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Bryum argenteum Z. 



Burnt ground. Wood farm. August. 



Bryum roseum Schreb. 

 Decaying wood and humus about the base of trees. Lake Placid and 

 Adirondack lodge. A large and beautiful species, its leaves forming 

 rosettes of glossy dark green. Mrs Britton. Along Indian pass trail. 



Mnium cuspidatum (Z.) Hedw. 

 Damp ground and mossy prostrate trunks in woods or shaded places. 

 One of the most common species of the genus. May and June. 



Mnium affine Bland. 

 Wet ground, shaded banks and decaying mossy logs. Common. 

 June. Var. ciliare (Grev.) Lindb. often occurs with a single pedicel to a 

 plant and with long many celled teeth on the leaf margins. Its pedicels 

 are usually red toward the base and the apiculus of the lid is commonly 

 red. Mrs Britton notes that the stolons are very showy, arching over 

 and rooting at the tips and that they are sometimes 5 inches long. 



Mnium Drummondii B. & S. 



Around the base of trees. Wood's sap works. June. This has the 

 pedicels clustered as in the preceding species, but it is a smaller plant 

 with synoecious inflorescence and leaf margins entire toward the base. 



Mnium spinulosum B. & S. 



Ground in woods, humus covering rocks and about the base of trees. 

 Common. July. This species fruits a little later than the three preced- 

 ing species, has the lid more distinctly beaked and the capsule with a 

 dark rim around the mouth. Its pedicels are more often single than 

 clustered in North Elba. 



Mnium" stellare Rekhard 

 Thin soil covering rocksv Head of Cascade lake. Sterile. Known 

 by its marginless leaves. 



Mnium punctatum (Z.) Hedw. 

 Wet places and on wet cliffs and stones along streams. Common. 

 May. In this species the leaves have a thickened but entire margin. 



M. punctatum elatum Schimp. 

 Bogs and borders of lakes. Lake Placid, Clear lake and Indian 

 pass. A large showy variety that seems almost worthy of specific rank. 

 Mrs^Britton. 



