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



Brachythecium campestre (C. Miill.) Br. & Sch. Hyp- 

 nuni campestre Bruch. 



Wet non-calcareous rocks, moist banks, or decaying logs. 

 Winter. Litchfield : Salisbury, Nichols. New Haven : 

 Haniden (1876), Pease; New Haven, Eaton; North Branford, 

 /. A. Allen. New London : New London, C. B. Graves. 



Canada and the northern United States, south to the 

 mountains of Alabama and Colorado ; Europe ; Asia ; Africa. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. 



Brachythecium acutum (j\Iitt.) SuU. Hypnum acutum 

 Mitt. 



On rotten logs and earth in moist places. Autumn. New 

 Haven: New Haven (1875), P<^ase. 



Canada and the northern United States, south to Arkansas. 



Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) Jaeg. & Sauerb. Hyp- 

 num Icetiim Brid. Brachythecium Icetum Br, & Sch. 



Earth, rocks, and roots of trees in open woods. Autumn. 

 Litchfield: New Milford, Nichols; Salisbury, Evans. Tol- 

 land: Somtrs, Pease ; Si2i^or6., Nichols. Windham: Canter- 

 bury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lowe; Hunt- 

 ington. Sherman, and Stratford, Nicliols. New Haven: 

 Cheshire (1856), Eaton; Hamden, /. A. Allen; New Haven 

 and Orange, £a/on; Woodbridge, M<:/?o/.y. Middlesex: Kil- 

 lingworth, Nichols; Saybrook, Eaton. New London : Water- 

 ford, C. B. Graves. 



Newfoundland to Florida, westward to the Rocky 

 Mountains ; Europe. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. 



Brachythecium Rutabulum (L.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 

 Rutahulum L. 



Earth, stones, trees, and rotting wood in shaded places. 

 Winter. Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols. Windham: 

 Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lowe; 

 Sherman, Nichols. New Haven : Cheshire, Nichols; Ham- 

 den, /. A. Allen; New Haven (1855), Eaton; Oxford, Harger. 



