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The
Correspondence of Charles
Peck (1833-1917) and George
William Clinton (1807 1885) 1865 Part 3 Vol. 1. (179) [I 29] My Dear Sir, I find some Conomitrium in the specimens you sent
‑ enough for a fair specimen. Hypnum scorpioides is not regarded in the Manual
as rare, yet I have never met with it in these parts. Mr. Austin very
recently sent me a little sterile from Mosses of Sept. 26th 1 Trichostomum tortile Schrad. 2 Atrichum undulatum Beauv. 3 Hypnum serrulatum Hedw. 4 Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans Bryol. Europ.
There is also what appears to be sterile Hypnum laetum. 5 Bryum bimum Schreb. 6 Hypnum strigosum Hoffm 7 Drummondia clavellata Hooi. 8 Orthotrichum Canadense Br. & Sch. 9 Hypnum riparium Hedw. The leaves in this
variety are more ovate than usual. 10 Hypnum serrulatum Same as 3 Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Sept. 30 Vol. 1. (184) [I 23] My Dear Sir, Your letter with specimens from the Falls, and
also specimens from From the Falls. 1 Bartramia Muhlenbergia Schwaegr. It is barely
possible that it may be a small Bartramia 2 Hypnum filicinum L. 3 Hypnum laetum Brid. 4 Bryum argenteum L. l Hypnum
polymorphum Larger l Bryum Wahlenbergii piece l Anomodon
attenuatus l Hypnum filicinum V2 (5) [D 202] My Dear Sir, Thanks for Encalypta streptocarpa and Hypnum minutissimum.
The moss intermixed with the former is Anomodon attenuatus. The paper marked "A" = 5 of Akron Cot. 4, contains also Hypnum
minutissimum (the small moss). The larger piece is made up of Hypnum
adnatum, H. radicale, and a minute sterile Fissidens ‑ probably, not
certainly, F. exiguus. These are so intermingled and so small that they are
not easily separated. From x1 Dicranum varium Hedw. 2 The unknown Barbula, before sent from rocks about the falls. 3 = 1 4 Dicranum flagellare Hedw. 5 = 2 6 Dicranum scoparium var. pallidum 7 Dicranum scoparium var. pallidum 8 Dicranum undulatum Turner. Grows on ground either wet or dry,
mountain or plain. 9 Hypnum curvifolium Hedw. 10 Hypnum polymorphum Bryol. Eur. x11 Appears to be Lophocolea heterophylla Nees (Hepat.) 12 Hypnum imponens Hedw. 13 Hypnum rutabulum L. 14 Hypnum recurvans Schwaegr. 15 Bryum bimum Schrad. 16 Pylaisaea intricata Hedw. 17 Gymnostomum curvirostrum Hedw.? Very small. Possible G. rupestre,
but I think not. Specimens poor. 18 & 19 Both alike. Can not make it out, the capsules not being
old enough to admit of the separation of the operculums and peristome.
Appears like Didymodon. Please send it again when the fruit becomes a little
more mature, i.e. if you should meet with it. 20 Pellia epiphylla Nees
(Hepat.) 21 Dicranum varium Hedw. 22 = 21 23 Trichostomum tortile Schrad. x24 Dicranum heteromallum Hedw. 25 Schistidium apocarpum Br. & Sch. 26 Dicranum heteromallum, and sterile Atrichum angustatum 27 Atrichum angustatum Beauv. 28 Mnium affine Bland.? 29 = 17 30 Gymnostomum curvirostrum Hedw. x31 Barbula mucronifolia Br.
& Sch. I have never found this. Miss Waterbury sent me specimens from
Schoharie. 32 Not determined. Am inclined to think it is poor Hypnum
filicinum and a minute fungus ‑ not insects eggs. 33 Hypnum rutabulum L. x34 Hypnum acuminatum Beauv. In good condition. Not sent before. Not
found here. If you have it in plenty please send a little more. 35 Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans Bryol. Eur. Fruiting specimen with
flat stems. Sterile with terete branches is Hypnum laetum Brid. 36 Hypnum laetum Brid. Your letter of Oct. 14th was received this morning, but what has
become of the scrap of moss it contained, I can not tell. The letter was
handed to me at the breakfast table. I read it, then put it in the desk till
my return from school, and thought I put the moss with it, but can not find
it. In my haste, must have carelessly left it on the table and the women
disposed of it. Have made inquiry but no one has seen it. If it was anything
important please send again. I have sent a specimen of your Orthotrichum speciosum?
from trees, to Mr. Lesqx. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 18 Vol. 2 (11) [D196] My Dear Sir, Thus I regard the mosses. First series Oct. 14 1 Hypnum serrulatum Hedw. 2 Barbula unguiculata Hedw. 3 Anomodon attenuatus Hedw. 4 Anomodon attenuatus 5 Anomodon attenuatus 6 Anomodon obtusifolius Bryol. Eur. 7 The unknown Barbula "abundant on rocks about the upper
Fall" 8 Mostly Hypnum strigosum Hoffm. The fine moss mixed with it is
Leskea rostrata Hedw. The flat stemmed one is Aulacomnion heterostichum Br.
