No. 11.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 37 
A few of the Bryales constitute a secondary source of peat, 
and others are used as a packing material but to much less 
extent than the Peat Mosses. Some of the large species, 
when dried without pressure and dyed, form a component part 
of decorative wreaths and cords, which are made use of more 
especially by milliners. The stiff and wiry stems of Poly- 
trichum commune have also been employed instead of bristles 
in the manufacture of brushes. Among the Marchantiales the 
only species which have ever been used for practical purposes 
are Marchantia polymorpha and Conocephalum conicum. These 
were formerly prescribed in affections of the liver, but it is 
doubtful if they possess any true therapeutic properties. Except 
for the fact that a few of the Jungermanniales have been 
used in the tropics as a packing material for living plants, 
the remaining orders of the Bryophytes have been put to no 
practical uses whatever. y 
CATALOGUE OF CONNECTICUT BRYOPHYTES 
The following catalogue records the distribution of the 
Bryophytes of Connecticut, so far as known to the writers. 
Under each species the characteristic environment and often the 
time of fruiting are given, together with the known localities 
for the state. These are arranged alphabetically by towns 
under the counties, the latter being given in the following 
order: Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, Windham, Fairfield, 
New Haven, Middlesex, New London. The names.of the 
collectors are also noted, but the only date mentioned is that 
of the earliest known collection. In case two or more persons 
Have found the same species in the same township, the one 
who collected it first is the only one alluded to. The local 
distribution is followed by brief notes regarding the known 
distribution in North America and in other parts of the world. 
For the sake @f completeness attention is also called to Con- 
necticut specimens which have been distributed in exsiccate 
and to references in the scattered literature of bryology which 
relate directly to Connecticut plants. The numbers following 
the authors’ names in these references correspond with the 
list and page numbers in the bibliography. 
