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H. splendens, Hedw. 



Ground, rotten logs. and rocks in woods. Frequent. May, June 



H. UMBRATUM, Ehrh. 



Ground in pine and hemlock woods on high mountains. Base of 

 Mcunt Marcy, September, October, Lesqx. Slopes of High Peak, 

 Catskill mountains. Not common. 



H. alleghaniense, G. Mull. 



Moist rocks along streams and clefts of rocks on mountains. Hel- 

 derberg mountains. Devil's Hole, G. W. Clinton. Sterile. 



H. hians, Hedw. 



Ground in open places, banks and ravines, especially on clayey soil. 

 Not rare. November, December. 



H. PiLiFERUM, Schreb. 



Ground and wet banks along streams in woods. Helderberg moun- 

 tains, in a deep ravine southwest of Knowerville station. Fort 

 Edward, woods back of the Institute, E. C. Howe. Rare. 



November, December. 



H. sullivantii, Spruce. 



Moist banks in woods. Base of Catskill mountains, Lesqx. Ravine 

 near Knowerville station. 



H. TENELLUM, Dicks. 



Found in small quantity growing with H. pulchellum about the 

 roots of an old stump, Helderberg mountains. 



Monoecious: stems slender, irregularly branched, greenish-yellow, 

 shining; leaves erect-spreading, narrowly lanceolate, nearly subu- 

 late, serrulate, costate to the apex; pericliEetial leaves oblong acu- 

 minate, ecostate; capsule oval-oblong, horizontally inclined, annu- 

 late; operculum rostrate. A very small species first detected in this 

 country in 1865. 



H. strigosum, Hoffm. 



Open woods, ravines and hill sides, on the ground. Variable and 

 frequent. September, October. 



H. diversifolium, Brxjol. Europ. 



Ground. Buffalo, December, G. W. Clinton. Rare. 



H. boscii, Schwaegr. 



Shaded rocks, base of Catskill mountains, not common, sterile, 

 Lesqx. 



H. SERRULATTTM, Hedw. 



Ground in open woods, sometimes about the roots of trees in wet or 

 dry places. Frequent. June- November. 



H. DEPLANATUM, Schp. 



Wet stones, Shawangunk mountains, C. F. Austin. 



H. depressum, Brch. 



Shawangunk mountains, C. F. Austin. 



H. rusciporme, Weis. 



On stones in mountain streams, Catskill mountains, Lesqx. Sha- 

 wangunk mountains, C. F. Austin. August -November. 



