46 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



Pellia Raddi 



Pellia epiphylla (L.) Corda. 



On shaded banks and damp rocks. April and May. Litch- 

 field: Goshen, Underwood; Salisbury, Mrs. Phelps. Hart- 

 ford: Windsor, W. E. Britton. Windham: Canterbury, Mrs. 

 Hadley. Fairfield: Huntington, Evans; Redding, Miss 

 Haynes. New Haven : Bethany, Evans; Hamden, /. A. 

 Allen; Madison, Nichols; New Haven, Evans; Orange (1873), 

 Hall; Woodbridge, Eaton. Middlesex : Chester, Nichols. 



Labrador to Alaska and south to New England, New York, 

 and Indiana ; Europe ; Asia. 



Exsic. Miss Haynes, Amer. Hep. No. 35. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 69. Evans, 28, 170. 



Blasia L. 

 Blasia pusilla L. 



On damp banks and rocks. April and May. Litchfield: 

 Cornwall, Underwood; Salisbury, Nichols. Windham : Can- 

 terbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield : Huntington, Evans. New 

 Haven: Derby, /. A. Allen; Hamden (1875), Hall. 



Nova Scotia west to Alaska and south to Virginia, New 

 Mexico, and California; Europe; Asia. 



Exsic. Underwood & Cook, Hep. Amer. No. 5. j^^ ^^*— (.. ^f */ 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 69. Evans, 28, 170. 



Fossombronia Raddi 



1. Annual; capsules mature in autumn 2 



Perennial; capsules mature in May and June F. salina 



2. Spores with subparallel and rarely anastomosing ridges 



F. Woridraczekii 

 Spores with anastomosing ridges forming a network 



F. foveolata 



Fossombronia salina Lindb. 



On earth in wet pastures and swamps. May and June. 

 New Haven: East Haven, Evans; Hamden (1879) and 

 Orange, /. A. Allen. 



Connecticut south to Florida and the West Indies and west 

 to Tennessee and Arkansas. 



Ref. Evans, 24, 10; 28, 170. 



