142 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. suRVEY. [Bull. 
James, 50, 327. Paris, 61, 275; 62°, 3. Rau & Hervey, 
64, 52. Renauld & Cardot, 65, 16. 
Thuidium abietinum (L.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum abietinum 
L. 
On rocks and the ground in dry, open woods, especially 
in calcareous districts. Spring; not yet found fruiting in 
the eastern United States. Lircurietp: Salisbury (1907), 
Nichols. : 
Greenland to Virginia, westward to Alaska and the Rocky 
Mountains; Europe; Asia. 
Elodium (Sull.) Warnst. 
Elodium paludosum (Sull.) Loeske. Hypnum palidosum 
Sull. Thuidium paludosum Jaeg. & Sauerb. 
On the ground in swamps and bogs. June. HartForp: 
Canton, Nichols. WitnpHam: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. 
FaIrFIELD: Darien, Mrs. Lowe; Stratford, Nichols. NEw 
Haven: East Haven, O. D. Allen; Hamden and New Haven 
(1856), Eaton; Orange, Evans; \WWoodbridge, Eaton. MIppLE- 
sEx: Chester, J. A. Allen; Middlefield, Evans; Saybrook, 
Eaton. 
Ontario and New England, south to Delaware and Illinois; 
Asia. 
Exstc. Grout, N. Amer. Musci Pleuro. No. 156 (as 
Thudium paludosum). 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 66. Mrs. Hadley, 40. Mrs. Lowe, 58. 
Rau, 63, 152. 
FAMILY HYPNACE/: 
Camptothecium Br. & Sch. 
Camptothecium nitens (Schreb.) Schimp. Hypnum 
mitens Schreb. 
Swamps, bogs, and wet meadows. May-June. Harrrorp: 
Berlin (1875), Coleman. 
Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States; 
Europe; Asia. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 66. 
