144 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 
Brachythecium campestre (C. Mill.) Br. & Sch. AHyp- 
num campestre Bruch. 
+ Wet non-calcareous rocks, moist banks, or decaying logs. 
Winter. LitcHFieLp: Salisbury, Nichols. New Haven: 
Hamden (1876), Pease; New Haven, Eaton; North Branford, 
J. A, Allen. NEw Lonpon: New London, C. B. Graves. 
Canada and the northern United States, south to the 
mountains of Alabama and Colorado; Europe; Asia; Africa. 
Rer, Eaton, 15, 66. 
Brachythecium acutum (Mitt.) Sull. Aypnum acutum 
Mitt. . 
On rotten logs and earth in moist places. Autumn. NEw 
Haven: New Haven (1875), Pease. . 
Canada and the northern United States, south to Arkansas. 
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) Jaeg. & Sauerb. Hyp- 
num letum Brid. Brachythecium letum Br. & Sch. 
Earth, rocks, and roots of trees in open woods. Autumn. 
LitcHFIELD: New Milford, Nichols; Salisbury, Evans. Tot- 
LAND: Somers, Pease; Stafford, Nichols. W1inpHam: Canter- 
bury, A/rs. Hadley. Fatrriecp: Darien, Mrs. Lowe; Hunt- 
ington, Sherman, and Stratford, Nichols. New Haven: 
Cheshire (1856), Eaton; Hamden, J. A, Allen; New Haven 
and Orange, Eaton; Woodbridge, Nichols. MuippLEsEx: Kil- 
lingworth, Nichols; Saybrook, Eaton. New Lonpon: Water- 
ford, C. B. Graves. 
Newfoundland to Florida, westward to the Rocky 
Mountains ; Europe. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 66. 
Brachythecium Rutabulum (L.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 
Rutabulum L. 
Earth, stones, trees, and rotting wood in shaded places. 
Winter. Litrcurietp: Salisbury, Nichols. WiINDHAM: 
Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. FatrFietp: Darien, Mrs. Lowe; 
Sherman, Nichols. New Haven: Cheshire, Nichols; Ham- 
den, J. A. Allen; New Haven (1855), Eaton; Oxford, Harger. 
