LIST OF MOSSES. 61 



H. STRAMINEUM, Dicks. 



Bogs near the top of Mount Marcy, August, Lesqx. 

 H. ttncinatum, Hedw. 



Rocks, ground and rotten wood in woods, especially on mountains. 



Common. July. 



H. revolvens, Swartz. 



Bergen swamp, G. W. Clinton. Sterile. 



H. fluitans, Hedw. 



Swamps and low ponds about Lake Champlain, common, July, 



Lesqx. 

 H. aduncum, Hedw. 



Trout lake near Lake George, Lesqx. Fort Edward, E. C. Howe. 

 Var. giganteum, Bnjol. Europ. 



Big Bay, Strawberry Island, growing in water, G. W. Clinton. 



Waterholes, Jamesville, J. A. Paine, Jr. Sterile. 



Var. gracilescens, Bryol. Europ. 



Wet marshy ground; Buffalo, G. W. Clinton. Sterile. 



H. filicinum, L. 



Wet springy places on the ground and on dripping rocks. Common 



and variable. Rare in fruit. May, June. 



H. CRISTA-CASTRENSIS, L. 



Ground and rotten logs, especially in mountainous districts. Not 

 uncommon. September. 



H. molluscum, Hedw. 



Ground in woods. Sand Lake. Helderberg mountains. Not com- 

 mon. November -April. 



H. CUPRESSIFORME, L. 



Bark of trees, Adirondack mountains, July, Lesqx. 

 H. imponens, Hedw. 



Old logs and ground in woods. Frequent. November -April. 

 H. reptile, Michx. 



Old logs in mountain woods. Common. August. 



H. fertile, Sendt. 



Decayed wood, sometimes on rocks, on mountains. Woods south 



shore of Bowman's Pond, Sand Lake. Catskill mountains. Rare. 



July. 

 Monoecious: stems creeping, 2' — 3' long, pinnately branched; 



leaves oblong-lanceolate, long attenuate, strongly incurved-hooked, 



distantly serrulate toward the point, faintly bi-costate at the base; 



capsule on a long pedicel, cylindrical, cerauous-incurved, wide 



mouthed when dry; operculum convex-apiculate; annulus broad. 



A soft moss with yellowish-green foliage, distinguished from H. 



reptile by its long pedicels, operculum not rostellate, and leaves 



longer pointed and more strongly curved, giving to the plant its 



peculiar soft and almost crisped appearance. 



