No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. I37 



Anomodon Hook. & Tayl. 



1. Upper half of leaves Ungulate, obtuse or short-apiculate, 



leaves spreading when moist 2 



Upper half of leaves more or less tapering 3 



2. Leaves apiculate and with large auricles at the base.... 



A. apiculatus 

 Leaves rounded at apex, base not auriculate A. minor 



3. Leaves blunt, apiculate, subsecund; branches tapering.... 



A. attenuatus 

 Leaves narrowlj' acuminate, spreading when moist; 

 branches blunt A. rostratus 



Anomodon apiculatus Br. & Sch. 



On shaded rocks and at the base of trees. Autumn. Litch- 

 field: Salisbury (1900), Gilinan. 



Ontario and New England, south to Georgia ; Europe ; 

 Asia. 



Anomodon minor (Beauv.) Fiirn. A. obtnsifolius Br. 

 & Sch. 



On trees and rocks in the woods. Fruit rare, autumn. 

 Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols. F.\irfield: Darien, Mrs. 

 Lozve; Sherman, Nichols. New H.a.ven : Cheshire, Evans; 

 Orange (1875), Eaton; Oxford, Harger. 



New Brunswick to South Dakota, south to Virginia ; Asia. 



Ref. Chamberlain. 12, 78. Eaton, 15, 65. 



Anomodon attenuatus (Schreb.) Hiiben. 



Rocks, stumps, and trees in the woods. Autumn. Litch- 

 field: New Milford, Nichols; Salisbury, GUman. H.-\rtford: 

 West Hartford, Miss Lorcns. Tolland: Stafford, Nichols. 

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

 Nichols; Darien, Mrs. Loivc. New H.wen : Beacon Falls 

 and Cheshire, Nichols; Hamden, Eaton; Meriden, Nich- 

 ols; New Haven (1856), Eaton; Oxford, Harger. Middle- 

 sex: Killingworth, Nichols. New London: Ledyard, Nichols. 



Newfoundland to Florida, west to British Columbia and 

 Kansas ; Cuba ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 65. 



