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



Northern North America and southward to Alabama and 

 California ; found in most quarters of the globe. 

 Ref. Collins, 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 64. 



Polytrichum juniperinum Willd. 



In dry pastures or open woods in mountainous or hilly- 

 regions. Summer. Litchfield: Salisbury, Gilman. Hart- 

 ford: Hartford, Miss Lorenz; Southington. Chamberlain. 

 Tolland : Bolton and Ellington, Nichols. Windham : 

 Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairfield: Danbury, Nichols; 

 Darien, Mrs. Lowe; Huntington, Nichols. New Haven : 

 Branford, Ward; Hamden, /. A. Allen; New Haven (1865), 

 Eaton. Middlesex : Killingworth, Nichols. 



Arctic and temperate North America ; a cosmopolitan. 



Ref. Collins, 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 64. 



Polytrichum strictum Banks. - P. ^ u-c^ ^^J^:^ 7^.'* '' ^^ ^ 



In peat bogs and wet woods. Summer. New Haven : 

 Orange (1874), Young. 



Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States ; 

 South America ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Collins, 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 64. 



Polytrichum commune L. 



In pastures and clearings and along the borders of woods 

 and roadsides. Summer. Litchfield: New Milford and 

 Salisbury, Nichols. Hartford: Hartford, Miss Lorenz; 

 Windsor, Rorer. Tolland: Bolton and Stafford, Nichols. 

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

 Fairfield: Darien, Mrs. Lozve; Huntington, Sherman, and 

 Stratford, Nichols. New Haven : Beacon Falls, Nichols; 

 Hamden, Eaton; Meriden, Nichols; New Haven (1856) and 

 Orange, Eaton; Oxford, Harger. Middlesex : Killingworth, 

 Nichols. New London : Ledyard, Nichols; New London and 

 Waterford, C. B. Graves. 



Throughout North America ; a cosmopolitan. 



Exsic. Renauld & Cardot, Musci Amer. Sept. No. 227. 



Ref. ColHns, 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 64. 