& Sch. 9 Hypnum strigosum Hoffm. 10 Desmatodon arenaceus Sulliv. & Lesqx. & the supposed
Seligeria 11 Same as 3,4,5 12 Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans Bryol. Eur. 13 Hypnum rutabulum L. 14 Aulacomnium heterostichum Br. & Sch. 15 Tetraphis pellucida Hedw. 16 Same as 3,4,5 & 11 Second Series 17 Fissidens grandifrons Brid. Large & beautiful 18 Fissidens adiantoides Hedw. 19 Hypnum orthocladon Beauv. 20 & 29 are alike and new to me. It appears to be a Bryum but I
find no description in the Manual that will agree with it. Mr. Lesqx's
services are necessary here. x21 Chiloscyphus polyanthus Corda. (Hepat.) 22 Hypnum orthocladon Beauv. 23 Hypnum orthocladon 24 Hypnum rivulare Bryol. Eur. 25 Hypnum rivulare (the large one) Hypnum orthocladon (the smaller) 26 Same as 22 & 23 27 Same as 24 x28 Bryum Duvalii Voit. New to me. Want more 29 = 20 30 Hypnum cordifolium Hedw. Never saw it so densely branched but
never collected it so late in the season, and only in swamps where it was not
submerged. Its branches give it a very peculiar appearance, but the leaf is
exactly that of H. cordifolium 31 Hypnum cordifolium 32 Hypnum cordifolium 33 Hypnum cordifolium x34 Bryum turbinatum Hedw. New to me. Want more. This
moss is credited to 35 Bryum turbinatum 36 mostly Bryum turbinatum, also a little Hypnum cordifolium &
one or two stems of H. filicinum L. 37 Hypnum cordifolium Hedw. nearer the typical form x38 Hypnum uncinatum Hedw.? the leaves do not appear to have any
serrations, which occasions the doubt. Otherwise it is exactly that species. 39 Mixed Hypnum uncinatum and some Hypnum hispidulum Brid. x40 Fontinalis Lescurii Sulliv. probably. There is so much
resemblance and so many varieties among the species of Fintinalis that it is
hardly safe to determine them without good fruiting specimens. 41 Hypnum aduncum Hedw. a little smaller than the form sent me
before 42 & 43 I think are the same as 40 44 Same as 21 45 Same as 21 46 A form of Hypnum riparium L. It would be well to send to Mr. L. with No. 20, also a bit of 28,
30, and 34, these being without fruit and entirely new to me, there is a
possibility that I may be in error, although well satisfied in my own mind
that they are what I suppose them to be. Third Series A. The unknown Barbula. Send this also: the capsules are older than
that formerly sent. B Ceratodon purpureus Brid. C Dicranum varium Hedw. D & E are Bryum bimum Schreb. I think we must call Caledonia and Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 20 & wrote to him. Vol. 2 (13) [D194] My Dear Sir, Yours of yesterday was received today. I too occasioned a letter
from Mr. Lesqx. yesterday. He writes that what I called Orthotrichum
speciosum? is Orthotrichum anomalum. Thinks it must be a mistake about its
having been found on trees; he has only found it on rocks. I think however
you gave its habitat correctly, for I find bits of bark still adhering to the
roots of the specimens you sent me. But this is immaterial to the naming of
the species, for the specimens from trees are certainly the same as those you
afterwards sent from rocks, which made me doubt the correctness of my
determination. I will return you a piece of that you sent me from trees. You will
see that it agrees with your "O. anomalum from Whitpond woods, July
18" [= Whirlpool Woods??] also with your "O. cupulatum from
Whitpond Sept. 25" and that "O. cupulatum from Rose's Point, Sept.
19" is different from the Whitpond Sept. 25 specimen. You must have
mixed these a little and as I am especially anxious about the O. cupulatum,
(it being new to me) perhaps I had better return these papers that you may
see if you have them just as you intended. After examining please return,
except the specimen from "Trees, If the specimen of Sept. 19 Rose's Point was not intended for for O.
canadense please send me a bit of what Mr. L. calls that species, as I
have never seen authenticated specimens of it. The descriptions of the species of Orthotrichum, as given in the
Manual are very meagre and unsatisfactory, and I suspect not quite correct in
two or three instances, viz. O. anomalum is said to have the capsule
"distinctly 8 ‑ striated". Often there are 16 striae in which
case the alternate ones sometimes, and all at others are indistinct. O
strangulatum is said to have a "hairy calyptra". It is often
glabrous, so also says Icones. O. leiocarpum is said to have 16 cilia for the inner peristome, I
never could detect but 8. The main points given in regard to the species now before us are
these: O. cupulatum with an immersed capsule, 16 striated; habitat rocks. O. anomalum with an exserted capsule distinctly 8 striated; habitat
rocks. (I think you have discovered that it also grows on trees) O. canadense much like O. strangulatum but the capsule pale straw colored,
shorter, not contracted below the mouth; grows on trees with O. strangulatum. In regard to O. crispum, it is quite possible I may also be wrong.
The distinction made in the Manual is so vague that it is not improbable. My own specimens of crispulum were collected when the capsules were
just mature and the color of the spores helped to decide, being green in
this, brown in crispum. But the Barbula is what staggers me most. It certainly has the appearance
of B. unguiculata, but an examination of the leaves reveals to me a
difference which I can scarcely think we ought to regard only as a variety.
This difference I have endeavored to illustrate by a rude sketch. It appears to be constant. I do not find intermediated forms, though
the leaves of the "unknown" vary as shown in the cut. The areolae
at the base are not so long as in B. unguiculata. Its habitat is rocks. I
have found B. unguiculata only on clayey soil. I think if it must be called a
variety of B. unguiculata it is nevertheless worthy of a name. The following is the description of the leaf of unguiculata, as
given in the Manual, "leaves erect patent, oblong‑lanceolate,
rather obtuse, revolute on the margins, shortly cuspidate by the excurrent
costa." The last character certainly does not apply to our plant. I hope
you may get some good specimens of this with fruit just mature. You truly send Bryum roseum in this, No. 27 however is different.
Will return it. Yours truly Chas. H. Peck Received Oct. 22, answered 23. Vol. 2 (18) [D187 & 188] [in two pieces of paper] My Dear Sir, Your last packet, Oct. 18th, was received on Saturday. No 1 Hypnum
laetum Brid. Hypnum Sullivantii Spruce
Sent for the first time, I think. I have it from the Helderbergs.
