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Canada southward to North CaroHna and Missouri ; 

 Europe; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. 



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

 velutinum L. 



On earth and rocks, at the base of trees, and on rotting 

 wood. Winter. New Haven : East Haven, Evans; Hamden 

 (1875), Young; New Haven, Eaton. 



Canada and the northern United States ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. 



Cirriphyllum Grout 



Stalk smooth C. Boscii 



Stalk rough C. piliferum 



Cirriphyllum piliferum (Schreb.) Grout. Hypnum pili- 

 ferum Schreb. Eurynchitmi piliferum Br. & Sch. 



On the ground and at the base of trees in wet woods and 

 meadows. Fruit rare, autumn. Litchfield : Salisbury, 

 Nichols. Hartford : Farmington, Mrs. Lowe. New Haven : 

 Woodbridge (1876), O. D. Allen. 



Newfoundland to Maryland and Ohio; Montana to Cali- 

 fornia ; Greenland ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. 



Cirriphyllum Boscii (Schwaegr.) Grout. Hypnum Boscii 

 Schwaegr. Eurynchium Boscii Jaeg. & Sauerb. 



On rocks or on the ground in moist open woods. Fruit 

 rare, autumn. Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols. Windham: 

 Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield: Huntington, Nichols; 

 Redding, Evans; Sherman, Nichols. New Haven : Derby, 

 O. D. Allen; East Haven, Hamden, and Madison, Nichols; 

 Meriden, Miss Lorenz; New Flaven (1855), Eaton; Orange, 

 Evans; Oxford, Harger. Middlesex : Killingworth, Nichols; 

 Saybrook, Eaton. New London : Ledyard, Nichols; New 

 London, C. B. Graves; Norwich, Setchell; Old Lyme, Eaton. 



Vermont to Florida, westward to Colorado and Arkansas. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 66. Mrs. Hadley, 41. 



