46 NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



FISSIDENS, Hedw. • 

 F. exiguus, Sulliv. 



Wet rocks along streams; Schoharie, Miss R. Waterbury. July. 

 F. MINUTULUS, Sldliv. 



Rocks aad grouad ia ravines. Albany. Helderberg mountains, 

 C. F. Austin. Buffalo, Gr. W. Clinton. Scarce. Nov. -April. 



F. bryoides, Hedw. 



Shaded ground in woods.. Shaded ravines near Albany. Frequent 

 in conservatories, in and around flower pots. Nov.- April. 



F. taxifolius, Hedw. 



Humected rocks and clay banks. Niagara Falls ; December, Lesqx. 

 Rockland county, C. F. Austin. 



F. SUBBASILARIS, Hedw. 



Roots of trees. Poestenkill, woods west of the village. Fort-Edward, 



E. C. Howe. Not common. - October-December. 



F. adiantoides, L. * 



Moist ground and rocks, generally in woods. Frequent. Nov. — April. 

 F. osmundioides, Hedw. 



Base of trees in swamps and mountains ; Catskill mountains, Lesqx. 



F. GRANDIFRONS, Brid. 



" Humected perpendicular rocks ; Niagara Falls ; Caledonia creek, 

 where it grows submerged, G-. W. Clinton. Not uncommon in 

 Western New-York. Our plant bears pistillidia, but neither authe- 

 ridia nor fruit. 



CONOMITRIUM, Mont. 

 C julianum, Savi. 



On stones in mountain streams. Smoke's creek, Gr. W. Clinton. 

 Shawangunk mountains, C. F. Austin. Sterile. 



ELINDIA, Brch. <f Schp. 

 B. acuta, Dicks. 



Humected perpendicular rocks; Catskill mountains, near the Cauters- 

 kill; July, Lesqx. Very rare. 



This interesting and rare moss has been found in no other locality 

 in the State. 



Dioecious : pale green, loosely caespitose, varying in length from 

 half an inch to half a foot ; stems filiform, naked near the base ; leaves 

 erect-open, shining, lanceolate-subulate, pointed by theescurrent costa; 

 capsule pyriform, firm, with a rather long straight pedicel; peristome 

 of 16 equidistant teeth ; lid large, with a straight or slightly inclined 

 beak; calyptra split to the point, covering the lid only; annulus, 

 none. 



POTTIA, Ehrh. 



P. TRUNCATA, L. 



On the ground in moist fields, and by roadsides. Common. 



November- April. 