Rare. Leskea rostrata Hedw. Anomodon obtusifolius var.? This appears to me to be the same as the
specimen from x2 Hypnum Schreberi Willd. 3 Hypnum triquetrum L. 4 Hypnum recurvans Schwaegr. 5 Ptilidium ciliare Nees 6 This appears to me to contain rather poor Pylaisaea intricata and
one stem of young Leptodon trichomitrion. 7 Hypnum recurvans Schwaegr. 8 Leskea rostrata Hedw. 9 Hypnum rivulare Bryol. Eur. 10 Hypnum rutabulum. L. ? It is possible this may be a poor specimen
of 9, but the pedicel ought to be papillose in either case. The only pedicels
in the specimen are smooth. Hypnum rutabulum is near Hypnum rivulare. The
former is more prostrate in its growth with leaves a little larger pointed
and inflorescence monoecious. The latter has dioecious inflorescence. The
smoothness of the pedicel may arise from its being immature. 11 Anomodon attenuatus Huebn. x12 Hypnum Alleghaniense C. Mull. Sterile 13 Anomodon attenuatus with a small quantity of what appears to be
young or starved Hypnum laetum. 14 I regard the long moss as H. delicatulum L. the other as Hypnum
serrulatum Hedw. The chief distinguishing characters between H. delicatulum
and H. tamariscum are in the fruit ‑ especially the operculum and
[perichaetium?] Without these it is not easy to distinguish them 15 Hypnum delicatulum L. 16 xHomalothecium subcapillatum Bryol. Eur. First
sent. Leptodon trichomitrium Mohr Neckera pennata Hedw. Anomodon obtusifolius Bryol. Eur. Small Anomodon attenuatus Huebn. young. 17 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. As you think 18 Appears to be Pylaisaea velutina with a very little Hypnum adnatum.
May be P. intricata but the capsules are a little more cylindrical and
branches less incurved. The peristome gives the best distinguishing character
and this still adheres to the operculum so that I can not avail myself of it.
Thanks for the specimens of Bryum Duvalii; also for sending
Orthotrichum speciosum. I have examined it and think I shall be able to
recognize it should I see it again. It differs from anything I have before
seen. Is not that which Mr. L. calls H. revolvens the same as that which I
named Hypnum uncinatum with a doubt? The two species I suppose to be much
alike. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Received Oct. 25 19 Contains Ptilidium ciliare Nees, Jungermannia curvifolia Dick.
and a small Jungermannia, apparently, which I am unable to determine. (All
Hepats) Vol. 2 (21) [D183] My Dear Sir, The mosses and letters of Oct. 21st & 23d are at hand. I really
hope Mr. L. will accede to your request and send you a set of the
Orthotricha, which will help us out of our difficulty in reference thereto.
Mr. Sullivant in his recent work describes only three species viz.
Orthotrichum exiguum, strangulatum and Texanum. The specimen you send with the returned ones must be O. Canadense or
the "something new". It is in excellent condition. The cilia
of the inner peristome are visible. Both O. cupulatum and O. anomalum are
said to be without the inner peristome. The specimen marked "A" from the moist shade of fence by
the State Line R. R. in the city" is Aphanorrhegma serrata
Sulliv. It is as you say a vigorous growth, and is now flowering abundantly,
mostly male flowers. You will probably find fruit bearing plants soon. (I
have already found the capsules nearly mature here). I have observed that the
capsule bearing plants are usually shorter than these thrifty male flowering
plants. The capsule is almost sessile ‑ nestling in the leaves at the
top of the stem. No 1 Schistidium apocarpum Br. & Sch. 2. Hypnum polymorphum Bryol. Eur. I can not say whether the growth
you allude to be lichen or fungus. If the former it is a very minute one. 3 As you conjecture is a beautiful growth of confervoid filaments,
with cells quite enlongate. 4 Barbula unguiculata Is our puzzler whom Mr. L. calls B. unguiculata, but the leaves
differ from those of No 4 as shown in my previous letter. How slowly it
mature its fruit! 6,7,8,9,10 & 12 seem to be all the same thing, and I suppose we
shall have to call them a form of Anomodon obtusifolius Bryol.
Eur. though I greatly dislike to. In the description of A. obtusifolius occur
these words: "Branches compressed; +++ leaves 2‑ranked, ++ linear‑oblong,
very obtuse". The first and second items appear to me to be violated ‑
the third and fourth partly so. Some of the leaves, particularly in 7, 10
& 12 taper almost too much to be called "linear‑oblong"
and are almost acute instead of "very obtuse". Still they do
not come nearer my ideal of A. viticulosus, than did the Rock specimen from 13 Fissidens grandifrons Brid. 14 Minute conferva 15 Same as 3. I return this for I fear you did not put in it what
you intended. 16 Didymodon rubellus Bryol. Eur. Remarkably late in fruiting. I
found specimens in June, quite as advanced 17 = 16 Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P.S. Accept my warmest thanks for your kind consideration and offer
of assistance in moss studies. You have already repaid me a thousand times
for anything I may have done in the way of introducing you to our little
friends. C. H. P. Your faithful and earnest efforts to find A. viticulosus ought to be
crowned with success. Would it not be well to send some of No 7 say, to Mr.
