MOSSES. 301 



Family FUNARIACEAE. 



PHYSCOMITRIUM Brid. 



Physcomitrium turbinatum (Michx.) Brid. P. pyrlforme plur. auct. Ain. 



Grassy banks, borders of fields. Mobile County, abundant; March. 



Louisianian to Allegenian area. Eastern North America from Florida to Ontario, 

 west to the Rocky Mountains. 



Physcomitrium turbinatum langloisii (Ren. & Card.) E. G. Britton. 



Low ground, February, March. Lee County, Auburn (Raker $ Earle). Mobile 

 County. 



Louisiauiaii area. Texas and Louisiana to Florida. 



FUN ARIA Schreb. 



Puiiaria hygrometrica (L.) Sibth. 



On bare sandy or gravelly ground. Throughout; common. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Puiiaria calvescens Schwaegr. F. hygrometrica calvescens Br. & Schimp. 



On damp sandy ground. Mobile County, not infrequent; March, April. 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Texas to South Carolina. Mexico, South 

 America. 



Funaria flavicans Michx. 



On damp sandy ground. Mobile County, damp pastures; abundant, March. 

 Lee County, Auburn, March (Baker fy Earle). 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to New Jersey. 



Funaria serrata Brid. 



Exposed sandy banks. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker if Earle). 

 Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to Florida. Frequent; March. 



ENTOSTHODON Schwaegr. 



Eiitostliodoii drummondii Sulliv. 



Bare damp loamy ground. Throughout the lower pine region; pine woods and 

 pastures. Mobile County, frequent. Montgomery County (Sullivant). 



Louisianian area. Eastern Louisiana to western Florida. March, April. 



Family BRYACEAE. 



BRYUM. 



Bryum erythrocarpum Schwaegr. Bryum sanyuineitm Brid. 



Mountains, north Alabama. Lookout Mountain (Lesquereux). April, June. 

 Carolinian area. Central and Southern Europe. 



Bryum bicolor Dicks. 



Sandy soil. Mobile County. Lookout Mountain, with B. erythrocarpum; May 

 (Lesquereux). 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, 

 Illinois, and Nevada. Europe. 



Bryum caespiticium L. 



Old damp walls. Stones, shady places. Mobile County, not infrequent. 

 Louisianian to Allegheuian area. Canada to Arctic zone. Europe. 



Bryum nutans Schreb. 

 Damp walls. Mobile County, rare; May. 

 Throughout the United States ; Canada* to Arctic zone; Alaska. Europe. 



Bryum pulchellum Hedw. B. lescurianum Sulliv. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). 

 Carolinian area. New Jersey, southern New York. 



