MOSSES. 307 



Family HYPNACEAE. 



THUIDIUM Bruch & Schimp. 



Thuidium cielicatulum (L.) Mitt. 



Shaded banks on the ground, logs, trees, etc. Common throughout. 



Louisiauian area to Boreal region. Labrador, British North America ; West Indies, 

 Mexico, South America. 



Thuidium microphyllum (Sw.) Best. 



Damp places, on brick walls and rotten wood, and on the ground. Mobile County. 

 Lee County, Auburn ( Baker <f Earle). 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Throughout the Eastern United States; most 

 frequent southward. West Indies, Mexico. 



BRA.CHYTHECIUM Schimp. 



Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) Jaeg. & Sauerb. 

 Mountainous woods, on the ground. Winston County. 

 Carolinian and Allegheniau areas. North to New England, Canada, Newfoundland. 



Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Rau & Hervey. 



Mountainous woods, on decayed trunks. Winston County. Lee County, Auburn 

 (Baker 4* Earle). 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Florida to New England ; Ontario. 



Brachythecium campestre Bruch. 



Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). A strange find entirely out of range; 

 known only from the White Mountains, New England, and the Western Rocky 

 Mountains, Idaho, and from British Columbia. 



Brachythecium plume-sum (Sw.) Bruch & Schimp. 

 Damp rocks. Winston County. 

 Carolinian and Alleghenian areas. North to New England, Ontario, Quebec. 



EURHYNCHIUM Bruch & Schimp. 



Eurhynchium hiaiis (Hedw.) Jaeg. & Sauerb. 



Damp shady borders of woods. Winston County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ 

 Earle}. 



Carolinian and Allegheuian areas. Throughout the Eastern States to Ontario, 

 Nova Scotia, and British Columbia. 



Eurynchium boscii (Schwaegr.) Jaeg. <fc Sauerb. 



Grassy damp banks. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle}. 



Louisiauian to Alleghenian area. Louisiana to Florida, throughout the Eastern 

 States to Ontario. 



RAPHIDOSTEG-IUM Lesq. & James. 



Raphidostegium microcarpum (K. Muell.) Lesq. & James. Hypnum microcarpum 

 K. Muell. Leskea adnata Michx. 



On trees. Over the State. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J- Earle). 

 Abundant; February, March. 



Louisianiau and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to Florida, north to New Jersey 

 and Ohio. 



Raphidostegium recurvans (Schwaegr.) Lesq. & James. 



Roots of trees. Mountain region. Winston County. Not rare. 



Carolinian to Alleghenian area. Along the mountains to Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, and Canada; Newfoundland west to British Columbia. 



Raphidostegium carolinianum K. Muell. 



In swamps, on rotten wood and roots of trees. Mobile County. 

 Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana and Florida to New Jersey. 



RHYNCHOSTEGIUM Schimp. 



Rhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) Lesq. & James. 



Woodlands, shaded banks, on the ground and on roots of trees and decayed 

 trunks. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn. Over the State: one of the com- 

 monest of mosses. 



Louisianian to Alleghenian area. From the Gulf coast to Canada. 