L.? After all of my confusion on this matter I am not sure I should detect it, even if I had the real fellow. Received Oct. 27 Vol. 2 (23) [D181] My Dear Sir, Your packet of the 25th and letter have been received. It is with
the most lively satisfaction that I have examined your specimens of Anomodon
viticulosus sent by Mr. Lesqx. It agrees well with my ideal of that species,
only I suppose it sometimes grows larger. I have compared with it, your
"No 7 from ground, top of a rock, Goat Is." and truly believe they
are one species. The increased size of the leaves towards the top of the stem
is not so perceptible in yours as in the European specimen but I find this is
not characteristic of all the branches in the model specimen. The leaves
themselves agree in all essential points. As my examination must be
concluded at once so that you may have the specimen on your intended trip
this week, I have taken the liberty to separate and retain two or three stems
from the specimen for I wish also to compare your You were fortunate in sending the Will look at your specimens soon. Yors truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 27 Vol. 2 (25) [D179] My Dear Sir, My opinion concerning the specimens of Oct. 24th, 2 Frullania Eboracensis Lehm.
(Hepat.) Grows both on rocks & trees 3 Conferva 4 Conferva Your hope in
reference to these and my knowledge of them is realized. I do not
understand them. 5 Barbula unguiculata Hedw. Not the variety 6 Seems to be small Bryum caespiticium L. Usually fruits in spring 7 Weisia viridula Brid. 8 Leucodon brachypus Brid. 9 Radula complanata Dumort. (Hepat.) 10 Hypnum laetum Brid. H. piliferum has a long slender rostrum to
the operculum. Thanks for Selaginella rupestris. I have it, however, from the bluff
two miles below Kenwood, in fruit; also from Cobble Hill near Your letters of yesterday were received a little while ago. The
specimens of Orthotrichum are all clear and satisfactory except the O.
cupulatum. Thi may be all right; but if it is, we must charge the
error to the Manual, which puts that species in a seciton with the
"peristome single: cilia wanting" it also makes the capsule with
"16 striae" In the two specimens you have sent from "Rose's
Point, Sept. 19" (one labelled O. cupulatum) the cilia of the
inner peristome are distinctly visible and the capsule is 8
striated. The specimens resemble the O. canadense much, but in the Rose's
Point specimen Sept. 19 the fruit appears to be just mature
and in good condition, while in the Whirlpool specimen Sept. 30 [use this
reference to transcibe earlier letter], the capsules are quite old, ‑
all vestiges of the peristome gone. Were it not for this fact I should strongly
suspect they are the same thing. O. cupulatum is said to grow on rocks; your
is from Beech trees. But this is of little account as we have seen in the
case of O. anomalum. Neither can the time of fruiting be depended upon
in all cases. The whole thing resolves itself then into one of three
things; either the manual is in error, or we must adopt Mr. L.'s "or
something new", or it is O. Canadense. I rejoice greatly that your thorough and persevering searches for
Anomodon viticulosus, have been crowned with success. I have again examined
my Helderberg specimens and compared them; and feel well satisfied that they
are the same thing. It grows "by the bushel" on the Helderberg
rocks, and I was anxious to visit that locality tomorrow to get good fresh
specimens, but the snow storm will compel me to delay another week. They
certainly are not Anomodon apiculatus as Mr. L. determined when I sent him
specimens; but it is possible there was A. apiculatus mixed with what I sent
him. The great probability that you have Didymodon luridus, also
pleases me. I named "no 16 Oct. 21" D. rubellus on the strength of
Mr. L's former determination. Was it from the same rock as the other? It
certainly struck me as being late in fruit. (I see you have answered the
question just asked.) Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 28 Vol. 2 (32) [D171] My Dear Sir, Your letter of yesterday, with mosses of Oct. 30th is at hand. The Isoetes
is new to me and very acceptable. I have never found any Isoetes. No 1 from
woodpile appears to be Leucodon, but I can not tell with certainty, whether
brachypus or julaceus. L. julaceus, however, I have never found. Mr. Austin
sent me fruiting specimens form N.J. I am not certain whether it has been
found in our state. 2 Hypnum radicale Brid. x3 Thelia hirtella Sulliv. I am exceedingly glad you have found
this. I have never been so fortunate. It is in excellent condition; showing
the calyptra, operculum and peristome. Could not well be better. Should you
have it in plenty I would like more. 4 & 5 Thelia asprella Sulliv. This species is common enough with
us 6 Hypnum serrulatum Hedw. 7 Orthotrichum strangulatum Beauv. 8 Pylaisaea intricata Hedw. x9 Platygyrium repens Bryol. Eur. This is very scare with us. 10 Platygyrium repens with a sterile Dicranum intermixed 11 Orthotrichum anomalum Hedw. 12 Barbula unguiculata, the variety apiculata 13 Barbula unguiculata Hedw. Very small. 14 Hypnum serrulatum Hedw. 15 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 3 Vol. 2 (35) [D168] My Dear Sir, I have examined the inclosed specimens of O. cupulatum. They are the
same as the other two you sent from "Rose's Point, Sept. 19". Out
of deference to Mr. Lesqx's determination, I shall for the present regard it
as O. cupulatum; but it by no means agrees with the description of that
species. I quote from the Manual: "Peristome single: cilia wanting. 1. O. cupulatum, Hoffm. Stems
nearly 1' high; leaves lanceolate, keeled; capsule immersed, with 16 striae;
teeth of the peristome nearly equidistant; calyptra sparsely hairy; male
flower terminal. On rocks, Niagara Falls, Drummond: lake Superior, In your specimens the peristome is not single. The cilia are positively
present. neither is there a single capsule with 16 striae. Some
are distinctly 8 striated; others less distinctly, or not at all
striated. The teeth of the peristome do not present anything like the equidistant
appearance spoken of, and which is much more clearly seen in your specimens
of O. anomalum. I can hardly conceive how such errors could creep into the
descriptions; especially on such marked characters, they being easily seen
with an ordinary hand glass. I will try to bear this matter in mind and in my next letter to Mr.
