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The list of Characece, mostly furnished by Mr. Morong and 

 Mr. Dame, is perhaps more nearly complete, but #s the col- 

 lections were all made in the few weeks of summer visits, 

 there are doubtless other species to reward some careful 

 searcher in the future. 



MUSCI. MOSSES. 



Sphagnum squarrosum, Pers. 



Sphagnum cuspidatum, Ehrh. J. L. Russell ; var. plumosum, 



Schimp. M. L. 0. 

 Mnium affine, Bland. 

 Mnium punctatum, Hedw. 



Both species in a hole among Saul's Hills. L. L. D. 

 Fontinalis antipyretica, L., var. gigantea, Sulliv. 



Roadside pool, Bloomingdale, L. L. D. 

 Dichelyma capillaceum, Myrin. 



HEPATIC^. LIVERWORTS. 



Anthoceros punctatus, L. 

 Marchantia polymorpha, L. 



CHARACE^E. 



NlTELLA, Ag. 



N. batrachosperma, A. Br. 



Maxcy's Pond, Morong, 1887. Found in America for the 

 first time. 



N. flexilis, Ag. 



Weweeder Pond, Cato's Pond, and a pool on the edge of the 

 town near the R. R. track. Morong. 



N. flexilis, Ag., var. subcapitata, A. Br. 

 Polpis. M. L. 0. 



N. Morongii, Allen. 



A new species detected in the roadside pool opposite Bloom- 

 ingdale, by Rev. Thomas Morong, July 21, 1887. 



N. mucronata, A. Br. L. L. Dame. 



