138 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Anomodon rostratus (Hedw.) Schimp. 



At the base of trees and on rocks in the woods. Autumn. 

 Litchfield: Cornwall, Brezvster; New Milford, Nichols; 

 Salisbury, Gilman. Hartford: Farmington, Mrs. Lowe; 

 Hartford, Miss Lorenz. Tolland : Stafford, Nichols. Wind- 

 ham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield : Danbury, Nich- 

 ols; Darien, Mrs. Lozve; Sherman, Nichols. New Haven : 

 Beacon Falls, Nichols; Hamden, /. A. Allen; Meriden, Nich- 

 ols; New Haven (1855), Eaton; Woodbridge, Nichols. Mid- 

 dlesex : Killingworth, Nichols. New London : North Ston- 

 ington, C. B. Graves. 



Canada to the Gulf of Mexico ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 65. Mrs. Hadley, 42. 



Leskea Hedw. 



Leaves ovate-oblong-, obtuse, not plicate t. obscura 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, biplicate. . . . 



L. polycarpa 



Leskea polycarpa Ehrh. 



On roots and stones, trunks of trees, and decaying wood in 

 wet places. May- June. Tolland: Ellington, Pease. Fair- 

 field : Darien, Mrs. Lozve. New Haven : New Haven, 

 Eaton; Oxford, Harger; Wallingford (1878), Barron. New 

 London : New London, Spaulding. 



Newfoundland to British Columbia, and southward ; Eu- 

 rope; Asia. 



Exsic. Renauld & Cardot, Musci Amer. Sept. No. 192'=. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 65. 



Leskea obscura Hedw. 



Roots of trees, stones, and logs subject to inundation. May- 

 June. Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols; Woodbury, Eaton. 

 Hartford: Farmington, Mrs. Lozve; Hartford, Miss Lorenz. 

 Tolland : Vernon, Nichols. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. 

 Hadley. New Haven : East Haven, Nichols; Hamden, O. D. 

 Allen; New Haven (1874), Eaton; North Haven, Nichols; 

 Wallingford, Barron. Middlesex : Killingworth and Port- 

 land, Nichols. New London : New London, C. B. Graves. 



