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



FAMILY BUXBAUMIACEyE 

 Buxbaumia Haller 

 Buxbaumia aphylla L. 



Clayey banks and turfy soil in open woods. Spring. 

 Litchfield : Salisbury, Evans. Hartford : Canton, Nichols; 

 Manchester, Miss Lorenz. Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lowe. 

 New Haven: Beacon Falls, Nichols; Hamden (1866), Wil- 

 liams; New Haven, /. A. Allen; Oxford, Harger; Woodbridge, 

 Nichols. 



Nova Scotia to Ontario and West Virginia ; Yukon Terri- 

 tory to Washington ; Europe ; Asia. 



Exsic. Holzinger, Musci Aero. Bor.-Amer. No. 250. 



Ref. Collins. 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 64; 17, 126. 



FAMILY GEORGIACE^ 

 Georgia Ehrh. 



Georgia pellucida (L.) Rabenh. Tetraphis pellucida 

 Hedw. 



Rotten stumps, roots, and banks in the woods. Spring. 

 Litchfield: Litchfield, Harris; Salisbury, Gilman. Hart- 

 ford: Hartford and Manchester, Miss Lorens; Windsor, W. 

 E. Britton. Tolland: Bolton and Stafford, Nichols. Wind- 

 ham : Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield : Darien, Mrs. 

 Lowe ; Redding, Evans. New Haven : Beacon Falls, Nichols; 

 Hamden, Evans; New Haven (1866), Eaton; North Branford, 

 Evans; North Haven, Nichols; Orange and Woodbridge, 

 Eaton. New London : East Lyme and Groton, C. B. Graves. 



Canada and the northern United States ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Collins, 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 63. 



FAMILY P0LYTRICHACE;E 



Catharinaea Ehrh. 



1. Leaf cells distinctly papillose C. Macmillani 



Leaf cells smooth, not papillose 2 



2. Leaves strongly undulate, serrate nearly to base; capsules 



borne singly or in small clusters C. undulata 



Leaves scarcely, if at all, undulate, serrate only above 

 middle; capsules borne singly 3 



