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The following list of the Musci and Sepaiicece is made up from the 

 herbarium of the Peabody Academy of Science, chiefly collected by 

 the writer in 1877. Unfortunately, there are few persons in this 

 vicinity interested in the lower orders of plants, hence the data from 

 ■which to make up a general county list are meagre. It is not possible 

 that this enumeration should be nearly complete, as many species, 

 perhaps even common ones, may not have been collected, but it very 

 well represents the general character of the Muscinese of the region, 

 and will be found to contain many rare and interesting species. The 

 collection was examined, and the species determined by Mr. Coe F. 

 Austin of New Jersey, well known as an authority upon these plants, 

 and whose unexpected death, during the past season, is universally 

 regretted by botanists. 



MUSCI. 



(Mosses.) 



Sphagnum aoutifolium, Hhrh. 



Chebacco (in fruit. May 3, 1877). 

 Var. purpureum. 



Boxford (Arthur E. Stone). 

 Var. intermedium. 



Danvers (J. fi. Sears). 

 Sphagnum cuspidatum, Ehrh. 



Middleton, Peabody, North Andover, Amesbury. Submerged. 

 Var. Torreyanum. 



Middleton, North Andover. 

 Var. recurvum. 



Magnolia swamp, Gloucester. 

 Sphagnum subsecundum, Nees. 



Boxford. 

 -Sphagnum palustre, Ehrh. (S. cymbifolium. Dill.) 



Magnolia swamp, Gloucester. A very large species. 

 Var. squarrulosum. 



Swampscott. 



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