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" 468 ~ Hepatié Mosses of Massachusetts. a à 
3 almost every kind of tree, and, nging NC 
| sides of large stones in damp si ations, and indeed ` 
x on the flat surfaces of old stone walls. Its range of 
loca P seems extensive, as I have. specimens from 
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«J. platyphylloidea. Schw. .p.9. Igive this with 3 i 
"aal fpesifütion, from a fine large specimen from X 
ims Sheffield, in the western part of the State. It is cer- 
= <` tainly much s am di specimen of J. platy- 
» * -phylla ; while the color, yellowish green tinged with ; 
‘^as brown, inflexed margins of the leaves and stipules, de 
Kag à , considered essential characters of Sehweinitz, seem ` X 
* $4 ~to point out the species. Unfortunately it is without , a 
r fruit, which, differing from that of the pent a 
species, serves as a distinguishing trait. A 
J. pulcherrima, L. Schw. p. 17. This species 
is considered by Hooker as identical with J. ciliaris; 
but I concur with Schweinitz that “they are mani- 
festly distinct.” My specimens perfectly agree with 
his description of J. pulcherrima. It truly merits its 
name, being ma far the most beautiful of any of our 
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species. - on Taghannoe mountain, S Sheffield 
by my friend Mr. Andrew L. Russell. ? 
(Perhaps it may not be amiss to notice that J. ser- 
tularioides, M., is quoted in the Mass. Catal. as $Y- 
nonymous with J. ciliaris. This is an error; the two 
plants being very distinct. I have J. sertularioides 
from Topsham, Me., and found going on decay’ 
o s of trees.) be 
dilatata. Brit. Jung. t. 5. (Bins J. taam 
jew. p. 10.) Mass. itis I Pcr Terre 
