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MUSCI. 



Sphagnujii sedoides, IJRID. Wet rocks at Lake Avalanche and on Mt. 

 Marcj ; sterile. This differs from S. pijlacsii, Brid., in being destitute 

 of branches, or having only short ones. It will probably prove to bo 

 only a form of that species. 



Sphagnum Imdenber gii^ Sciiv. Slopes of Mt. Whiteface; sterile. Stems 

 rather robust, 4'-6' long, with three layers of cortical cells ; branches 

 usually five in a fascicle ; stem leaves amplexicaul and more or less 

 fulvous at the base, deflexed, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, eroded at the 

 apex, areolation not fibrillose, narrow at the base, much broader at 

 the apex of the leaf; branch leaves lanceolate, truncate and toothed 

 • at the apex, wavy on the margins when dry, bordered with two or 

 three rows of narrow linear cells, utricles thick walled, destitute of 

 pores. 



Astomum sullivantii, Bryol. Europ. Fields and wet lands, Orange Co. : 

 C. F. Austin. Near Troy : E. C. Howe. Fruits in April. 



Weisia serrulata, Funk. Sam's Point, Ulster Co. : C. F. Austin ; sterilo. 

 Closely coespitose, 4:"-10" high ; leaves lanceolate and linear-lanceo- 

 late, strongly papillose, the margins plane papillose-serrulate, often 

 more strongly toothed near the apex ; capsule oval, erect ; operculum 

 short-rostrate. 



Rkabdoweisia fugax, Bryol. Europ. Rocks, Catskill Mts. 



Dicranum polycarpuvi, Ehrh. Mt. Marcy, July. 



Dicranum rtifescens, Turn. Clay soil and banks by roadsides, Orange Co. : 

 C. F. Austin, Nov. 



Barbulafallax, Bryol. Europ. Damp shaded rocks. Fort Edward: C. E. 

 Howe. Kockland Co. : C. F. Austin ; Hclderberg Mts. Differs from 

 B. unguiculata in its leaves which are not apiculate and which are 

 gradually narrowed from the rather broad ovate base to the point. 



Orthotrichum obtusifoliuni, Schrad. Trees. Saratoga Springs : G. W. C. 

 Sterile. 



Ortkotrichuvi obtusifolium^ yar. papillosum^ Lesqx. North Elba. Papillae 



of the leaves lunger and bifid or trifid at the apex. 

 Schistidium agassizii, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Bocks, Luzerne, Warren Co. : 



a. W. C. ; sterile. 



Splachnum ampullaceiim, L. " Tn a wooded swamp on an old log. Moreau, 

 Saratoga Co. :" E. C. Howe, June. 



Meesia longiseta, Hedw. Wet places. Moreau, Saratoga Co. : E. C. Howe, 

 June. 



Bryuvi lescurianuw,, Sulliv. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Bryum uliginosum, Brid. Ci'e vices of wet rocks, Moreau : E. C. Howe. 

 Haverstraw, Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin, June. 



Bryum pallescens, Schwaegr. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Bryum pallens, Swartz. " The Narrows," at the base of Mt. Whiteface ; 

 July. Stems 3"-6" high; leaves ovate-lanceolate, slightly recurved on 

 the margin, the costa excurrent ; inflorescence dioecious ; capsule, seed 

 bearing part short, the neck very long, slightly curved and gradually 

 tapering into the pedicel; annulus broad. 



