No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. l6l 



Exsic. Renauld & Cardot, Musci Amer. Sept. No. 200. 

 Ref. Eaton, 15, 67. 



Hylocomium Br. & Sch. 



Stem regularly bi-tripiniiate; stem leaves gradually acu- 

 minate, not auricled H. splendens 



Stem irregularly pinnate; stem leaves abruptly acuminate, 

 auricled at the base H. brevirostre 



Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 

 splendens Hedw. 



Aloist mountain or hill woods. Fruit occasional, spring. 

 Litchfield: Norfolk, Eaton; Salisbury, Gilman. Tolland: 

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

 Fairfield: Newtown, Harger; Redding, Evans. New 

 Haven: New Haven (1855), Eaton; North Branford, Miss 

 Bradley; Woodbridge, Evans. New London : Ledyard, C. B. 

 Graves. 



Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States ; 

 Europe ; Asia ; Africa. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 68. 



Hylocomium brevirostre (Ehrh.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 

 brevirostre Ehrh. 



On rocks and at the base of trees in wet ravines. Spring. 



Litchfield: Salisbury, Gilman. Fairfield: Monroe, 

 Miss Lorens; Redding, Evans. New Haven : Beacon Falls, 

 Nichols; Cheshire and Hamden (1866), Eaton; Oxford, Har- 

 ger; Woodbridge, Eaton. 



Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to North Carolina ; Europe ; 

 Asia ; Africa. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 68. 



Ctenidium (Schimp.) Mitt. 



Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mftt. Hypnum molliis- 

 cuui Hedw. 



iMoist rocks and earth in mountainous or hilly woods. 

 Fruit occasional, summer. Litchfield: Salisbury, Nichols. 

 Windham: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New ILwen: East 



