JJ4 5^.-1 MOSSES. 



tif.il .It roronic nay. an.I all throngh lx)ng inland 

 Souml anil soulliwanl. 



Chosdriopsb i>A.s-\rHVLi>,* Ac. 

 This is a coiiM-lcraMy more robust plant than 

 cither of the "ihcrs alrc.uly .Ics. ribe<l. gro^'nK ^om 

 six to twelve in.hes high in l.ushy tufts, the .nain 

 stent and branches In-ing .is thick as wrapping twine. 

 There seems to be. at least, two distinct types, or 

 varieties, of this species. The one has a pronounced 

 lea-ling stem, with reUtively shorter and more erect 

 branches, and the mmul. longer and less blunt, or 

 only roundel at the apex, like those of C. itriohta. 

 I-hc other just as manifestly divides up near the 

 iKisc into several long, widely spreading, similar 

 branches, which a.e clo.he.l throughout with an 

 abundance of short, secondary branches, l-he ramuh 

 of this variety present the typical form. n 



tenuated at the lv.se. short, thick, very blunt. to,v 

 shaped, or truncated at the apex. The former I 

 found very plentiful at Newport, in July and August, 

 growing in rock pools, near low-tide, and. as it 

 lies pressed on pai^r before me. presents a mixture 

 of green an.i purple color. The Utter was among 

 the most abundant of the pUnts in the little harl^r 



