154 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



East Haven, Eaton; Hamden, Pease ; New Haven, /. A. Allen; 

 North Haven, Nichols; Orange (1874), Young. Middlesex: 

 Killingworth, Nichols. 



Var. laetum (Br. & Sch.) Lindb. 



Tolland : Ellington, Pease. New Haven : New Haven 

 (1876) and Woodbridge, Eaton. 



Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States, 

 southward along the mountains ; South America ; Europe ; 

 Asia ; Africa ; New Zealand ; Tasmania. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 67. 



Plagiothecium striatellum (Brid.) Lindb. Hypmim 

 Muhlenbcckii Spruce. P. Muhlenhcckii Br. & Sch. 



On earth, non-calcareous rocks, and rotten logs in the 

 woods. Summer. Litchfield: Salisbury, Gilinan. Hart- 

 ford: East Hartford, Mrs. Lozve. Tolland: Ellington, 

 Pease; Stafford, Nichols. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. 

 Hadley. Fairfield : Darien, Mrs. Lozve ; Easton, Eames; 

 Norwalk, Mrs. Lozve; Redding, Evans; Stratford, Eames. 

 New Haven: Beacon Falls, Nichols; East Haven, /. A. 

 Allen; Hamden and New Haven (1866), Eaton. Middlesex: 

 Durham, Evans; Killingworth, Nichols; Saybrook, Eaton. 

 New London : East Lyme, C. B. Graves; Ledyard, Nichols; 

 Old Lyme and Waterford, C. B. Graves. 



Greenland and Newfoundland to Minnesota, south to North 

 Carolina ; Alaska ; Europe. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 67. Mrs. Lowe, 56. 



Amblystegiella Loeske 



Plants minute (0.5-1 cm. long); leaves 0.2-0.4 mm. long.. 



A. confervoides 

 Plants larger (2-4 cm. long); leaves 0.8-1.2 mm. long.. 



A. adnata 



Amblystegiella confervoides (Brid.) Loeske. Hypnum 

 confervoides Brid. 



Shaded limestone ledges. Summer. Litchfield : Salis- 

 bury, Nichols. Fairfield: Sherman (1906), Evans. 



New Brunswick to Connecticut and Ohio, westward to 

 the Rocky Mountains ; Europe ; Asia. 



