MOSSES. 301 
Family FUNARIACEAE. 
PHYSCOMITRIUM Brid. 
Physcomitrium turbinatum (Michx.) Brid. P. pyriforme plur. auct. Aim. 
Grassy banks, borders of fields. Mobile County, abundant; March. 
Louisianian to Allegenian area, Eastern North America from Florida to Ontario, 
west to the Rocky Mountains. 
Physcomitrium turbinatum langloisii (Ren. & Card.) E. G. Britton. 
- oe ground, February, March. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J: Earle). Mobile 
ounty. 
Louisianian area. Texas and Louisiana to Florida. 
FUNARIA Scbhreb. 
Funaria hygrometrica (L.) Sibth. 
On bare sandy or gravelly ground. Throughout; common. 
Cosmopolitan, 
Funaria calvescens Schwaegr. IF. hygrometrica calvescens Br. & Schimp. 
On damp sandy ground. Mobile County, not infrequent; March, April. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Texas to South Carolina. Mexico, South 
America. 
Punaria flavicans Michx. 
On damp sandy ground. Mobile County, damp pastures; abundant, March. 
Lee County, Auburn, March (Baker § Earle). 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to New Jersey. 
Funaria serrata Brid. 
Exposed sandy banks. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn ( Baker § Earle). 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Louisiana to Florida. Frequent; March. 
ENTOSTHODON Schwaegr. 
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Entosthodon drummondii Sulliv. 
Bare damp loamy ground. Throughout the lower pine region; pine woods and 
pastures. Mobile County, frequent. Montgomery County (Sullivant). 
Louisianian area. Eastern Louisiana to western Florida. March, April. 
Family BRYACEAE. 
BRYUM. 
Bryum erythrocarpum Schwaegr. Bryum sanguineum Brid. 
Mountains, north Alabama. Lookout Mountain (Lesquereur). April, June. 
Carolinian area. Central aud Southern Europe. 
Bryum bicolor Dicks. 
Sandy soil. Mobile County. Lookout Mountain, with B. erythrocarpum: May 
(Lesquereur). 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. North to Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, 
Illinois, and Nevada. Europe. 
Bryum caespiticium L. 
Old damp walls. Stones, shady places. Mobile County, not infrequent. 
Louisianian to Alleghenian area. Canada to Arctic zone. Europe. 
Bryum nutans Schreb. 
Damp walls. Mobile County, rare; May. 
Throughout the United States; Canada to Arctic zone; Alaska. Europe. 
Bryum pulchellum Hedw. DB. lescurianum Sulliv. 
Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle). 
Carolinian area. New Jersey, southern New York. 
