number of flagelliform 

 small- leaved branches as 

 to cause the plant to ap- 

 pear deformed. Leaves 

 of secondary stems 

 slightly secund, ovate- 

 lanceolate, somewhat de- 

 current, very long and 

 slenderly acuminate, en" 

 tire, plicate with several 

 folds. Seta about 8mm. 

 long; capsule exserted; 

 annulus present: teeth 

 entire or split toward the 

 base. Very rarely fruit- 

 ing. 



Easily distinguished 

 from L. julaceus by the 

 different shape of its 

 leaves. It fruits so rarely 



a,-Plant of Leucodon brachypus X /. b,-Leaf ^^^^ ^'^ differen- 



of Leucodon brachypus X 20. c—Sporophyte of tiatedfrom L. brachypus, 

 Letccodo7t brachypus X 10. d, — Leaf of Leucodon which it closely resem- 

 julaceus X 20. e, — Sporophyte of Leucodon julac- bles by its leaf apices 

 eus X 10. f Capsule of Leucodon julaceus X 10. The' acumination of the 

 leaves is much longer and more slender than that of L. brachypus and is also 

 entire. The upper median cells are also usually a little more elongated. The 

 secondary stems also much shorter than those of well developed Z, brachy- 

 pus. Probably common in North- Eastern United States and Eastern Canada 

 but not often collected or else confused with L. brachypus. Collectors should 

 be on the lookout for it. In examining leaves for serration, several should 

 be examined, as the leaves of Z. brachypics and L. julaceus are sometimes 

 nearly entire. 



Leucodon brachypus Brid. Secondary stems averaging longer and 

 larger than in the preceding species, less frequently branched. 

 Leaves more strongly secund, plicate but with fewer folds than 

 in L. sciuroides; the acumination is serrulate and not nearly so 

 slender and pointed as in L. sciuroides. Seta 3-4mm. long, wrapped 

 up in the perichaetial leaves, which over-top the emergent capsule; 

 annulus lacking, teeth bifid at apex. Spores maturing in winter. 



Having about the same ranges as the last but extending farther south. 

 Abundant and frequently fruiting in the mountain regions of North-Eastern 

 United States. It extends to Georgia along the mountains but is rare south 

 of New York. A form from Stone Mountain, Georgia, (J. K. Small) is much 

 more slender than the usual Northern form. 



