LIST OF MOSSES. 53 



B. TTJRBINATUM, Hedw. 



Humected rocks. Niagara Falls; very rave; July, Lesqx. 



B. CaiSPITICIUM, L. 



Dry ground in fields and open places. Common. May. 



B. AIUiENTEUM, L. 



Dry hard soil and thin earth covering- rocks. Mountain and plain 

 Everywhere. June - November. 



B. atropurpureum, Web. <£ Mohr. 



Sandy soil. Buffalo (Forest Lawn), G. W. Clinton. Very rare, 

 and hitherto considered a Southern species. June. 



MNIUM, Brch. & Schp. 

 M. punctatum, Hedw. 



Swamps and wet places in woods. Common and variable. 



November- April. 



A very small form occurs in woods and ravines, especially on 



mountains, growing on wet ground and rocks, sometimes on rotten 



logs. 



M. hornum, Hedw. 



Humected granite rocks. Adirondack mountains; July, Lesqx. 



Stones and banks along rivulets. Shawangunk mountains, C. F. 



Austin. 



M. SERRATUM, BHd. 



Along rivulets. Greenbush. Smoke's creek, G. W. Clinton. Not 

 common. . May. 



M. LYCOPODIOIDES, Hook. 



Moist rocks in woods on mountain slopes. Adirondack mountains' 

 Black mountain near Lake George, Lesqx. 



Much like M. serratum, but distinguished by its larger size, dioe- 

 cious inflorescence, distant long ligulate acuminate leaves, with 

 more numerous and acute double teeth on the margin and a more 

 compact areolation, longer, elliptical or subcylindrical, slightly in- 

 curved capsule, and longer teeth of the peristome. 

 M. cuspidatum, Hedw. 



Ground, stones and old lugs in woods. Frequent. May. 



M. affine, Bland. 



Damp giound and rotten logs in woods and ravines. Common. May. 

 Var. elatum, Bryol. Europ. 



Along deep shaded creeks in mountains. Black mountain, Lesqx. 

 Var. rugicum, Bryol. Europ. 



Same places as the former, Lesqx. 

 M. spinulosum, Bryol. Europ. 



t Ground in hemlock woods on mountains. Common on the Helder- 

 berg and Catskill mountains. June. 



M. stellare, Hedw. 



Deep shaded rocks above Keenc; Adirondack mountains; rare; 

 August, Lesqx. 



