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7. Branch leaves long-acuminate, serrulate to near the base 



S. pallescens 

 Branch leaves subulate to short-acuminate, serrulate only 

 above the middle S. reptilis 



Stereodon fertilis (Sendt.) Lindb. Hypnum fertile Sendt. 



Rotten logs and stumps in mountainous or hilly woods. 

 Summer. Windham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New 

 Haven: Oxford {i^%^), Harger. 



Canada and the northern United States, south in the" east 

 to Georgia; Europe; Asia. 



Stereodon pallescens (Hedw.) Lindb. Hypnum palles- 

 cens Br. & Sch. H. Jamesii Lesq. & James. 



On rocks and stumps and at the base of trees in hilly woods. 

 Summer. Litchfield : Salisbury, Nichols. Windpiam : Can- 

 terbury, Mrs. Hadley. New Haven : East Haven and Wood- 

 bridge (1866), Eaton. New London: East Lyme, New 

 London, and Waterford, C. B. Graves. 



Canada and the northern United States, south in the east 

 to North Carolina ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 67. 



Stereodon reptilis (Michx.) Mitt. Hypnum reptile 

 Michx. 



On roots, logs, and at the base of trees, especially spruce, 

 in mountainous or hilly woods. Autumn. Litchfield : Salis- 

 bury, Gilman. Hartford : Hartford, Mrs. Loive. Tolland : 

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

 Fairfield: Danbury, Nichols; Darien, Mrs. Lowe. New 

 Haven : New Haven (1876), /. A. Allen; Orange, O. D. Allen. 

 Middlesex : Killingworth, Nichols. 



Canada south to North Carolina and Utah; Europe; Asia. 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 6y. Mrs. Lowe, 58. 



Stereodon imponens (Hedw.) Lindb. Hypnum iutponens 

 Hedw. 



On stones, earth, roots, and stumps in moist woods. Late 

 autumn. Litchfield : Salisbury, Gilman. Hartford : Can- 

 ton, Nichols; West Hartford, Miss Lorenz; Windsor, W. E. 



