I5S CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Var. longifolium (Schultz) Br. & Sch. . 

 Fairfield: Darien (1903), Mrs. Lowe. 

 Throughout North America, and in most parts of the 

 world. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 67. 



Amblystegium Kochii Br. & Sch. 



On earth in moist woods. Early summer. New Haven : 

 New Haven (1906), Nichols. 



Probably throughout temperate North America ; Europe ; 

 Asia. 



Chrysohypnum (Hampe) G. Roth 



1. Midrib wanting, or very short and double 2 



Midrib distinct, single 4 



2. Monoicous; plants small (1-4 cm. long); leaA'^es finely ser- 



rulate all around C. hispidulum 



Dioicous; plants larger (s-io cm. long); leaves entire 3 



3. Stems erect or ascending; leaves gradually acuminate.. 



C. stellatum 

 Stems procumbent; leaves suddenly ending in a long 

 piliform acumen C. protensum 



4. Leaves squarrose, alar cells scarcely enlarged 



C. chrysophyllum 

 Leaves erect, spreading; alar cells enlarged. . .C. polygamum 



Chrysohypnum hispidulum (Brid.) G. Roth. Hypnnin 

 hispidulum Brid. 



Roots of trees, decayed wood, and humus, in wet, swampy 

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

 ford: Farmington, ilfr.y. Low^. Tolland: Ellington, P^a.?^. 

 Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New Haven : 

 Cheshire and East Haven, Eaton; Hamden, /. A. Allen; Madi- 

 son, Nichols ;''New Haven (1856), Eaton; Orange and Oxford, 

 Harger. New London : New London and Waterford, C. B. 

 Graves. 



Canada southward to North Carolina and Missouri ; 

 Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 6y. • 



Chrysohypnum chrysophyllum (Brid.) Loeske. Hypnum 

 chrysophyllum Brid. 



Rocks, earth, roots, and stumps, in moist places. Summer. 