L. will inquire particularly concerning this description. The rain today, delays again my contemplated trip to the
Helderbergs. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 5 Vol. 2 (40) [D193] My Dear Sir, The mosses from Chittenango &c Nov. 3 seem to be thus: 1 Hypnum rivulare Bryol. Europ. 2 Pylaisaea intricata Hedw. 3 Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. (Small) 4 Fegatella conica Corda (Hepat.) 5 Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw. Sterile 6 Pellia epiphylla Nees (Hepat.) 7 Anomodon viticulosus Hook. & Tayl. This is what I all along
called A. apiculatus because Mr. L. so named my Helderberg specimens which
are like this. But since I have seen undoubted specimens of both species I
think those should be changed in names from A. apiculatus to A. viticulosus.
You sent it to me two or three times in Sept. 8 Madotheca platyphylla Dumort. (Hepat.) 9 Hypnum triquetrum L. 10 Bartramia Oederi Swartz 11 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. 12 Dicranum scoparium var. pallidum. I do not know whether we have
Dic. scoparium or not. I have not yet seen it. It is said to be found among
the 13 Appears to be Anomodon obtusifolium Bryol. Eur. 14 Anomodon viticulosus Hook. & Tayl. 15 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. 16 = 7 17 Fissidens grandifrons Brid. 18 Not determined. Appears some like Bryum Wahlenbergii, but I can
not say it is that species. 19 Leucodon brachypus Brid. and an undetermined species. 20 Leptodon trichomitrium Mohr. Fine. 21 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. Nothing else in the paper. 22 Barbula unguiculata Hedw. Very small 23 Barbula mucronifolia 24 Bartramia Oederi Swartz & Myurella Careyana
Sulliv. 25 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. & Hypnum radicale Brid. 26 = 7 27 Barbula unguiculata var. apiculata 28 Anomodon attenuatus & Leskea rostrata 29 = 7 30 Pylaisaea intricata Hedw. x31 Plagiochila asplenoides Nees & Montague (Hepat.) 32 Leskea rostrata & apparently Anomodon obtusifolius 33 Funaria hygrometrica var. calvescens 34 Sterile branches of Mnium affine probably. 35 Hypnum rutabulum L. 36 Hypnum filicinum L. 37 Leucodon brachypus Brid. and a small bit of Pylaisaea. The packet mailed the 7th is received. Will look at it soon. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 10 Vol. 2 (41) [D192] My Dear Sir, I have looked over the mosses of Nov. 4th from Foster's Flats,
Whirlpool &c. 1 Hypnum rutabulum L. 2 Hypnum hians Hedw. 3 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. 4 Leskea rostrata Hedw. Good condition 5 Anomodon viticulosus Hook. & Tayl. 6 Bartramia Oederi Swartz 7 Hypnum pygmaeum Bryol. Eur. The minute one. In
fruit. Hypnum Muhlenbeckii Bryol. Eur. Sterile & larger. 8 Platygyrium repens Bryol. Eur. But one species in the paper. Fine
specimens: send any surplus specimens of it. 9 Barbula unguiculata var. apiculata A new habitat. 10 Barbula unguiculata var. apiculata. The larger one with erect
capsules Dicranum varium Hedw. Small one with inclined capsules. 11 Didymodon rubellus Br. & Sch. With pedicelled fruit Schistidium apocarpum Br. & Sch. With sessile fruit. 12 Same as 11 13 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. The old capusles. Most of it however appears
to be sterile Didymodon rubellus. 14 Same as 9. I had hitherto regarded this as peculiar to rocks. It
appears, however, not to be confined to them. 15 = 1 16 Hypnum recurvans Schwaegr. Fruit in good condition. 17 Hypnum recurvans
Fruit in good condition. 18 Dicranum scoparium var. pallidum with one stem of Hypnum
imponens. 19 Hypnum laetum Brid. A very variable species. 20 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. To which the capsule belongs. the other stem
is H. tamariscinum or H. delicatulum 21 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. In fruit. Some sterile Dicranum intermixed. 22 = 1 23 Hypnum plumosum L. Fine. 24 = 19 25 Fruit too old to determine certainly whether it is Barb.
unguiculata var. apiculata or Didymodon rubellus. 26 Hypnum triquetrum L. 27 Homalothecium subcapillatum Bryol. Eur. A little Radula complanata with it 28 = 19 29 One stem with a capsule is Hypnum laetum. The rest is Neckera
pennata. Neckera complanata has been found on the Catskills Mts. by Mr.
James, I have never found it. It is very rare. 30 The most important of this mixture is Pylaisea velutina W. P. Schimper, which I
return. There are also Hypnum laetum, Homalothecium subcapillatum, Hypnum
delicatulum and perhaps one or two others of little value in the paper. Of Nov. 8th "A" is Dicranum heteromallum Hedw. "B" You sent me before, but I was unable to determine it.
Is it not what Mr. Lesqx. called Hypnum revolvens. Please
compare it with your specimens so named by him. It does not quite agree with
the description of that species as he said, but it evidently belongs
somewhere near it. Let me know if my suspicions are correct; for H. revolvens
is unknown to me. "C" Comes nearer Fissidens adiantoides than to anything
else described in the Manual. As I before remarked it differs from my
specimens and from the description in not having the marginal cells of the
leaves transparent ‑ or at least very slightly so. In other respects it
agrees. I think it is only another form of that species. Should you visit Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 10 Vol. 2 (45) [D188] My Dear Sir, I have received your several communications from the 9th inst. up to
the 12th, but unfortunately have not been able to examine the specimens or to
reply to the letters. I will do so however as soon as I can. On Friday last I went to the Helderbergs. It was a cold bleak day,
and I clad myself accordingly; but in spite of my precautions I was not equal
to the task and the circumstances; hence caught a terrible cold, followed by
fever, sore throat and general prostration, which things have prevented my
doing anything at all except to lie still and be doctored. But I am better
now and hope to be to work again in a day or two. The papers "Y" & "Z" both contain Thelia
asprella. The fomrer has a little Hedwigia ciliata mixed in. I have picked
it out and return this paper. It is not strange that you find it difficult to
separate T. hirtella from T. asprella. they are
extremely similar and, like many species of bryum, can scarcely be separated
with certainty, without microscopical examination and that too of good
specimens. The only "aspectual" difference, I can give you in the
two Thelias, is the color. In T. asprella the glaucous or whitish
green is more conspicuous. In T. hirtella there is less of the
glaucous, with more of a yellowish tinge to the green. Possible the branches,
too, are a little more slender, but this difference is scarcely
distinguishable. I return a slip of the T. hirtella you sent me, for it is
possible your specimen may be a little mixed which confuses you more. Their
habitat is much the same. When we examine the leaf with the microscope we
find the papillae in T. hirtella of this form, [little drawing] simple and
curved: in T. asprella they are two lobed at the apex, thus [little drawing]
This is a reliable character and at once serves to distinguish the species. Thelia Lescurii we may have in the southern part of the state. Mr.
