CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 317 
CLASS 2.—MUSCI. 
Original list in Preliminary Catalogue compiled by C. F. Parker 
from the collections of the late C. F. Austin; revised and augmented 
by E. A. Rau and Elizabeth G. Britton. 
Unless otherwise stated, the specimens were collected and determined 
by Mr. Austin. 
The following arrangement is based on Lindberg’s “ Musci Scandi- 
navici,” 1879, and Braithwaite’s “ British Moss Flora,’ as far as 
published : 
Sus-Ciass 1.—ACROCARPI. 
POLY TRICHACE. 
P POLYTRICHUM, L. 
P. commune, L. 
On the ground in woods and in old sterile fields; very com- 
mon. 
~ P, Ohioense, Ren. & Card. (P. formosum, Sull., not Hedw.) 
Bergen: About the roots of trees in damp woods and on flat, 
shaded rocks. Common in the northern counties. 
P, juniperinum, Willd. 
On the ground in dry, exposed places. Common throughout. 
the State. 
P, strictum, Banks. 
On the ground in sandy pine barrens; frequent. 
P. piliferum, Schreb. 
Bergen: In old fields (fertile) and on rocks (sterile) near 
Closter—Austin. Middlesex: In sand near South Amboy, and 
Ocean: Toms River—Mrs. Britton. Passaic: On high rocks 
near Paterson—W. A. Stowell. 
‘p, tenue, Menz. (Pogonatum brevicaule, Beauv.) 
On banks, roadsides, etc.; common, 
