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Amblystegium aduncum (L.) Lindb. (Hypnum uncinatum, Hedw.) 
East bank of the Holston River near the Falls, alt. 2,050 ft. 
Hypnum Boscu, Schwægr. In Hungry Hollow, on ground, alt. 
2,300 ft. North of Bristol, on old wood, alt. 1,800 ft. Along 
Bear Creek, on rocks, alt. 2,200 ft. At Falls of Holston River, 
on rocks, alt. 2,050 ft. Western slope of Cove Mt., near 
Buchanan, on stumps, alt. 1,000 ft. Comer's Creek, in dense 
close mats on wet rocks near the dam, alt. 2,500 ft. 
Hypnum strigosum, Hoffm. Along Nick's Creek, on ground, alt. 
2,600 ft. East fork Walker Creek, on ground, alt. 2,200 ft. 
Hypnum hians, Hedw. Nick’s Creek, on black loamy soil, 
sterile. Bear Creek, alt. 2,800 ft., also sterile. Hungry’s 
Mother Creek, on old logs with Æ. hispidulum, Brid., sterile. 
Sullivant, in the Icones Muscorum, p. 163, says of the vein: 
** Costa tenui supra medium abrupte desinente." Figures 5 and 8, 
t. 104, show this character well but fail to indicate as a very marked 
character in the profile of the leaves, that the keeled vein ends in 
a dorsal spine a short distance below the apex. Austin’s Musci 
Appalachiani, No. 335, with which this was compared, verifies 
this statement. 
Hypnum demissum, Wilson. On wet rocks, Bear Branch of Bear 
Creek, alt. 2,200 ft., with H eugyrium. On wet rocks in 
Dickey’s Creek, alt. 3,000 ft. In bed of Nick’s Creek, alt. 
2,500 ft. McGrady’s Creek, foot of White Rock, alt. 3,000 ft. 
Hypnum recurvans, Schwægr. On Staley's Knob, east of Marion. 
On log, alt. 2,400 ft. Banks of Holston River at Marion. 
On Zsuga Canadensis, alt. 2,100 ft. Along Nick’s Creek. On 
old log, alt. 2,500 ft. Also on black loam, a lax form with 
long, creeping, nearly simple branches and very glossy yellow 
leaves, fruit scarce. Sinclair's Creek, alt. 2,300 ft. On o 
logs. White Top Creek, alt. 2,600 ft. On the ground, densely 
fruited with pedicels over 2 cm. long, and capsules contracted 
below the mouth when old. On old logs in dense woods, base 
of Pine Mt., near Troutdale, alt. 3,000 ft. 
Hypnum laxepatulum, L. & J. Sull. Icon. Musc. Suppl. 93, t. 69. 
Bot. Gaz. I. 30. Summit of White Top Mt., alt. 5,678 ft. In 
thin flat mats on the vertical faces of wet rocks in shade, with 
