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PHYSCOMITRIUM, Brid. 



P. PYRIFORME, L. 



Moist ground, especially on clayey soil. Common everywhere. May. 

 FUNAEIA, Schreb. 



F. FLAVIOANS, MicJlX. 



Damp clayey soil in woods. Staten Island, A. A. Adee. Buffalo, 

 G.W.Clinton. Rare. April-May. 



This species is more common in the Southern Slates, and grows 

 especially on ground where charcoal has been burned. 



F. HYQROMETRICA, Eedw. 



Ground wet or dry. Crevices of rocks, and in places burnt over in 

 charring coal. Common everywhere. June. 



Var. calvescens, Bryol. Europ. 



Wet springy places. Buffalo, G. W. Clinton. 



ME ESI A, Eedw. 

 M. uliginosa, Eedw. 



Moist sandy ground and marshy places. Along the railroad be- 

 tween West Albany and Center. Fort Edward, E. C. Howe. Rare. 



June. 

 M. tristiciia, Funk. 



Swamps and wet places. Fort Edward, E. C. Howe. Rare. June. 



BARTRAMIA, Eedw. 

 B. fontana, Brid. 



Wet rocks and springy places on mountains. Common. June. 

 B. muhlenbergii, Schwaegr. 



Moist sandy or gravelly places. Along the railroad between West 



Albany and Center. Niagara Falls, G. W.Clinton. Fort Edward, 



E. C Howe. June. 



B. ithyphylla, Brid. 



Fissures of rocks. Black mountain near Lake George; August, 



Lesqx. 

 B. pomiformis, Eedw. 



On the ground in ravines and in the crevices of rocks. Frequent. 



May. 



B. oederi, Swartz. 



Rocks on hills and mountains. Ilcldcrbcrg and Adirondack moun- 

 tains. Akron and Devil's Hole, G. W. Clinton. Sehoharie, Miss 

 R. Waterbury. Shawangunk mountains, C. F. Austin. June. 



CONOSTOMUM, Swartz. 



C. BOREALE, Swartz. 



Crevices of rocks. Top of Mount Marcy; very rare; August, Lesqx. 



BR YUM, Dill. 

 B. cernuum Brch. & Schp. 



Crevices of rocks. Lake George; July, Lesqx. 



