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7. Branch leaves long-acuminate, serrulate to near the base 
S. pallescens 
Branch leaves subulate to short-acuminate, serrulate only 
above the middle ....... 0... . cece eens S. reptilis 
Stereodon fertilis (Sendt.) Lindb. Hypnum fertile Sendt. 
Rotten logs and stumps in mountainous or hilly woods. 
Summer. WinpHAM: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. NEw 
Haven: Oxford (1888), Harger. 
Canada and the northern United States, south in the east 
to Georgia; Europe; Asia. 
Stereodon pallescens (Hedw.) Lindb. Hypnum palles- 
cens Br. & Sch. H. Jamesiit Lesq. & James. 
On rocks and stumps and at the base of trees in hilly woods. 
Summer. LircHFIELD: Salisbury, Nichols. WinpHAM: Can- 
terbury, Mrs. Hadley. New Haven: East Haven and Wood- 
bridge (1866), Eaton. New Lonpon: East Lyme, New 
London, and Waterford, C. B. Graves. 
Canada and the northern United States, south in the east 
to North Carolina; Europe; Asia. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 67. 
Stereodon reptilis (Michx.) Mitt. Hypnum reptile 
Michx. 
On roots, logs, and at the base of trees, especially spruce, 
in mountainous or hilly woods. Autumn. LircHFIELD: Salis- 
bury, Gilman. Hartrorp: Hartford, Mrs. Lowe. ToLLanp: 
Stafford, Nichols. WinpHam: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. 
FairFIeELD: Danbury, Nichols; Darien, Mrs. Lowe. NEw 
Haven: New Haven (1876), J. A. Allen; Orange, O. D. Allen. 
MipvLesex: Killingworth, Nichols. 
Canada south to North Carolina and Utah; Europe; Asia. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 67. Mrs. Lowe, 58. 
. Stereodon imponens (Hedw.) Lindb. Hypnum imponens 
Hedw. 
On stones, earth, roots, and stumps in moist woods. Late 
autumn. LITCHFIELD: Salisbury, Gilman. Hartrorp: Can- 
ton, Nichols; West Hartford, Miss Lorenz; Windsor, W. E. 
