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nalum, but our specimens are so very dissimilar to typical 

 forms of that species that I am disposed at present to keep 

 them distinct. The spikes in our specimens are sometimes 

 sessile, sometimes on a short bracted peduncle, which is 

 apparently produced by a slight elongation of the rachis, 

 together with a failure of the thecse to develop in the axils 

 of the lower bracts or scales. The fertile branches are fre« 

 quently longer than the sterile and sometimes less densely 

 clothed with leaves. They are usually forked near the top, 

 each branch bearing a single spike. There is no apparent 

 tendency either in these or in the sterile branches to become 

 flattened, as in L. complanatum. 



Thelia Lescukii JSulliv. 



Dry rocky soil. Port Jervis, Sullivan county. Sterile. 



Leskea Austin! Sulliv. 



Trunks of trees. Saratoga. Hon. Q. W. Clinton. Sterile. 



Hypnum Oakesii Sulliv. 



Summit of Haystack Mt. This mountain stands next to 

 Mt. Marcy on the east, and, though not as high as its more 

 renowned neighbor, it afforded several species of plants not 

 yet found on that lofty summit. 



Htpnum exannulatum Gumb. 



Wet places. Catskill and Adirondack Mts. Sterile. 



In Hobkirk's Synopsis of British Mosses, this is given as 

 synonymous with H. adunoum Dill., H. aduncum Hedw. 

 being referred to H. Kneiffii B. & S. 



Hypnum cupressiforme L. 



Port Jervis and Helderberg Mts. Sterile. 



Hypnum acutum Mitt. 



Wooded swamps. Sandlake. Bare. Oct. 



SPHAGN03CETIS HUBENERIANA Robll. 



Adirondack Mts. and Center. 



JUNGERMANNIA ALBESCENS HooJc. 



Adirondack Mts. 



JUNGERMANNIA VENTRICOSA DiclcS. 



Adirondack Mts. 