Austin has sent me good sterile specimens of it from the Your probably will be able to recognize Platygyrium repens
by its brownish‑yellow hue, or green with brownish yellow dashes, in
conncetion with its erect cylindrical capsule. It usually grows on old wood ‑
logs, stumps, fence rails, &c. It is scarce here and seldom found in
fruit, hence I would like dome if you have it in plenty. [written above the
last line:] Perhaps I may find some in the packets received this morning and
not yot opened. Many hearty thanks for the minute Seligeria calcarea.
It certainly is an unexpected prize. I was not aware we had such a species in
this country. You certainly should feel gratified at finding such new and
rare things. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 13 Vol. 2 (49) [183 and 184 ‑ two sheets] My Dear Sir, The mosses of Nov. 8th appear thus No. 1 I am inclined to think this
is Leucodon julaceus. It is either that or very small L. brachypus. These species
are so similar that I feel scarcely competent to separate them without good
specimens ‑ fully developed. 2 Is a little Bryum; but as it has the leaves of that section of
which Mr. L. says the determination from these alone is a mere act of guessing,
I shall be wise enough not to say what it is. 3 Barbula unguiculata Hedw. 4. Hypnum laetum Brid. 5 = 1 6 = 4 notwithstanding the difference in color &c. H. laetum is
an extremely variable species. Mosses from 1 Dicranum scoparium var. pallidum 2 Leucobryum vulgare Hampe
Small 3 Hypnum imponens Hedw. 4 Hypnum laetum Brid. 5 Hypnum tamariscinum Hedw. X Pylaisaea intricata Hedw. Y Orthotrichum ? There is
no entire capsule inthe specimen Z Drummondia clavellata Hook. Mosses of Nov. 9th 1 Thelia hirtella Sulliv. 2 Thelia asprella Suliv. 3 & 4 Thelia hirtella 5, 6 & 7 Thelia asprella 8 Leskea rostrata Hedw. 9 Hypnum strigosum Hoffm. 10 Leskea rostrata Hedw. x11 Bryum ? Near B.
capillare but may not be that. 12 Madotheca platyphylla
Hepat. 13 Hypnum laetum Brid. 14 & 15 Hypnum radicale Brid. 16 Hypnum serrulatum Hedw. 17 Climacium Amerianum Brid. 18 Thelia asprella 19=10 20 Hypnum crista‑castrensis L. Very poor specimen. 21 Hypnum recurvans Schwaegr. 22 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. 23 = 11 24 Aulacomnion heterostichum Br. & Sch. 25 Hypnum polymorphum Hook. 26 = 10 27 Contains a mixture of Pylaisaea intricata, Platygyrium repens and
Orthotrichum Ludwigii 28 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. 29 Trichostomum tortile Schrad. 30 Fissidens adiantoides Hedw. 31 Aulacomnion palustre Schwaegr. 32 Platygyrium repens with an undeveloped Orthotrichum, probably
strangulatum. 33 Orthotrichum crispulum Hornsch. 34 Hypnum serrulatum the
fruiting part. Sterile, Mnium Mosses of Nov. 10th 1 Campylopus viridis Sulliv. & Lesq. "semper sterile" 2 Dicranum scoparium var. pallidum 3, 8, 16, 177, 19, 20 & 21 Anomodon obtusifolius Bryol. Eur.
Good specimens 4 Hypnum acuminatum Beauv. I think you have but one species here. 5 Hypnum tamariscinum Hedw. As near as I can guess without the
fruit. 6 Hypnum rutabulum L. 7 Hypnum laetum Brid. 9, 10 & 14 Hypnum polymorphum Hook. 11 Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw. 12 Hypnum polymorphum and Hypnum radicale mixed. 13 Appears to be a Gymnostomum, but which species I cannot tell
without the fruit. 15 Hypnum laetum Brid. 18 Leskea rostrata Hedw. Mosses of Nov. 14th 1 & 2 Neckera pennata Hedw. 3 Drummondia clavellata Hook. 4 Neckera pennata & Madotheca platyphylla 5 Neckera pennata 6 & 7 Leptodon trihomitrium Mohr 8 Jungermannia curvifolia Dicks. 9 10 Drummondia clavellata Hook. 11 Orthotrichum crispulum Hornsch. 12, 13 & 14 omitted 15 Thelia hirtella Sulliv. Very fine. You have already sent me a
very good supply, but a half dozen more like this will be highly prized. 16 Atrichum angustatum Beauv. 17 Hypnum laetum, H. acuminatum & Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans
separated and returned according to request. 18 Platygyrium repens Bryol. Eur. 19 Hypnum radicale Brid. 20 Hypnum imponens. The only capsule sent is curved. It ought to be
nearly erect. How is it in the rest of your speccimens? If all are curved I
must look at it again. 21 Hypnum adnatum Hedw. 22 Fissidens adiantoides Hedw. 23 Tetraphis pellucida Hedw. 24 Platygyrium repens and Hypnum adnatum 25 & 26 27 & 28
Leskea rostrata Hedw. 29 Climacium Americanum Brid. Pylaisaea intricata is in the packet loose. It may be for No. 9 of
which I find no paper. Nov. 16th 1 & 2 Pottia truncata Hedw. 3 Pottia truncata and what may be Archidium Ohioense ‑
but it is sterile and I am not sufficiently acquainted with that species to
pronounce upon this specimen. 4 Pottia truncata and Aphanorrhegma serrata Sulliv. 5 Acaulon triquetrum ? The
fruit is set but so immature it does not help decide. Will doubtless be good
next spring. It is possible the species may be A. muticum. Please send to Mr.
