No. II.] THE BRVOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. Ill 



Ontario and New England to Georgia, westward to Kansas 

 and Texas. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 62. 



Grimmia Ehrh. 



1. Capsule shorter than stalk, emergent or exserted. . . .G. Olneyi 

 Capsule longer than stalk, immersed 2 



2. Walls of lower leaf cells sinuate G. pilifera 



Walls of lower leaf cells not sinuate : . . . . 3 



3. Plants in small dense cushions, soft, lurid green; leaf cells 



rounded-quadrate, 0.009-0.01 mm. above G. conferta 



Plants in laxer cushions, more robust, coarse, brownish; 

 leaf cells rounded, 0.006-0.007 mm. above G. apocarpa 



Grimmia apocarpa (L.) Hedw. 



On rocks and stones of various kinds. Late spring. 

 Litchfield: Salisbury, Gilman; Torrington, Mrs. Lowe. 

 Hartford: Bristol and Canton, Nichols. Tolland: Staf- 

 ford, Nichols. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New 

 Haven : Cheshire, Nichols; Hamden, /. A. Allen; New Haven 

 (1855) and Orange, Eaton; Oxford, Harger; Woodbridge, 

 /. A. Allen. Middlesex : Killingworth, Nichols. New 

 London : New London, C. B. Graves. 



Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States ; found in 

 most quarters of the globe. 



Ref. E^ton, 15, 62. 



Grimmia conferta Funck. 



Steep sunny rocks. Spring. Litchfield: Salisbury, 

 Nichols. Tolland: Ellington, Nichols. Fairfield: Sher- 

 man, Nichols. New Haven: Hamden (1877), O. D. Allen; 

 Woodbridge, Eaton. 



Nova Scotia to the Middle Atlantic States, and westward to 

 the Pacific ; Europe ; Asia ; Africa. 



Exsic. Renauld & Cardot, Musci Amer. Sept. No. 168. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 62, 



Grimmia pilifera Beauv. G. pennsylvanica Schwaegr. 

 Moist rocks in hilly woods. May- June. Litchfield: 

 New Milford and Salisbury, Nichols. Hartford: Simsbury, 



