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Exsic. Renauld & Cardot, Musci Amer. Sept. No. 200. 
REF. Eaton, 15, 67. 
Hylocomium Br. & Sch. 
Stem regularly bi-tripinnate; stem leaves gradually acu- 
minate, not auricled ......... 0... cc eee cece ene H. splendens 
Stem irregularly pinnate; stem leaves abruptly acuminate, 
auricled at the base................0 eee e eee H. brevirostre 
Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 
splendens Hedw. 
Moist mountain or hill woods. Fruit occasional, spring. 
LitcuFrieLp: Norfolk, Eaton; Salisbury, Gilman. ToLLanp: 
Stafford, Nichols. WinpHam: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. 
FAIRFIELD: Newtown, Harger; Redding, Evans. NEw 
Haven: New Haven (1855), Eaton; North Branford, Miss 
Bradley ; Woodbridge, Evans. New Lonpon: Ledyard, C. B. 
Graves. 
Arctic America, Canada, and the northern United States; 
Europe; Asia; Africa. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 68. 
Hylocomium brevirostre (Ehrh.) Br. & Sch. Hypnum 
brevirostre Ehrh. 
On rocks and at the base of trees in wet ravines. Spring. 
LitcHFIELD: Salisbury, Gilman. FairFizELD: Monroe, 
Miss Lorenz; Redding, Evans. New Haven: Beacon Falls, 
Nichols; Cheshire and Hamden (1866), Eaton; Oxford, Har- 
ger; Woodbridge, Eaton. 
Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to North Carolina; Europe; 
Asia; Africa. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 68. 
Ctenidium (Schimp.) Mitt. 
Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt. Hypnum mollus- 
cum Hedw. 
Moist rocks and earth in mountainous or hilly woods. 
Fruit occasional, summer. Lircurietp: Salisbury, Nichols. 
Winpuam: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. New Haven: East 
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