No. II.J THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 2)7 



A few of the Bryales constitute a secondary source of peat, 

 and others are used as a packing material but to much less 

 extent than the Peat Mosses. Some of the large species, 

 when dried without pressure and dyed, form a component part 

 of decorative wreaths and cords, which are made use of more 

 especially by milliners. The "stiff and wiry stems of Poly- 

 triclmm commune have also been employed instead of bristles 

 in the manufacture of brushes. Among the Marchantiales the 

 only species which have ever been used for practical purposes 

 are Marchantia polymorpha and Conocephalum conicum. These 

 were formerly prescribed in affections of the liver, but it is 

 doubtful if they possess any true therapeutic properties. Except 

 for the fact that a few of the Jungermanniales have been 

 used in the tropics as a packing material for living plants, 

 the remaining orders of the Bryophytes have been put to no 

 practical uses whatever. 



CATALOGUE OF CONNECTICUT BRYOPHYTES 



The following catalogue records the distribution of the 

 Bryophytes of Connecticut, so far as known to the writers. 

 Under each species the characteristic environment and often the 

 time of fruiting are given, together with the known localities 

 for the state. These are arranged alphabetically by towns 

 under the counties, the latter being given in the following 

 order: Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, Windham, Fairfield, 

 New Haven, Middlesex, New London. The names of the 

 collectors' are also noted, but the only date mentioned is that 

 of the earliest known collection. In case two or more persons 

 have found, the same species in the same township, the one 

 who collected it first is the only one alluded to. The local 

 distribution is followed by brief notes regarding the known 

 distribution in North America and in other parts of the world. 

 For the sake of completeness attention is also called to Con- 

 necticut specimens which have been distributed in exsiccatae 

 and to references in the scattered literature of bryology which 

 relate directly to Connecticut plants. The numbers following 

 the authors' names in these references correspond with the 

 list and page numbers in the bibliography. 



