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MUSCI. 

 Sphagnum giegensohnii, Miissow. 



Sphagnous swamps. Common. July. This moss resembles 

 large forms of S. acutifolmm. Its brandies, however, are gener- 

 ally longer and more distant, the stems thicker, and, when moist, 

 more brittle. When viewed from above in its native swamps it 

 usually presents a more stellate appearance, its five-ranked branches 

 being less condensed at the summit of the stem than they are in 

 that species. I have seen no red specimens, which are so com- 

 mon in 8. acutifolium. Its inflorescence is dioecious. A form 

 occurs on the moist rocks of the Adirondack Mountains not unlike 

 S. teres in general appearance. 



Sphagnum wulfianum, Girgen. 



Knolls and slight elevations in sphagnous swamps. Moreau, 

 Saratoga county. E. C. Howe. Sandlake. Sterile. 



A species easily recognized by its rigid red stems and numerous 

 short branches, those at the summit of the stem being crowded into 

 a dense subglobose head. 



Sphagnum becuevum, Beawo. 



Swamps and bogs. Common. July. This species has been 

 considered by some to be only a variety of 8. cuspidatuni, but it 

 will probably prove to be a good species. It is not difficult to sepa- 

 rate it from the various forms of IS. euspidatum, its branches being 

 more uniform in length and curvature, and the leaves evenly 

 ranked and considerably recurved. The spores are yellow. 



Sphagnum labicinum, Lindbg. 



Cranberry marsh, Sandlake; its only known locality in this 

 country. August. 



A variety closely resembling S. euspidatum. 



Anodus donianus, Bryol, Eur op. 



Shaded rocks. Little Falls. July. Not yet found elsewhere in 

 this country, but collected by Drummond in British America. It 

 is an extremely small species. 



Paludella squaeeosa, L. 



Swamps. Arcadia, Wayne county. Hankenson. Warren, Her- 

 kimer county. Sterile. Found in British America by Drummond. 

 A very pretty moss — the bright green, recur ved-squarrose leaves 

 contrasting beautifully with the dense reddish brown radicular 

 tomentum. 



