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Mnium medium, Schp. Moist shaded banks and ground in woods ; Fort 

 Edward, E. C. Howe. Sand Lake, Rens. Co., and Helderberg Mts., May. 

 Distinguished from 3d. affine by its hermaphrodite iniioreseence ; from M. 

 drummondi by its larger size, deeper colored pedicels and by its leaves 

 being toothed to the base and more contorted when dry. 



Mnium drummondi, Bech. & Schp. Woods ; Fort Edward : E. C. Howe. 

 Sand Lake and Adirondack Mts. May. 



Mnium rostratum, Schwaegr. Wet rocks along rivulets and in ravines ; Sarar 

 tooa Co. : E. C. Howe. June. 



Atrichum arispum, James. Brooklyn (Capt. Pike legit.) : C. F. Austin. 



Pogonatum urnigerum, Bpjd. Gravelly banks by roadsides ; North Elba. 



Leskea dentiaalata, Sulliv. Tappan, Eockland Co. : C. F. Austin. Sterile. 



Anacamptodon splachnoides, Brid. Trees ; Eockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Myurella julacea, Bryol. Europ. Rocks summit of Mt. Marcy. Not yet 

 found elsewhere in the United States. Sterile. Stems sparingly divided, 

 erect, compact, 6"-!' high; leaves very closely imbricating, broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, not papillose, the margins nearly entire. 



Hypnum scitmn, Beauv. Base of trees and prostrate trunks in woods: Luzerne, 

 G. W. C. North Greenbush and AcUrondack Mts. July. 



Hypnum sarmentosum, Wahl. Springy places; Mt. Marcy. Sterile. Stems 

 rigid, branched, 2'-5' high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, oljtuse, cuspidate, 

 costate beyond the middle, cells at the base enlarged, pellucid. It may 

 be distinguished from H. stramineum by its more robust stems, cuspidate 

 leaves and red color. In American specimens the stems are often simple. 



Hypnum hamulomm, Bryol, Europ. Old logs in mountain woods; Shawan- 

 ounk Mts.: C. F. Austin. Adirondack Mts. Stems elongated, liliform, 

 creeping, loosely pinuately branched, the branches gracefully curved; 

 leaves subsecund, lanceolate, long acuminate, serrate above, ecostate; 

 perichsetial leaves strongly serrate; capsule oblong-oval, suberect, straight 

 or very slightly curved; inflorescence monoecious. 



Hypnum dimorplmm, Brid. Base of trees {Thuja ocddentalis) in deep woods; 

 Adirondack Mts. 



Hypnum polygamum, Bryol. Europ. Swamps and wet places. Warren, 

 Herkimer county : J. A. Paine. Catskill Mts. July. 



Hypnum lescurii, Sulliv. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Hypnum sylvaticum, L. Rocks in woods; Sand Lake and Adirondack Mts. 



HEPATIC^. 



Riccia sorocarpa, Bischofe. Bufl^alo: G. W. C. "Frond solid, orbicular, 

 radiately divided (J'-|' in diameter) pale green or glaucous both sides; 

 laciniae bifid or subdichotomous, carinate-sulcate, much thickened and fur- 

 nished with a few inconspicuous white scales underneath; lobes oblong, 

 acutish or obtusish, not infrequently retuse, the margins plane and naked, 

 erectish or somewhat inflexed; sporangia aggregated near the base of the 

 laciniee, the spores escaping through a chink in the upper surface." C. F. 

 Austin. 



