294 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Other species of the same period are— 
Entosthodon drummondii. Funaria serrata. 
Physcomitrum turbinatum langloisii. Polytrichum brachyphyllum: 
Funaria flavicans. 
These are followed, with the advance of spring, by—- 
Mollia viridula. Bartramia radicals. _ 
Mollia longiseta. 
Nearly all of this and the preceding group are confined to the Louisi- 
anian and adjoining parts of the Carolinian life areas. 
The tree-covered swamps and rich hammock land shaded by live oak 
and magnolia, their air saturated with moisture, offer favorable retreats 
for mosses, many of which are peculiar to this region. Such are— 
Fissidens donnellii. Schlotheimia sullivantii. 
Raphidostegium microcarpum. Cryphaea nervosa. 
Leptodon immersum. Lntodon drummonditi. 
These grow on trunks and roots of trees. In the deeper recesses of 
the swamps, on decayed prostrate trunks, are found— 
Syrrhopodon floridanus. Leucobryum pumilum. 
Syrrhopodon teranus. Rhizogonium spiniforme. 
Neckera ludoviciae. Plagiothecium micans. 
On the ground and on stones and old walls are frequent— 
Desmatodon plinthobius. Bryum bicolor. 
Bryum caespiticium, Thuidium microphyllum. 
Bryum nutans. 
In clear swiftly running brooks, attached to roots and submersed 
timber, Fontinalis disticha is frequent, while the southern Dichelyma 
subulatum occurs on stones in the Chattahoochee River. 
Class MUSCI. Mosses. 
Order SPHAGNALES. Bog or Peat Mosses. 
Family SPHAGNACEAE. 
SPHAGNUM L. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum (Ehrh.) Russ. & Warnst. 
Floating in springs and ponds over the State. Mobile County. Raccoon Moun- 
tains (Lesquereur). Cullman County. 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Louisiana and Florida to Canada, 
Sphagnum cuspidatum submersum Schimp. 
Shallow pine-barren ponds. Mobile County. 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to New Jersey and Nova Scotia. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum torreyanum (Sulliv.) Lesq. & James. 
Bogs. Raccoon Mountains, Morgan County (Lesquereux). 
Louisianian area to Boreal region. Florida north to New England and Canada. 
