150 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 
Rhynchostegium Br. & Sch. 
Rhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) Jaeg. & Sauerb. 
Hypnum serrulatum Hedw. 
On earth, roots of trees, and logs in the woods. Autumn. 
LircHFieLD: New Milford and Salisbury, Nichols. Harr- 
FoRD: Farmington, Mrs. Lowe. Totitanp: Stafford, Nichols. 
WinpHAM: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fatrriecp: Darien, 
Mrs. Lowe; Huntington, Nichols; Norwalk, Mrs. Lowe. New 
Haven: East Haven, Guilford, and Meriden, Eaton; Madi- 
son, Nichols; New Haven (1855), Eaton; Orange, Evans; 
Oxford, Harger. MrppLesex: Chester and Killingworth, 
Nichols. New Lonpon: Waterford, C. B. Graves. 
Newfoundland to Wisconsin, south to the Gult of Mexico; 
Alaska; British Columbia. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 67. 
Sematophyllum Mitt. 
1. Plants growing on wet rocks; monoicous; leaves entire; 
cilia one or two, short and imperfect........ S. carolinianum 
Plants growing on trees, decayed logs, or shaded banks; 
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2. Cilia two, well developed; leaves serrulate at apex........ 
S. recurvans 
Cilia none or rudimentary; leaves sharply serrate at apex 
S. tenuirostre 
Sematophyllum recurvans (Michx.) E. G. Britton. 
Hypnum recurvans Beauv. Rhynchostegium recurvans Aust. 
At the base of trees, on rotten logs, and on the ground, 
in moist woods, especially in mountainous or hilly regions. 
Autumn. LircHFieLp: Salisbury, Gilman. Harrrorp: Hart- 
ford, Mrs. Lowe. ToLtanp: Stafford, Nichols. WinpHam: 
Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. Fairrietp: Danbury, Nichols. 
New Haven: Beacon Falls, Nichols; Hamden (1855), 
Eaton; Oxford, Harger; Woodbridge, Eaton. MuIpDLESEX: 
Killingworth, Nichols. 
Var. squarrosa (Michx.) E. G. Britton. Leskea squar- 
rosa Michx. 
New Haven: New Haven (1890), Chatterton. 
