186 John Lewis Russell on the 
In the deep shade of woods. Hingham! Also Ipswich, 
Oakes ! 
H. proliferum. (Linn.) Muscol. Brit, p. 170, tab. 25. 
Br. Fl. p. 85. Dill. Musc. tab. 35, fig. 14, and tab. 83, fig. 6. 
In woods and among bushes. An elegant species, and liable 
to considerable variation. Chelmsford! Hingham! Also 
Ipswich, Oakes ! 
H. minutulum. Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 260. Brid. Sp. 
Muse. II. p. 141. — Bry. Univ. IL. p. 578. In woods, on 
the ground. Fruit in November. Hingham ! 
H. prelongwm. (Linn.) Brid. Bry. Univ. II. p. 399. 
Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 258. Dill. Musc. tab. 35, fig. 15, &c. 
On overflowed banks of streams. Young fruit in May. 
Hingham ! Scenes a 
H. rutabulum. (Linn.) Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 276. Br. 
Fl. II. p. 88. Dill. Musc. tab. 38, fig. 29, &c. Shedding 
its seeds (spores) in April. Hubbardston! i 
H. sipho. (Pal. de Beauv.) Brid. Meth. p. 154. — Bry. 
Univ. II. p. 391. On overflowed rocks in ravines, &c. Fruit 
in August. Hingham! NOH 
H. undulatum. (Linn.)  Muscol. Brit. p. 153, tab. 24. 
Brid. Bry. Univ. II. p. 397. “Environs of Boston," B. D. 
Greene ! ' 1 
H. serpens. (Linn.) Muscol. Brit. p. 155, tab. 24, On 
roots of alders, (Alnus serrulata, Willd.) and on decaying 
wood. Fruit in May.  Chelmsford!. Very common. A 
species subject to very great variation. E j tá 
H. Schreberi. (Willd.) Muscol. Brit. p. 159. Dill. Muse. 
tab. 40, fig. 47. Brid. Bry. Univ. II. p. 420. Hingham: 
Also Manchester, Oakes ! io EET 
H. Boscii. (Schwaegr. Brid. Bry. Univ. Il. P- A. 
Synonym: Hypnum illecebrum. Hedw. Sp. Muse. P- 252, 
tab. 66, fig. 1, 2, (leaf and capsule.) On shady rocks 
and on decaying stumps of trees in moist places. Hing- 
-H. eatenulatum. Brid. Bry. Univ. II. p.450. M an 
