46 NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



FISSIDENS, Hedw. 

 F. EXTGUUS, Sulliv. 



Wet rocks along streams; Sclioliarie, Miss K. Waterbury. ' July. 



F. MINUTULUS, Sulliv. 



Kocks aad ground in ravines. Albany. Helderberg mountains, 



G. F. Austin. Buifalo,Gr. W. Clinton. Scarce. Nov. -April. 

 F. BRYOiDES, Hedw. 



Shaded ground in woods. Shaded ravines near Albany. Frequent 



in conservatories, in and around flower pots. Nov.- April." 



F. TAXiFOLius, Hedw. 



Humected rocks and clay banks. Niagara Falls ; December, Lesqx. 



Rockland county, C. F. Austin. 

 F. suBBASiLARis, Hedw. 



Koots of trees. Poestenkill, woods west of the village. Fort-Edward, 



E.C.Howe, Not common. October -December. 



F. adiantoides, L. 



Moist ground and rocks, generally in woods. Frequent. Nov. -April. 

 F. OSMUND roiDEs, Hedw. 



Base of trees in swamps and mountains ; Catskill mountains, Lesqx. 

 F. grandifrons, Brid. 



Humected perpendicular rocks ; Niagara Falls ; Caledonia creek. 



where it grows submerged, Gr. W. Clinton. Not uncommon in 



Western New- York. Our plant bears pistillidia, but neither anthe- 



ridia nor fruit. 



CONOMITRIUM, Mont. 

 C. julianum, Savi. 



On stones in mountain streams. Smoke's creek, Gr. W. Clinton. 

 Shawangunk mountains, C. F. Austin. Sterile. 



BLINDIA, Brch.<^ Schp. 

 B. acuta, Dicks. 



Humected perpendicular rocks ; Catskill mountains, near the Cauters- 

 kill; July, Lesqx. Very rare. 



* This interesting and rare moss has been found in no other locality 

 in the State. 



Dioecious : pale green, loosely caespitose, varying in length from 

 half an inch to half a foot ; stems filiform, naked near the base ; leaves 

 erect-open, shining, lanceolate-subulate, pointed by the excurrent costa ; 

 capsule pyriform, firm, with a rather long straight pedicel; peristome 

 of 16 equidistant teeth ; lid large, with a straight or slightly inclined 

 beak ; calyptra split to the point, covering the lid only ; annulus, 

 none. 



POTTIA, Ehrh. 

 P. truncata, L. 



On the ground in moist fields, and by roadsides. Common. 



November -'April. 