Lesq. 6 Apparently Hypnum filicinum and Hypnum riparium mixed. There is
not much reliance to be placed on determinations of imperfect, sterile
specimens of such variable species as H. filicinum, H. laetum and H.
riparium. 7 Also bears some resemblance to Hypnum riparium, but I can not say
whether it is that or not. 8 Hypnum stellatum and a little of some species of the subgenus
Calliergon. 9 Cylindrothecium seductrix Bryol. Eur. 10 Hypnum acuminatum Beauv? As I judge from the nearly erect
capsules, although the general appearance is much like H. laetum. 11 Leptodon trichomitrium Mohr. Truly. The calyptra is rather more
hairy than usual. Since I have been sick the women in cleaning have upset my
specimens so that I can not now put my hand on the Leptodon of Chittenango
Falls, but will try to look it up soon. 12 Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans Bryol. Eur. [second sheet] Nov. 16th
continued 13 Cylindrothecium seductrix Bryol. Eur. The fruiting one. 14 Cylindrothecium seductrix. Some sterile Hypnum with it. 15 Hypnum radicale Brid. 16 omitted 17 Cylindrothecium seductrix Bryol. Eur. 18 Cylindrothecium seductrix Bryol. Eur. 19 Hypnum Haldanianum Grev. 20 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. 21 Not determined No number Homalothecium subcapillatum Bryol. Eur. I must plead sickness as the cause of my long delay in answering
your several communications of the past week. I have scarcely been able to do
anything, and perhaps now have left more in doubt than I should have done had
I felt better. I had not intended to make the Catalogue include the Hepaticae, and
in fact have not been very particular in my observations and collections of
them, whence a list of them by me would be very imperfect. Still if you wish
I will include such as I am well satisfied belong to us. I return your specimen of Myurella Careyana ‑ also send one
from the Helderberg Mts. ‑ also a specimen of Hypnum piliferum Schrad.
from the same locality. It is a fine but rare Hypnum. Yours truly Chas H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Recd. Nov. 20 Vol. 2 (56) [176] My Dear Sir, Many thanks for the specimens of Thelia hirtella. They are superb.
They can not be surpassed. It is a little singular that the species does not
grow with us, but I have never seen it here, although thelia asprella is
quite common. In other places T. hirtella is usually the most plenty. A I can not say what species of Orthotrichum this is. It appears to
come near O. cupulatum B Climacium Americanum Brid. C Two species. Physcomitrium pyriforme Br. & Sch. and Bartramia
Muhlenbergii Schwaegr. Separated and returned. 20 "Nov. 14 Re sent"
Hypnum imponens Hedw. I return the bit of Orthotrichum Ludwigii found in No 27, Nov. 9.
Also send a specimen of the same from my own collection, as the scrap in your
paper is scarcely sufficient to give a good idea of the species. I have again looked at the specimen of Leptodon from I this morning mailed to Mr. Lesqx. fresh specimens of our
Helderberg Anomodon. I am determined that this shall be called Anomodon
viticulosus for it would not look well to have our largest species of Anomodon
just venturing over the lines, as if it hardly dared to be an inhabitant of
our state. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 13 Vol. 2 (63) [D169] My Dear Sir, Yours of yesterday is at hand. No 1 Desmatodon arenaceus Sulliv. & Lesqx. The sterile moss with
it is Hypnum Sullivantii 2 the capsule is of Barbula mucronifolia. The rest is Leskea
rostrata Hedw. 3 Campylopus viridis Sulliv. & Lesq. 4 "1" Is not the Leskea. "2" the capsule belongs to a stem of Pylaisaea intricata
intermixed. "3" The rest of it is Hypnum radicale brid. 5 Anomodon
viticulosus Hook. & Tayl. 6 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. 7 Barbula tortouosa Web. & Mohr 8 Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw. 9 & 10 Hypnum abietinum L. Hypnum Sprucei I have not seen, but
suppose it to be much smaller than this; about the size of H. subtile,
minutissimum, or perhaps radicale. 11 Hypnum laetum Brid. 12 The liverwort is Radula complanata Dumort. 13 Hypnum Sullivantii Spruce Also one or two stems of
Mnium. Returned. You are fortunate in finding it in fruit. This is one of the
things for which I made my recent eventful trip to the Helderbergs. I found
the moss but without any fruit. 14 Hypnum rutabulum L. 15 Hypnum rutabulum But one species. Returned. 16 Hypnum strigosum Hoffm. 17 Hypnum riparium Hedw. 18 Hypnum crista‑castrensis L. 19 Hypnum triquetrum L. 20 Hypnum rugosum Ehrh. Rather rare, though I found it in plenty on
"Sun Set Rock" Catskill Mts. Never saw it in fruit. Usually grows
on very thin soil covering rocks in exposed situations. 21 Contains 4 species viz: Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. Hypnum laetum Brid. Hypnum rutabulum L. Hypnum Alleghaniense C. Mull. 22 Hypnum rutabulum L. ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑*‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ The long legged moss which I return is Meesia longiseta
Hedw. Never saw it before. It is a fine thing. We have Meesia uliginosa along
the railroad west of The moss from the I have no description of O. cupulatum to which I can refer, except
that given in the Manual. Muscological literature in the State Library is
very meagre. The Manual, Icones, a little pamphlet‑like work of
Schwaegrichen and turner's Irish mosses comprise about all. I did think of
getting Muller's Synopsis but the price is too much for me. The same might be
said of the Bryologia Europaea. I however have asked Mr. L. concerning the
correctness of the Manual description, supposing he would have no objections
to the correction of error in any shape. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 26 Vol. 2 (70) [D 161] My Dear Sir, Your letter of yesterday is at hand. I return a bit of the Hyp.
