146 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull, 



Killingworth, Xichols. New London : Waterford, C. B. 

 Graves. 



Newfoundland to British Columbia, south in the east to 

 Alabama ; Europe ; Asia ; Hawaiian Islands. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. Mrs. Lowe, 57. 



Brachythecium populeum (Hedw.) Br. & Sch. Hypnunt 

 populeum Hedw. 



Stones, roots, and trunks of trees, in shaded places, es- 

 pecially in pine woods. Winter. Windham : Canterbury, 

 Mrs. Hadley. New Haven: East Haven (1874), Young; 

 Hamden, 0. D. Allen; Madison, Nichols; New Haven, Eaton. 



Var. rufescens Br. & Sch. Hypnum petrophilwm Funck. 



On trap rock. New Haven: New Haven (1876), Pease. 

 The only American locality for the variety. 



Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to North Carolina ; British 

 Columbia ; Europe ; Africa. 



Ref. Eaton 15, 66. Grout, 34, 190 (var. rufescens). 



Brachythecium Starkei (Brid.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 

 Starkei Hedw. 



At the base of trees, on rotting stumps and earth, in moist 

 mountainous or hilly woods. Winter. Fairfield: Darien, 

 Mrs. Lowe. New Haven: Woodbridge (1877), 0. D. Allen. 



Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States ; 

 Europe. 



Brachythecium Novae- Angliae (Sull. & Lesq.) Jaeg. & 

 Sauerb. Hypnnni Novcc-.inglicc Sull. & Lesq. 



On the ground in swamps and wet woods. Winter. 

 Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols. Tolland: Bolton and 

 Stafford, Nichols. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. 

 Fairfield: Danbury, Nichols; Darien and Norwalk, Mrs. 

 Lowe; Redding, Evans. New Haven : Beacon Falls, Nichols; 

 East Haven, Evans; Hamden, Pease; Madison, Nichols; 

 New Haven (1855), Eaton; North Haven, Nichols; Orange, 

 Evans. Middlesex : Saybrook, Eaton. New London : Led- 

 yard, Nichols. 



