OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE FLORA. igl 



8jphagnum Undenbergii, Sohp. 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-spatiilate, obtuse, eroded at the apex, areola- 

 tion 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, Beyol. 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 ; sterile. 

 Closely CEespitose, 4"-10" high ; leaves lanceolate and linear-lanceolate, 

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

 strongly toothed near the apex ; capsule oval, erect ; operculum short- 

 rostrate. 



Rhabdoweisia fugax, Bryol. Europ. Eocks, Catskill Mts. 



Dicranum polycarpum, Ehrh. Mt. Marcy, July. 



Dicranmn mfescens, Turn. Clay soil and banks by roadsides, Orange Co. : 

 C. F. Austin, Nov. 



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

 Howe, Kockland Co. : C. F. Austin ; Helderberg Mts. Differs from B. 

 unguieulata in its leaves which are not apiculate and which are gradually 

 narrowed from the rather broad ovate base to the point. 



Orthotrichum oblvsifolium, Schead. Trees. Saratoga Springs : G. W. C. 

 Sterile. 



Orthotrichum obtusifolium, var. papillosum, Lesqx. North Elba. Papillae of 

 the leaves longer and bifid or trifid at the apex. 



8chistidium agassizii, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Eocks, Luzerne, Warren Co. : G. W. 

 C. ; sterile. 



Splachnum ampullaceum, L. "In 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. 



Bryum lescunanum, Sulliv. Eockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Bryum uliginosum, Brid. Crevices of wet rocks, Moreau : E. C. Howe. 

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



Bryum pallescens, Schwaegr. Eockland 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 bear- 

 ing part short, the neck very long, slightly curved and gradually tapering 

 into the pedicil ; annulus broad. 



Mnium cinclidioides, Huben. Swamps, Ulster Co. : C. F. Austin ; sterile. 

 Eesembles M. punctafum, but the stems are more slender, the leaves 

 slightly toothed toward the point and destitute of a conspicuous thickened 

 margin. 



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