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The genus Baeoniyces is represented by at least three different species, B. 

 ahsoliiius, B. iniricatus, and B. fungoides. One finds them quite frequently, but 

 l)atches are never of great extent, as in the case of B. roseiis with us. 



Two Stereocaulons were collected, both being found in great abundance. 

 Both are beautiful species — I don't know which is the prettier. S. cornuium has 

 a stem (podetium) several inches in length, and unbranched, and grows on slopes 

 exposed to the sun; 6'. ramulosum is branched, is much smaller, and is inclined to 

 grow in more shaded situations. Here, too, must be mentioned the interesting 

 Sphaerophorus compressus, growing on tree trunks along the shaded trails, some 

 with podetia of a coral-red color, some almost pure white. 



[To be Concluded] j 



MOSSES OF A STATEN ISLAND HOUSE AND LOT 



A. J. Grout 



Some of my most interesting studies have been the careful investigation of 

 the moss-flora of restricted areas, and I always find some surprises. 



There are practically no mosses growing on the trees of Staten Island. This 

 I attribute to the gases which cause us so much annoyance and I believe are re- 

 sponsible for a great deal of the respiratory trouble which is ascribed to the "sea 

 air." There are, of course, mosses at the base of trees in the woods, but no 

 Pylaisias, Orthotrichums, or Ulotas. 



In view of this it was rather surprising to find a moss on the inside of an 

 unused flue in a cement chimney, thirty feet or more above the ground. I think 

 it was a Bryum or Ceratodon, but I can find no record and, as the flue is now in 

 use, I can not be sure. In passing, it may be of interest that Mrs. Britton re- 

 corded many tree mosses from the Island about twenty-five years ago, more or 

 less. 



On the concrete of basement and steps I find: Bryum argenteum L.*t, Lepto- 

 hryum pyriforme (L.) Wils.f, Bryum caespiticium L.*, and Toriula muralis (L.) 

 Hedw.* 



On the clay soil of garden and lawn: Catharinea angustata Brid.*, Ceratodon 

 purpureus (L.) Bnd.-\, Physcomtirium turhinatum (Mx.) Brid.*t, Funaria hygromei- 

 rica (L.) Sibth.*, Pohlia, probably P. nutans (Schreb.) Lindb., Bryum bimum 

 Schreb. or possibly intermedium Brid., Mnium affine Bland., Mnium sylvaticum 

 Lindb., Amhlystegium Kochii B. S., A. varium (Hedw.) Lindb., Brachythecium 

 acMtum (Mitt.) SulLf, B. oxycladon (Brid.) J. & S*^, Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) 

 J. & S.f, E. serrulalum (Hedw.) Kindb., Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) 

 Bryhn., and Hypnum Patientiae Lindb. f 



These twenty except Funaria, were all found in one day on a lot 87 X 150 feet. 



New Dorp, Richmond Borough, N. Y. 



*, With fruit, 

 t, Abundant. 



