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Growing in moist humus or on damp cushions of Sphagnum or Leuco- 
bryum often mixed with other mosses and hepatics. 
Type locality : Carolina, Beauvois, Michaux. 
Type specimen preserved in Herb. Richard, property of M. Ferdinand 
Camus. 
Exsiccatae: No. 62 Ohio, W. S. Sullivant 1842. Sull. Musci All. No. 17,1848. 
Sull. & Lesqx. Musci Bor. Am. No. 301pp. 1856. Nos. 446pp. and 447. 1865. 
No. 62, was labelled “ Hypnum cupressiforme var.”of W. S. Sullivant’s 
Ohio Mosses distributed in 1842 with written labels, is part of a set which 
seems to have been the first attempt to prepare exsiccatae of North 
American mosses that Sullivant made. They were put up in small square 
volumes, one set of which is still preserved in its original form in the Herbar- 
ium of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. 
Distribution: Cedar Swamp, Hackensack, N. J., Torrey; Kingwood, 
N.J., Best ; Westville, Conn., Chatterton; Tenn., Kearney; Manitoba, Macoun. 
Var. compacta (Aust.) Ms. in Herb. 
Plants forming dense glossy yellow tufts matted with brown radicles. 
Stems erect, 2-3 cm. high; branches short and crowded with appressed 
leaves not flattened, pedicels often longer than the type, 15-30 mm. long. 
Habitat in rich humus in wet soil or swamps. Otter Pond, N. J., Aus- 
tin: Cedar swamps, N. J., and Catskill Mts., N. Y. ; Tibbs Run, W. Va., 
C. F. Millspaugh. New York Botanical Garden. 
MOUNTING MOSSES. 
B. D. Gilbert. 
During last year I read and tested all the ways of mounting mosses 
that had been described in the Bryologist, but not one of them proved satis- 
factory. I wanted the mosses in such shape that they could be lifted with a 
pair of forceps and examined. This barred out the plan of glueing the 
specimens to a piece of paper or cardboard. The alternative of course was 
to put the specimens into pockets. But what was to be done with the speci- 
mens afterward, so that any particular species could be turned to in half a 
minute or less ? I struggled with this problem at intervals of several 
months, until at last it worked out in the manner which is here described. 
I bought a thin white linen paper of medium size, i. e., 17 x 22 inches, 
had this cut in two the short way, then cut in two again, and a third time 
cut in two. This left sheets 5 y 2 x inches. I then folded each sheet the 
long way so that the flap was about inches wide, turning the ends back- 
ward about a half to five-eighths inch. All of these folds can be guessed at 
with sufficient accuracy. The piece of the flap folded over at each end was 
then cut out, leaving the flap perfectly loose and free, while at the same time 
it was impossible for the moss enclosed to slip out. On the flap was written 
the name, locality and collector, the specimen with its label, if it had one, 
was enclosed and then the pocket was ready to be put in place. 
It was my aim to use the same size and quality of sheets for mosses as 
was used in my general herbarium viz. 11x17 inches. Eight of the pockets 
