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the leaves it approaches Ephemerum tenerum, Hampe, but even these are longer and nar- 

 rower. The stem, though generally short, is sometimes a little elongated ; the leaves are 

 mostly entire, and perfectly nerveless ; inferior ones small, and distantly imbricated. Ma- 

 tures in September. 



Hal. On damp, clay soil ; luxuriates on the surface of clay clods, recently thrown up in constructing ditches. 



Camden, New Jersey. 

 PHASCUM TRIQUETRUM, Spruce. 

 Hah. Dry soil, near Woodbury, New Jersey. 



P. MUTICUM, Schreb. 



II<ib. On the ground in uncultivated fields, Chester County, in 1850, and Indiana County, Pennsylvania. 



P. SCHIMPEKIANUM, Snlfiv. 



llnli. Upper Illinois, on the bare ground, heretofore reported exclusively as Texan. E. Hall.* 



P. SUBULATUM, Schreb. 



Hab. Uncultivated fields in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. 



This species assumes various phases, some specimens having an unusually broad costa, 

 others short, inferior leaves. 



P. PALUSTRE, Br. and Sch. 



Hab. On sandy soil, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 



BRUCHIA, Schwaeg. 



B. FLEXUOSA, Schwceg. Var. nigrescens, Stilliv. 



Ilab. On the ground in uncultivated fields, Cambridge, Massachusetts; heretofore solely from the Southern 

 States. 



HYMENOSTOMUM, R. Brown. 



H. MICROSTOMUM, R. Br. 



Hab. On the ground in uncultivated fields, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



BLINDIA, Br. and Sch. 



15. ACUTA, Br. and Sch. 



Hab. Glen Ellis, Gorharn, New Hampshire. 



Our plant has leaves not quite entire, but slightly dentate, corresponding in other re- 

 spects with description. 



* Occasionally are inserted species which were not collected by the writer, but which came under his observation, being 

 sent for investigation. 



