MOSSES. 303 



PHILONOTIS Brid. 



Philonotis fontana Brid. 



Dripping rocks. Etowah County, falls of Black Creek ; rare. 



Carolinian to Alleghenian area. Throughout the Middle and Northern States to 

 Canada and Newfoundland, west to British Columbia and the Rocky Mountains, 

 Oregon, and California. 



Family POLYTRICHACEAE. 

 CATHARINEA Ehrh. ATKICHUM Beauv. 



Catharinea undulata (L.) Web. & Mohr. 



Exposed sandy ground over the State. 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Throughout the United States; Canada. 

 Europe. 



Catharinea angustata Brid. 



Sandy damp ground. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn. Cullman County, 

 common. 



Louisianian to Allegheuian area. North to New York, Canada, and Newfound- 

 land. 



Catharinea xanthopelma K. Muell. 

 Exposed sandy places. Mobile County, rare. 

 Louisianiau area. Louisiana and Texas. 



POLYTRICHUM L. 



Polytrichum ohiense Ren. & Card. P. formosum Sulliv. Not Hedw. 



Exposed damp sandy ground. Mobile County, common in damp pine barrens. 

 Winston County. 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to New Jersey, Ohio, and Canada. 



Polytrichum commune L. 



Open woods in the mountains. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $- Earle). Winston 

 County. 



Carolinian area to Boreal region. Throughout Atlantic North America. Europe. 



Polytrichum commune perigionale (Michx.) Brnch & Schimp. 



Mountainous woods, on rocks. Winston County, banks of the Sipsey Fork, 1,500 

 feet. 



Carolinian area. South Carolina and northward. 



Polytrichum piliferum Schreb. 



Rocky flats. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, near Mentone, 2,200 feet; Sep- 

 tember. 



Carolinian area to Boreal region. North to Canada; Rocky Mountains, British 

 Columbia, Greenland. Europe. 



Polytrichum tenue Menz. Pogonatum brevicaule Brid. 



Damp clay banks. Auburn; frequent, April (Baker $ Earle}. 



Carolinian and Alleghenian areas. Georgia to Pennsylvania and north to Canada 



(Ontario). 



Polytrichum brachyphyllum Michx. 



Moist clay banks, roadsides, borders of ditches. Mobile County, December, Jan- 

 uary. Abundant in Coast plain. 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. South Carolina, along the coast to New Jersey. 



Polytrichum capillare Michx. 



On rocks. Dekalb County, summit of Lookout Mountain, 2,200 feet. 



Carolinian area to Boreal region. South Carolina; New England, White Moun- 

 tains; New York, Adirondack Mountains; Rocky Mountains (Colorado); Canada, 

 Greenland, 



