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3. Leaves awned, margins entire, inflexed................05 4 
Leaves pointed, margins sharply serrate, not inflexed..... 
P. commune 
4. Awn long and hyaline............ cece eee eee P. piliferum 
Awn short and red, rarely colorless at the point........... 5 
5. Stem densely tomentose, leaves erect.............. P. strictum 
Stem not tomentose, leaves spreading.......... P. juniperinum 
Polytrichum alpinum L. var. arcticum (Sw.) Wahl. 
Pogonatum alpinum Rohl. var. arcticum Brid. * 
Stony and grassy mountain slopes. Summer. LitcH- 
FIELD: Salisbury (1906), Collins. 
Throughout northern North America; Europe. 
Polytrichum ohioense Ren. & Card. P. formosum of some 
authors. 
On the ground and on earth-covered rocks in moist woods. 
Summer. Litcurietp: Salisbury, Gilman. Hartrorp: 
Hartford, Miss Lorenz; Plainville, Chamberlain; Windsor, 
Rorer. WinDHAM: Canterbury, Mrs. Hadley. FAIRFIELD: 
Danbury, Eaton; Darien, Mrs. Lowe. New Haven: East 
Haven (1856), Eaton; Madison, Nichols; New Haven, J. A. 
Allen; North Haven and Orange, Nichols. MuIpDLESEX: 
Chester, Nichols; Durham, Evans; Killingworth, Nichols. 
New Lonpon: Griswold, Harger; Montville and New 
London, C. B. Graves; Waterford, Miss Lorenz. 
Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Alabama, Missouri, and 
Oregon ; Europe. 
Exsic. Holzinger, Musci Acro. Bor.-Amer. No. 124. 
Rer. Collins, 14, 131. Eaton, 15, 64. 
Polytrichum piliferum Schreb. 
Rocky ridges and gravelly banks in hilly regions. Summer. 
LircuFieLD: New Milford and Salisbury, Nichols. Hart- 
ForD: Hartford, Miss Lorenz; Plainville, Chamberlain. Tot- 
LAND: Stafford, Nichols. WinpHAam: Canterbury, Mrs. 
Hadley. Farrrietp: Darien, Mrs. Lowe; Huntington, 
Nichols, New Haven: Beacon Falls, Madison, and Meriden, 
Nichols; New Haven (1854), Eaton; Woodbridge, Harger. 
Mippiesex: Killingworth, Nichols. New Lonpon: Led- 
yard, Nichols; Lyme, Eaton; Old Lyme, C. B. Graves. 
