No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. I03 



autumn. Litchfield: New Milford, Nichols; Salisbury, 

 Mrs. Phelps. Hartford : West Hartford, Miss Lorenz. Tol- 

 land: Stafford, A' iV/2o/.y. Windham : Canterbury, Mr^-. //ad- 

 ley. Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lozue; Trumbull, Eames. 

 New Haven : Beacon Falls, Nichols; East Haven, Hamden 

 (1866), and New Haven, Eaton; North Haven, Harger; 

 Orange, Eaton; Oxford, Harger; Woodbridge, Nichols. Mid- 

 dlesex : Killingworth, Nichols. New London : East Lyme 

 and North Stonington, C. B. Graves. 



Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, south to Florida 

 and Louisiana ; Europe ; Asia ; Africa. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 61. 



FAMILY FISSIDENTACE^ 

 Fissidens Hedw. 



1. Fruit borne on the stem or on a leading branch 2 



Fruit borne on a short branch 5 



2. Leaves without a border 3 



Leaves bordered by a narrow band of pale, elongated cells 4 



3. Leaves obtuse, margin entire F. obtusifolius 



Leaves apiculate, margin crenulate F. osmundoides 



4. Border thick, usually confluent at apex of leaf with the 



midrib F. bryoides 



Border narrow, almost wanting at apex of leaf; midrib 

 percurrent F. incurvus 



5. Leaves without a border 6 



Leaves bordered by several rows of paler, often thick- 

 walled cells 7 



6. Midrib percurrent F. taxifolius 



Midrib vanishing below the apex F. subbasilaris 



7. Leaf cells obscure (0.007-0.009 X 0.01-0.012 inm.) 



F. cristatus 



Leaf cells distinct (0.01-0.014 X 0.014-0.018 mm.) 



F. adiantoides 



Fissidens bryoides (L.) Hedw- 



On shaded earth in greenhouses, etc. Autumn. New 

 Haven: New Haven (1876), Veitch. 



