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Hypnum Starkii Brid. 



Decaying wood. Frequent. This is one of the common and charac- 

 teristic species of the region. It spreads in loose mats over duff and 

 decaying logs, partly covering chips and bits of rotten wood, forming 

 straggling mats, generally fruiting abundantly and conspicuous by its 

 rigid rough glossy red pedicels and horizontal or recurved capsules, 

 which are often doubled on themselves, strongly contracted below the 

 mouth and at first crowned with a sharp beaked lid. Mrs Britton. 



Hypnum Novae-Angliae S. cV Z. 



Wet places. Connery pond trail. Mrs Britton. 



Hypnum rivulare Bruch. 

 Rocks and wet banks. Common about Lake Placid. It forms 

 yellowish green mats on the banks of streams and on half submerged 

 stones, the ends of its long tapering stems rooting. It does not often 

 fruit abundantly. It is frequently associated with Hypnum rusciforme, a 

 coarser plant with simple branches, a darker green color and a long 

 beaked lid. Mrs Britton 



EURHYNCHIUM 



Hypnum strigosum Hoffm. 

 Ground and about the base of trees. Common. 



RAPHIDOSTEGIUM 



Hypnum recurvans Schwaegr. 

 Roots of trees and prostrate trunks. Common. 



Hypnum laxepatulum James 

 Rocks and roots of trees. Avalanche trail. Closely related to the 

 preceding species. It seems to prefer more moist and shaded localities, 

 occurs more frequently on rocks and usually forms thin bright green 

 mats with more slender stems, less regularly pinnate and with less 

 crowded and less recurved leaves. The pedicels are often only y 2 inch 

 long. Mrs Britton. 



Hypnum Jamesii L. & J. 



Near Adirondack lodge. One of the rarest species of the region. It 

 resembles slender forms of Pylaisia velutina and Hypnum reptile with 

 which it was collected. In high elevations it grows on spruce and 

 balsam fir. Mrs Britton. 



