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first two in fruit : Funaria hygrouietrica, Leptobryuin pyriforme, Bryiim 

 caespiticium, and another Bryum which may be a variety of this but is 

 probably a different species, Ba?'bitla tuiguiculata, and Ainblystegium 

 Kockii, B. & S. The first two of this list with Ceratodon I had previously 

 collected on the brick foundations of my Brooklyn (Flatbush) house. The 

 last was one of the greatest surprises of the season. 



In May of this season I collected Britchia Su lliv a?! fii Aust., for the first 

 time. It grew in a sandy field in Lawrence, L. I., just beyond the city limits. 

 I was interested to note the other plants growing associated with it so as to 

 know where to look for more. Growing with it, or near it under similar condi- 

 tions were Pleicridiinn subtclatiim (L.) Rabenh., Weisia viridula, (L.) 

 Hedw,, Ceratodo7i purpureus , DitricJiinn pallidum, Catharinea angustata, 

 Bryum caespi/ichnn, Polytric/nan cojjimune, d^n^ Mnium sylvaticum. Some 

 of these evidently thrive during the wet weather of early spring and others 

 during the dry weather. The soil was sandy with a little clay, recently 

 (within a year or two) plowed. The daisy, Anteniiaria sp., and the creep- 

 ing blackberry were accompanying flowering plants. 



An old pear tree in my father's yard, from which I have eaten fruit for 

 thirty years, yielded Pylaisia Schimperi R. & C. {P. intricatd), Orthotrichu7n 

 strangulaticm Sulliv., O. speciosum, Nees., O. Ohioense, S. & L., O. obtusi- 

 folium, Schrad., O. sordidum, S. & L., Fabroleskea Austmii (Sulliv.) Best 

 (Det. Dr. Best), Ulota {Weissid) crispa, U. coarctata, Amblystegimn 

 adnatwji on the bark of the tree from 3-7 feet from the ground. In a knot 

 hole grew Brachytheciuni salebrosum, and at the base of the tree Ainbly- 

 stegium serpens. Besides the mosses there was a minute hepatic in the 

 bark growing mosses. 



From an old roof in the village of Williamsville in the same town, I col- 

 lected Ulota{ Weissid) crispa, Grimniia apocarpa,Hedwigia albicans, Platy- 

 gyriuj?i {Enfodofi) repens with flagella; Ccratodon purpureus, Brachythe- 

 cium oxycladon and also a form with secund leaves, Hypnum reptile, H. 

 Haldanianum, H. fertile, and H. Schreberi. I find Dicranum Bonjeani 

 De Not., to be frequently on old roofs; indeed it is the only place I have 

 ever found the typical form, but I have never found it fruiting. It did not 

 occur on the roof from which the above named collection was taken. 



On an old log, in deep moist woods, at an altitude of 1300 ft. I found 

 Georgia pellucida, Dicranuin scoparium, D. viride, D. Jiagellare , Milium 

 ciliare, Thuidium recognitum. Hylocomium prolifcrum, H. Pyrenaicicm, 

 Hypnum Haldanianum, H. hispidulum, H. reptile, H. Schreberi, and an 

 undeterminable species of Hypnicm, P lagiothecium deiiticulatum, P. 

 turfaceum, Raphidostegium recurvans. Brachytheciiim oxycladon, Cepha- 

 lozia sp., and two other hepatics. 



On about four rods of old stone wall under two great maples, and on the 

 north side of the wall, I ioMnd Dicranum longifolium, Dicranum sp., Cera- 

 todon purpureus, Grimmia apocarpa, Hedwigia, Ulota Americana, U. 

 crispa forma, Bryum caespiticium, Mnium sylvaticum, Ainblystegium 

 udnatum, Hypnum reptile, Plagiothecium denticulatum, Platygyrium 



