188 Mosses of Eastern Massachusetts. 
285, tab. 75, fi 9. Brid. Meth. p. 178. —Bry. Univ. 
II. p. 613. Grassy banks, and by roadsides. Fruit in Jan- 
uary. Common. Hingham! ; 
H. imponens. (Muhl., Hedw.) Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 290, 
tab. 77, fig. 1-5. Brid. Meth. p. 179, &c. Hingham! Ips- 
wich! 
H. reptile. (M’x.) Brid. Meth. l.c. — Bry. Univ. II. p. 
* Environs of Boston," B. D. Greene! 
-H. molluscum. (Hedw.) Br. Fl. II. p. 96. . Muscol. Brit. 
p. 191, tab. 27. Dill. Musc. tab. 36, fig. 90, A. Finely in 
fruit in a white cedar swamp in January. . Scituate! - 
H. crista-castrensis. (Linn. Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 981, 
tab. 76, fig. 1+4. Br. Fl. p. 96.  Muscol. Brit. p. 191, tab. 
27. In woods, on perpendicular faces of rocks, and similar 
shady situations, not uncommon, and of most elegant contour. 
Hubbardston! Also Manchester, Oakes ! 
"d 
. Dovstrut Species. 
Hrrxvw filicinum? (Linn.) Br. Fl. p. 92. Hedw. Sp. 
Musc. p. 286, tab. 76, fig. 5-10. Brid. Bry. Univ. I. P. 
527. Barren stems, collected at Sheffield, by A. L. Ru sell 
Gymnosromum ovatum? (Hedw.) ' Muscol. Brit. P. 21, 
tab. 7. With leaves more obovate, and furnished with 
shorter hair point, than described in work cited, but pro 
ducing in great abundance the gemme in the middle -—-— 
nerve, on the upper side of the leaf. On trunks of - 
Chelmsford and Hingham! a 
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