No. 11.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 119 
In swamps and on sandy banks of streams. Early summer. 
Hartrorp: Bloomfield and Farmington, Mrs. Lowe. Fatr- 
FIELD: Darien, Mrs. Lowe. NEw Haven: Hamden (1855), 
Eaton. - 
Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States; 
south in the east to Florida; found in-most quarters of the 
globe. : 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 63. 
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Bryum (Dill.) L. 
1. Plants monoicous (synoicous); leaves with a broad border, 
midrib excurrent into a short point................ B. bimum 
Blants CiGiCOus: a. gage tee aee x wadandiods d dawsaece seh ena daidiees 2 
2. Midrib vanishing below the apex, leaves not bordered, or 
very indistinctly SO ......... ec cece cece ee eee B. argenteum 
Midrib excurrent (or frequently vanishing below the apex 
IM, BL COPUlGVe): asc sicweas wiede eae Ao Ra EE eae 3 
3. Leaves short-cuspidate, distinctly bordered....B. ventricosum 
Leaves long-cuspidaté s..sucdscssaceessaaeeaveaseaeenss 4 
4. Leaves bordered, twisted when dry............... B. capillare 
Leaves not bordered or only faintly so, scarcely twisted 
When cdty? 4 .cocseres casicg tyhinceg Oe ee hintiem ans B. cespiticium 
Bryum_ ventricosum Dicks. B.  pseudotriquetrum 
(Hedw.) Schwaegr. 
Wet, swampy places. Early summer. LircHFIELp: Salis- 
bury, Nichols. WinpHAm: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New 
Haven: New Haven (1859), Eaton. MuppLesex: Killing- 
worth, Nichols. New Lonpon: Ledyard, Nichols. 
Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States; 
found all over the world. 
Exsic. Holzinger, Musci Acro. Bor.-Amer. No. 246 (as 
B. pseudotriquetrum). 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 63. 
Bryum bimum Schreb. . 
On wet rocks and on the ground in swampy woods. Early 
summer. LitcuFrieLp: Salisbury, Nichols. Hartrorp: 
Farmington, Mrs. Lowe; Plainville, Chamberlain. Totianp: 
Bolton, Nichols; Ellington, Pease. WinpHam: Canterbury, 
