MOSSES. 299 
Fissidens decipiens De Not. 
Shaded sandy ground. Mobile County, not frequent. 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to New Jersey, Ohio, and Ontario. 
Pissidens polypodioides (Sw.) Hedw. 
Dripping rocks in the mountains. Etowah County, Gadsden, Black Creek Falls. 
Sterile; not rare. : : 
Louisianian area. Louisiana, Florida, Georgia. Mountains of Jamaica and South 
America. 
OCTODICERAS Brid. 
Octodiceras julianum (Savi) Brid. Conomitrium julianum Mont.. 
In clear rocky eprings. Talladega County. , 
Carolinian and Alleghenian areas. New Jersey, Ohio, and Ontario. South and 
central Kurope. 
Family POTTIACEAE, 
DESMATODON Brid. 
Desmatodon plinthobius Lesq. & Sulliv. 
Damp brick walls. Mobile County. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. ‘lexasto Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee. 
BARBULA Hedw. 
Barbula caespitosa Schwaegr. 
Woodlands, roots of trees. Montgomery County. Cullman County, Sand Moun- 
tain. Winston County, frequent. 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Georgia, Tennessee to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
New York. 
Barbula convoluta Hedw. 
Tn woods, on the ground. Marshall County, Raccoon Mountains (Lesquereux). 
Carolinian and Alleghenian areas. Throughout the Eastern States to Canada; 
west through the Rocky Mountains to California; British Columbia. 
TORTULA Hedw. 
Tortula muralis (L.) Hedw. Barbula muralis Timm. 
Sbaded damp walls. Mobile County, rare. March. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Penn- 
sylvania. Europe. 
DITRICHUM Timm. 
Ditrichum pallidum (Schreb.) Hampe. Trichostomum pallidum Hedw. 
On light sandy ground. Over the State, common. April. 
United States, Canada. Europe. 
TRICHOSTOMUM Smith. 
Trichostomum macrostegium Sulliv. & Leaq. 
On stones and old walls. Mobile County, very rare. 
Louisianian area. Louisiana (lonaldsonville), first collected by C. Mohr, 1873. 
Family GRIMMIACEAE. 
GRIMMIA Ebrh. 
Grimmia campestris Burchell. G. lewcophaea Grev. 
On rocks. Throughout the mountains. Cullman and Winston counties. Dekalb 
County, Lookout Moantain, frequent; sterile. 
Carolinian area. Upper Georgia, Ohio to New York. Central and South Europe, 
North Africa. 
