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NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



AULACOMNION, Sckivaegr. 

 A. TURGIDUM, Schiuaegr. 



Bogs near the top of Mount Marcy; sterile, Lesqx. 

 A. PALUSTRE, Schwaegr. 



Bogs. Marshy ground. Decayed vegetable matter in wet places. 



Common. June. 



A. HETEROSTICHUM, Bvyol. EuVOp. 



Moist shaded banks in ravines. Frequent. May. 



TIMMIA, Hedw. 



T. MEGAPOLITANA, HedlU. 



G-round in shaded ravines. Gi;eenbush. Schoharie, Miss E. Wa- 

 TERBURY. May. 



ATRIOHUM, Beauv. 

 A. UNDULATUM, Beauv. 



Clayey soil, banks and ravines. Common. November-May. 



A. ANGUSTATUM, Beauv. 



Ground, roadsides and banks. Frequent. November -May. 



POGONATUM, Beauv. 



P. BREVICAULE, BHd. 



Clayey ground, roadsides, etc. Frequent. Sept. - November. 

 P. CAPILLARE, Brid. 



Borders of gravelly torrents; slopes of Mount Marcy; Adirondack 



mountains, Lesqx. 

 P. ALPiNUM, Brid. 

 . About ledges of rocks on mountains. Common on the Catskill 



mountains. July. 



POLYTBICHUM, ^nV^. 

 P. FORMosuM, Hedw. 



Ground and rotten logs in woods, especially on mountains. Common. 



July. 

 P. piliferum, Schreb. • . 



Dry hard soil overl^^ing rocks, especially in mountainous regions. 



Not rare. » June. 



P. juniperinum, Hedw. 



Shaded ground in open woods and swamps. Common. June. 



P. commune, L. 



Ground in old fields. Borders of woods and bogs. Everywhere. 



June. 

 In mountain regions where the soil is poor, this moss quickly oc- 

 cupies the little knolls in pastures and meadows, thereby diminish- 

 ing the grass crop and rendering renewed cultivation necessary. 



BUXBAUMIA, Haller. 



B. APHYLLA, Haller. 



Ground in open woods. Sand Lake. Helderberg mountains. Rare. 



November -ApriL 



