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will refer our readers to Mrs. Britton's article in the March, '96, 

 Observer for a full description accompanied by an excellent plate. 

 Figs. 8- 1 1 represent the most abundant member of this family, the 

 sessile Webera {Weber a sessilis (Schmid.) Lindb. Diphyscium 

 foliosumMdhv.), which is easily recognized by the odd shaped 

 capsules and is easily distinguished from Buxbaumia by its much 

 greater number of leaves. 



NEW OR RARE MOSSES. 



11. — Brachythecium cyrtophyllum Kindb. 



BRACHYTHECIUM cyrtophyllum Kindb. is a very interest- 

 ing moss closely allied to B. acuminatum, but much more 

 slender, with much smaller leaves and broader, shorter 

 leaf cells. Besides the type collection at Brighton, Ontario, by 

 Prof. Macoun, it had previously been collected by Austin at Wa- 

 terloo, N. Y., and the specimen in his herbarium was labeled 

 Hypnum {Brachythecium) julaceum sp. nov. It was distributed 

 in Austin's Musci Appalachiani No. 311, as B. acuminatum, var. 

 setosum. 



Since this it has been collected by Prof. Holzinger and prob- 

 ably by others, but never in fruit until Mr. Burnett collected it 

 as recorded below. The capsules, however, do not differ materi- 

 ally from those of B. acuminatum, except that they are more slen- 

 der. Besides this collection of the fertile plant, Mr. Burnett has 

 several times collected it in a sterile condition. — A. J. G. 



Riverside Park, on the Alleghany River ten miles north of 

 Bradford, near the mouth of Tuna Creek, is an interesting locality 

 for the botanist. The rich, deep alluvium of the broad valley is 

 greatly broken by numerous creeks or bayous, which, in seasons 

 of protracted drouth, leave many stagnant pools. In August, 

 1896, I found some beautiful specimens of Dichelyma pallescens 

 in one of these pools. In October, 1897, we had a season of low 

 water, and in seeking to locate my Dichelyma I came upon an up- 

 rooted tree, reclining upon another tree at an angle of about thirty 

 degrees. The tree was large, partially denuded of bark, and de- 

 cidedly slippery, but the sight of the dainty little Brachythecium 

 with its glossy red-brown cylindrical capsules was too tempting 

 to resist. Selecting the fertile and leaving most of the sterile I 

 filled my pockets with what proved to be Brachythecium cyrto- 

 phyllum fertile. — D. A. Burnett, Bradford, McKean Co., Pa. 



