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Sphagnum papillosum, Lindb. ? 
Essex woods and Middleton. ‘Probably not sufficiently disti 
from S. palustre” (Austin). 
Sphagnum laricinum, Spruce, var. platyphyllum (Sulliv.) 
Austin. (S. neglectam, var. Aust. Musc. Appal.), (S. platyphyllum, 
Sullivant in a letter to Austin, 1868). 
In a pool, on the line between Boxford and North Andover. A 
curious submerged species resembling an alga. 
Suborder BRYACE SF. F 
Tribe WHEISIE. 
Weisia viridula, Brid. 
Essex; Beverly, June, 1877 (Mary K. Robinson); Amesbury, a 4 
Frequent. 
Tribe DICRANE =. 
Dicranum scoparium, L. 
Rocky woods. Common. 
Dicranum Schraderi, Web. & Mohr. 
Boxford. 
Dicranum congestum, Brid. 
Middleton. 
Dicranum flagellare, Hedw. 
Boxford. 
Dicranum montanum, Hedi. 
Essex, Boxford. 
Swampscott, Essex. 
Ceratodon purpureus, Brid. 
Rocky pastures and roadsides. Common. 
Tribe LEUCOBRYEZ. 
Leucobryum vulgare. (L. glaucum, Hampe). 
In woods. Frequent. 
Tribe FISSIDENTEX. 
Fissidens osmundioides, Hedw. 
Boxford. 
Fissidens taxifolius, Hedy. 
Swampscott (E. M. Shepard). This specimen varies from the 
typical form. 

