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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

RHABDOWEISIA Bry. Eu. R. fugax (Hedw.) Br. & Sch. On ledge and roots of various trees at McKinneys Cave near Bretz, Monongalia ; on a ledge near Coopers Rock, and on a sandstone ledge at Tibbs Run (Sheldon, 4169, 3039.4355)DICRANUM, Hedw. D. FLAGelLARE Hedw. Monongalia: on decayed oak log, Tibb's Run (Millspaugh, 1593). Fayette : Nuttallburg (Nuttall). D. scopARiuM (L.) Hedw. Grant : on ground in damp woods, Bayard. Monon galia : on ground, the Flats ; on decayed log, Georgetown ; loc. cit., Tibb's Run. Mercer: in tufts at base of stump, Bluefield, and on decayed log (Millspaugh, 1398, 1382, 1601, 1476, 1464). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). D. fulvUM Hook. Fayette: Nuttallburg (Nuttall). D. Drummondii Muell. On the mountain between Barrenshe Creek and Dry Fork. McDowell County, altitude 1,700 feet, August 6. 1900 (Mor ris, i i 65). D. MONTANUM Hedw. Monongalia: decayed spot in a tree near Dellslow (An drews). D. LONGiFOLiuM Hedw. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). D. FUSCESCENS Turn. Randolph: near Cheat Bridge (Sheldon, 2538). DICRANODONTIUM Br. & Sch. D. DENUDatUM (Brid.) E. G. B. (D. Virginicus E. G. B). Monongalia : on sandstone boulder along a woodland path, Tibb's Run (Millspaugh, 1635). Plants bright glossy green, stems matted below by a red tomentum, leafy nearly to apex, denudate roughened above, with a few leaves at summit ; leaves erect or secund, straight or curled and twisted, often 5 mm. long, narrowly subulate from a short, thick base, caducous ones with a long, slender, smooth point ; persistent ones serrate, blade inflexed cells densely chlorophyllose. filled with oil globules, those of the basal angles, clear. Dioecious, the antheridia terminal in conspicuous heads, bracts brown at base, apex subulate, serrate ; perichaetial bracts 3 to 4 mm. long, from a short base, suddenly subulate, dentate at apex; pedicels lateral by