OBSERXATIONS ON THE STATE FLORA. 405 



MUSCI. 



Sphagnum sedoides, Brid. Wet rocks at Lake Avalanche and on Mt. 

 Marcy ; sterile. This differs from S. pylaesii, Brid., in being destitute 

 of branches, or having only short ones. It will probably prove to bo 

 only a form of that species. 



Sphagnum lindenbergii, Soup. Slopes of Mt. Whiteface ; sterile. Stems 

 rather robust, 4'-6' long, with three layers of cortical cells ; branches 

 usually five in a fascicle ; stem leaves amplexicaul and more or less 

 fulvous at the base, deflexed, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, eroded at the 

 apex, areolation not fibrillose, narrow at the base, much broader at 

 the apex of the leaf; branch leaves lanceolate, truncate and toothed 

 at the apex, wavy on the margins when dry, bordered with two or 

 three rows of narrow linear cells, utricles thick walled, destitute of 

 pores. 



Astomum sullivanlii, Bryol. Europ. Fields and wet lands, Orange Co. : 

 C. F. Austin. Near Troy : E. C. Howe. Fruits in April. 



Weisia serrtdata, Funk. Sam's Point, Ulster Co. : C. F. Austin ; sterile. 

 Closely coespitose, 4"-10 // high ; leaves lanceolate and linear-lanceo- 

 late, strongly papillose, the margins plane papillose-serrulate, often 

 more strongly toothed near the apex ; capsule oval, erect ; operculum 

 short-rostrate. 



Rhabdoweisia fugax, Bryol. Europ. Rocks, Catskill Mts. 



Dicranum polycarptcm, Ehrh. Mt. Marcy, July. 



Dicranum rufescens, Turn. Clay soil and banks by roadsides, Orange Co.: 

 C. F. Austin, Nov. 



Barbulafallax, Bryol. Europ. Damp shaded rocks, Fort Edward: C. E. 

 Howe. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin ; Helderberg Mts. Differs from 

 B. unguiculata in its leaves which are not apiculate and which are 

 gradually narrowed from the rather broad ovate base to the point. 



Ortkotrichum obtusifolium, Schrad. Trees. Saratoga Springs : Cx. W. C. 

 Sterile. 



Ortkotrichum obtusifolium, var. papillosum, Lesqx. North Elba. Papilke 

 of the leaves longer and bifid or trifid at the apex. 



Schistidium agassizii, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Rocks, Luzerne, Warren Co. : 

 G. W. C. ; sterile. 



Splachnum ampidlaceum, L. " In a wooded swamp on an old log. Moreau, 

 Saratoga Co. :" E. C. Howe, June. 



Meesia longiseta, Hedw. Wet places. Moreau, Saratoga Co. : E. C. Howe, 

 June. 



Bryuni lescurianum, Sulliv. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Bryum uliginosum, Brid. Crevices of wet rocks, Moreau : E. C. Ho we. 

 Haverstraw, Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin, June. 



Bryum- pallescens , Sctiwaegr. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Bryum pollens, Swartz. " The Narrows," at the base of Mt. Whiteface ; 

 July. Stems 3"-6" high; leaves ovate-lanceolate, slightly recurved on 

 the margin, the costa excurrent ; inflorescence dioecious ; capsule, seed 

 bearing part short, the neck very long, slightly curved and gradually 

 tapering into the pedicel; annulus broad. 



