. J. 

 A. Allen, which of course belong to a different natural order 

 (Andreseales). For the " Musci Americse Septentrionalis 



