PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 101 



Dicranum elongatum orthocarpum Schimp. 

 Top of Mt Mclntyre, Sterile. Fertile specimens were obtained on 



Mt Marcy. 



Dicranum scoparium (Z.) Hedtv. 



Ground, decaying wood and rocks. Common and variable. It grows 

 in very diverse locations and adapts itself to its surroundings, being either 

 lax or densely tufted. Mrs Britton. 



Dicranum Drummondi Muell. 



Boggy places. Borders of Echo lake. Clear lake and Lake Placid. 

 A large coarse moss with clustered pedicels. Mrs Britton. 



Dicranum undulatum Turn. 



Ground and rocks. Raybrook. This also has clustered pedicels, but 

 it is easily distinguished from the preceding species by its undulate 

 leaves. 



Dicranum Schraderi JV. &" M. 



Boggy places and wet rocks. Sterile specimens were found by Mrs Brit- 

 ton on the summit of Cobble hill. . It is D. Bergeri Bland. 



Dicranum Starkii W. &• M. 



Rocks. Indian pass. Distinguished from D. Blytii B. & S. by its 

 longer capsule and more secund leaves. 



Dicranodontium longirostre -^. 6^ -5". 



Decaying wood and rocks. Adirondack lodge and Mclntyre trail. 

 Sterile. Fertile specimens were found by Mrs Britton on rocks in Wil- 

 mington notch. 



Fissidens osmundoides Hedw. 



Crevices of rocks. Indian pass. Rare. June. 



Fissidens adiantoides Hedw. 



Wet rocks and moist ground. Mt Jo and Mt Colburn. Mrs Britton. 

 Rocky hill. June. In this species the fruit is lateral, in the preceding, 

 it is terminal. 



Leucobryum vulgare Hampe 



Bare ground, commonly under trees. Mt Jo, Clear lake and Cobble 

 hill. Fertile specimens were found on Buck island. Mrs Britton. 



