PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 1 75 



Hypnum imponens Hedw. 



Prostrate trunks. Near Lake Placid and Adirondack lodge. 

 Mrs Britton. 



Hypnum curvifolium Hedw. 



Habitat and localities same as in the preceding species. Mrs Britton. 



Hypnum Haldanianum Grev. 

 Old logs and decaying wood. Near Lake Placid and Adirondack 

 lodge. Mrs Britton. Freemans Home. 



LIMNOBIUM 



Hypnum montanum Wils. 



Banks and rocks along mountain streams. Outlet of Scotts ponds 

 Ausable river and Rocky falls. Mrs. Britton. Indian pass and stream 

 flowing north from it. 



Hypnum ochraceum Turner 

 Mossy rocks and stones m streams. Indian pass. 



Hypnum eugyrium Schimp. 

 Wet rocks. Indian pass and base of Rocky hill. 



CALLIERGON 



Hypnum cordifolium Hedw. 



Swamps, bogs and wet places. Lake Placid. Mrs Britton. Wood 

 farm swamp. 



Hypnum stramineum Dicks. 



Peat bogs and cool shaded places. Among Sphagnum near Whiteface 



inn. Mrs Britton. Under huge boulders near ice deposit. Indian pass. 



Sterile. 



Hypnum Schreberi Willd. 



Ground and rocks, mostly in dryish places, but sometimes growing in 

 wet places with Sphagnum. Very common. It forms deep glossy 

 yellowish cushions brilliantly contrasting with the reindeer moss with 

 which it usually grows. Mrs Britton. 



PLEUROZIUM 



Hypnum splendens Hedw. 



H. proliferum L. 



Ground, rocks and old prostrate trunks of trees. Very common. 

 This moss ascends to the tops of the highest peaks of the Adirondacks. 



