No. II.] THE BRYOPIIYTES OF CONNECTICUT. I35 



to high altitudes. Local. Spring. Hartford: East Hart- 

 ford, Mrs. Lozve. New Haven : Cheshire, Hamden, and New 

 Haven, Nichols; Wallingford (1880), O. D. Allen. 



New England to Alabama, west to Illinois and Texas; 

 Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Mrs. Lowe, 56. 



FAMILY LESKEACE7E "2^' 



Thelia Sull. 



1. Papillae of leaves simple T. hirtella 



Papillae of leaves variously divided at the tip 2 



2. Leaves ciliate; plants growing on trees T. asprella 



Leaves not ciliate; plants growing on rocks and earth.... 



T. Lescurii 



Thelia hirtella (Hedw.) Sull. 



Stumps, roots, and trunks of trees in the woods. Autumn. 

 Hartford: Southington, Nichols. Tolland: Ellington, 

 Pease; Stafford, Nichols. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. Had- 

 ley. Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lozve; Sherman, Nichols. New 

 Haven: East Haven (1855), Eaton; Madison, Basye; New 

 Haven, /. A. Allen; Oxford, Harger; Woodbcidge, Nichols. 

 Middlesex: Killingworth, Nichols. New London: Water- 

 ford, C. B. Graves. 



Ontario and New England to Kansas, south to the Gulf 

 States. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 65. Mrs. Hadley, 41. 



Thelia asprella (Schimp.) Sull. 



Stumps, roots, and trunks of trees in the woods. Autumn. 

 Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols. Hartford: Hartford, Miss 

 Lorens. Tolland: Ellington, Pease; Stafford, Nichols. 

 Windham: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield: Darien, 

 Mrs. Lozve. New Haven : East Haven, O. D. Allen; Ham- 

 den, Eaton; Meriden, Nichols; New Haven (1855), Eaton. 

 Middlesex : Killingworth, Nichols. New London : Nor- 

 wich, Setchell. 



■ Ontario and New England to Florida, west to Minnesota 

 and Texas. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 65. 



