No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. IO7 



Trichostomum Hedw. 



Trichostomum cylindricum (Rruch) C. Miill. Didymo- 

 don cylindricus Br. & Sch. 



Wet non-calcareous stones in or beside brooks in moun- 

 tainous or hilly regions. Fruit very rare, autumn. New 

 Haven : Hamden (1879), /. A. Allen; Orange, O. D. Allen. 



Greenland to North Carolina, west to Manitoba ; South 

 America ; Europe ; Asia. 



Tortella (C. Mull.) Limpr. 



Monoicous; plants less than i cm. high, loosely csespitose; 



leaves linear, abruptly mucronate T. caespitosa 



Dioicous; plants 2-6 cm. high, in pulvinate tufts; leaves 



lanceolate, long-acuminate or cuspidate T. tortuosa 



Tortella tortuosa (L.) Limpr. Barb it I a tortuosa Web. f. 

 & Mohr. 



Rocks, usually calcareous, in mountainous or hilly regions. 

 Fruit rare, June. Hartford: West Hartford, Miss Lorenz. 

 New Haven : Cheshire, Harger; Meriden, Price; Orange 

 (1856), Eaton; New Haven, O. D. Allen. 



Greenland, Canada, and the northern United States ; Eu- 

 rope ; Asia ; Africa. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 62. 



Tortella caespitosa (Schwaegr.) Limpr. Barbula ccespi- 

 tosa Schwaegr. 



Earth and roots of trees in the woods. June. Litch- 

 field: Salisbury, Gilman. Windham: Canterbury, Mrs. 

 Hadlcy. Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lowe. New Haven: East 

 Haven, Evans; New Haven (1856), Eaton; Orange, Nichols; 

 Oxford, Harger; Woodbridge, /. A. Allen. New London: 

 North Stonington and Waterford, C. B. Graves. 



Ontario and New England to the Gulf States, west to 

 British Columbia ; Mexico ; South America ; Europe ; Asia ; 

 Africa. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 62. Mrs. Lowe, 57. 



