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pedicel 2/^-3-iiich, reddish, capsule larg-e as a ^*rain of 

 wheat, hairy, whitish, bent at rig*ht ang-les to pedicel 

 steminate flowers like little pink-eyes at end of stem. 

 Dry woods. 



15. Funaria hy^rometica. Common on g-round 

 that has been burned over. Pedicils two inches bent 

 over at top, capsule pear form. 



2. Dicranum leoparium var. pallidum. In dense 

 mosses on dry jjfround, greenish brown, leaves soft, 

 narrow, curved, canons. Fruits but sparing-ly. 



3. Ceratadon purpureus, small. On g-round com- 

 mon. Capsule purplish red, shining-. 



4. Leucobryum glaucum. Nearly white in dense 

 clumps, leaves fragile, capsule reddish brown. Wet 

 places. 



L. Minus. Dry woods. 



5. Fissidens subbasilaris. Stems branched, 

 crowded one-half to one inch, leaves oblong-, obtuse, 

 fruit ovoid, at first has a long- beak. Rotten log-s and 

 trees near the ground. 



6. Trichostomum pallidum. Onclayey ground, 

 pedicels 1>^ -2-inch, straw color. 



7. Barbula caespitosa. About roots of trees, 

 pale g-reen, capsule gellow, lid or operculum red. 



8. Tetraphis pellucida. Woods. Common, >^-l- 

 inch high in tufts, reddish below, light g-reen above. 



9. Schistidium apocarpum. Rocks. Common. 

 Foliag-e blackish g-reen, leaves usually with white 

 points, >^ -1-inch. 



10. Atrichium undulatum. Moist clay banks, 

 leaves long, narrow, wavy, toothed, marg-ined. 



12. Bryum pyriforme. Ground, burnt woods, 

 small, less than one-half inch, leaves bright g-reen, 

 spreading, narrow, w^avy, serrate at apex, capsule yel- 

 low brown. - 



