New York Botanidal Gardens, Bronx -nafc 
Feb. 16th, 1899 . 
Bear Mr. Collins, 
] end ose a bit of a moss that Dr. E- 
van s found on Mt. Washington 9 years ago which puzzled me at the 
tifce and which 1 have since studied care fully and seems to me to 
come nearest to C. oaesp it icia as indicated. ] have sent a bit to 
Brl^dler in Vienna f'or comparison with this species of alp ne Eu¬ 
rope, vh ioh 1 find no specimens of in our herbarium. If you have 
I 
a copy of Rabenhorsts Erypt flora, you will find on page 776 of 
jimprichts ^aubmoose that he figures a cross-sect ion of the leaf 
vi th two layers of cells more or less irregular. ] made several see 
tions of this plant, and in the young leaves 1 find them usually 
double , but as the leaf gets older a nd larger they are more often 
sin^e with occasional ones interspersed in a queer irregular manner 
'4 i f 
yhe^se are the antheridial plants and they are large and terminal. 
U r * renndy and 1 cb not agree, ife says these leaves are papillose. 
] say they are. not, but the 'b 11 s are large and inf1ated.What do 
you say. 1 shall be gladt^o have your opinjSion on this matter. 
the bit 1 send you,and when 1 hlnr from Breid.l&r .1 will let you 
know. 
Cordial ly yours , 
