No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 65 



Lepidozia Dumort. 



1. Leaves divided to the middle or a little beyond into three 



or four triangular lobes L. reptans 



Leaves divided almost to the base into three or four 

 setaceous divisions 2 



2. Underleaves of stem mostly quadrifid with subequal di- 



visions; bracts mostly trifid or quadrifid L. setacea 



Underleaves of stem mostly trifid, one or two of the di- 

 visions regularly aborted; bracts mostly bifid. . . .L. sylvatica 



Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort. <c5$3 ^>*^^'^\^{ 



On shaded banks and rotten logs. May and June. Litch-^-'*jT^'^^^ 

 field: Goshen, Underwood; Salisbury, Evans. Hartford: , . ^^ 

 Canton, Nichols. Windham : Windham, Nichols. New 

 Haven : Beacon Falls, Evans; Hamden, Eaton; Naugatuck, 

 Evans; New Haven, /. A. Allen; North Haven, Evans; A) ^3 1 

 Orange (1877), J- ■^- ^H^n; Oxford, Harger; Woodbridge, 

 /. A. Allen. 



Newfoundland to Alaska, and south to Virginia, Minne- 

 sota, and California; Europe; Asia. |5s^ . ^-^-vX . S~C 'y , 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 70. Evans, 28, 172. 



,■' -i. , 

 Lepidozia setacea (Web.) Mitt. L. sphagnicola Evans.tfco 

 In bogs. May and June. New Haven: Bethany (1892), 

 Evans. 



Range in North America not definitely known ; Europe ; ^ ' ^ 



Asia. i^^^iS* 



Exsic. Underwood & Cook, Hep. Amer. No. 168 (as L. 



sphagnicola) . 



Ref. Evans, 20, 308, pi 162; 28, 172; 30, 186. ^^ . -> 



Lepidozia sylvatica Evans. L. setacea of some authors. fc5"§ 

 On shaded banks and rotten logs. May and June. Hart- 

 ford: Manchester, Miss Lorenz. Tolland: Stafford, 

 Nichols. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New J^ ^^^ 

 Haven: East Haven, Evans; Hamden (1866) Eaton; Nau- 

 gatuck, Evans-; New Haven, Veitch; Orange, Eaton; Ox- 

 ford, Harger. Middlesex: Killingworth, Hall. 

 New England to Florida. 



