146 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull 
Killingworth, Nichols. New Lonpon: Waterford, C. B. 
Graves. 
Newfoundland to British Columbia, south in the east to 
Alabama; Europe; Asia; Hawaiian Islands. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 66. Mrs. Lowe, 57. 
Brachythecium populeum (Hedw.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 
populeum Hedw. 
Stones, roots, and trunks of trees, in shaded places, es- 
pecially in pine woods. Winter. WinpHAm: Canterbury, 
Mrs. Hadley. New Haven: East Haven (1874), Young; 
Hamden, O. D. Allen; Madison, Nichols; New Haven, Eaton. 
Var. rufescens Br. & Sch. Hypnum petrophilum Funck. 
On trap rock. New Haven: New Haven (1876), Pease. 
The only American locality for the variety. 
Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to North Carolina; British 
Columbia; Europe; Africa. 
Rer. Eaton 15, 66. Grout, 34, 190 (var. rufescens). 
Brachythecium Starkei (Brid.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 
Starkei Hedw. 
At the base of trees, on rotting stumps and earth, in moist 
mountainous or hilly woods. Winter. Fatrrietp: Darien, 
Mrs. Lowe. New Haven: Woodbridge (1877), O. D. Allen. 
Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States; 
Europe. 
Brachythecium Nove-Angliz (Sull. & Lesq.) Jaeg. & 
Sauerb. Hypnum Nove-Anglieg Sull. & Lesq. 
On the ground in swamps and wet woods. Winter. 
LitcHFiELD: Salisbury, Nichols. Tottanp: Bolton and 
Stafford, Nichols. Winpuam: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. 
_FarrFietp: Danbury, Nichols; Darien and Norwalk, Mrs. 
Lowe; Redding, Evans. New Haven: Beacon Falls, Nichols; 
East Haven, Evans; Hamden, Pease; Madison, Nichols; 
New Haven (1855), Eaton; North Haven, Nichols; Orange, 
Evans. MippLesex: Saybrook, Eaton. New Lonpon: Led- 
yard, Nichols, 