Blandowii from both localities from which you sent it. I sent about half I
had to Mr. Sulliv. (as Mr. Lesqx. was then absent from home) for his
confirmation, but never heard from it. I wish I had the specimens back again
now as no good seems to have come from their use. Accept also a specimen of Hyp. Haldanianum from Yours truly Chas. H. Peck P.S. I have made inquiry concerning microscopes. Dexter &
Nellegar have none at present. They expect to get some soon. C.H.P. Judge G. W. Clinton Recd. Dec.1 [Dexter & Nellegar ‑ spelled right?] Vol. 2 (80) [D151] My Dear Sir, The specimens bearing mail mark Dec. 2nd are No1 Hypnum rutabulum L. 2 Hypnum hispidulum Brid. 3 Hypnum reptile Michx. the fruiting. There also appears to be some
sterile H. laetum 4 Hypnum riparium Hedw. 5 Dicranum varium Hedw. 6 Atrichum angustatum Beauv. 7 2 species: Jungermannia curvifolia Dicks. Small one Jungermannia
Schraderi Martin. Larger one 8 Hypnum laetum Brid. 9 Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans Bryol. Eur. The sterile one mixed with it is Hypnum imponens probably. 10 Hypnum
radicale Brid. Mail mark Dec. 4 A Aphanorhegma serrata Sulliv. with one capsule and plant of Funaria
hygrometrica B A Hepatic which I can not determine to my satisfaction C & D I think these papers contain one thing which I would call Hypnum
diversifolium Bryol. Eur. The species is new to me and, although the fruit is in excellent
condition, from the limited quantity and stinted growth of the plant I am
scarcely positive that my determination is correct. I hope, however, it will
prove to be so, for it will be another to add to our list of "I am not quite satisfied that H. diversifolium of Schimper is
a good species. It may be still a variety of H. strigosum modified by dry
ground. It grows on the top of hills under Chestnuts on dry sand and has a
quite different appearance of yours" ‑ referring to the var. of H.
strigosum I sent him. He says the Helderberg Anomodon of which I have said so much and of
which I sent him fresh specimens is A. viticulosus and not
A. apiculatus. At this I am greatly rejoiced for it detracts a little from
the relative importance of I send a specimen from the Helderbergs. It is exceedingly abundant
there on rocks both moist and dry, and bears pistillidia but no antheridia
and no fruit. Yours truly Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Dec. 7 Vol.
2 (81) [D150] Colombus
O. Dec 6th /65 Hon.
G. W. Clinton My
dear Sir. There is no difference whatever in all the specimens of Fissidens Grandifrons
which you have sent me except a slight difference caused by the age of the
plant and its more or less great exposure to dripping water. Hence you may
consider the whole as Fissidens Grandifrons. I suppose that you do not want
your specimens and as I am just preparing the Fissidens for the Musci, I will
use them in the sets [? sp.] I
went yesterday to Mr. Sullivant for examining the question of Seligeria
recurvata. I find in his collection good specimens of the species collected
about 20 years ago twenty miles north of Yours
very truly L.
Lesquereux Received
Dec. 8 Wrote him Dec. 9 Vol. 2 (85) [D145] My Dear Sir, Yours of yesterday is at hand. Mr. Austin also sent me Acaulon
muticum from I sent Mr. Paine most of my spare specimens of Panicum xanthophysum ‑
it being late when I found it I was obliged to take a few tardy stinted
specimens from which the fruit had not dropped. Will send one. I know the
exact locality and hope to get more next season. I made several trips to the
plains in search of the Onosmodium you wished but did not find it. Yours truly C. H. Peck Judge G. Clinton Received Dec. 10 Vol. 2 (86) [D144] My Dear Sir, No 1 is Funaria hygrometrica var. calvescens 2 contains only male flowers. I can not tell what it is. the
areolation &c of the leaves is like Bryum. 3 Platygyrium repens Bryol. Eur. 4 seems to be young Ceratodon purpureus. There is also Barbula
unguiculata mixed with No. 1 Mr. Lesqx. passed my queries concerning the manual description of
Orthotricum cupulatum in silence; thus confirming your surmises. I suppose
this should be understood as an affirmation of the incorrectness of that
description. Yours truly, Charles H. Peck Received Dec. 10 Vol.
2 (91) [D139] Columbus
Dec. 11th /65 Hon.
G. W. Clinton Both
N.1 & 2 are right: Hypnum diversifolium Schp. Specimen being fine I wish to
keep them for my own Herbarium, if you do not want them. I return the balance
all the species being also rightly named. That Jungermania may not be J.
anomala. I have no time to look for it and compare. Sent to L.
Lesquereux Received
Dec. 13 Vol. 2 (93) [D137] My Dear Sir, Yours of yesterday is at hand. In regard to the No 2 of your
previous letter ‑ the little knobs or thickenings among the leaves, are
as you suppose, the little collections of antheridia. The moss may or may not
belong to the genus Bryum ‑ the appearance of the leaves and the
areolation, closely resemble those of many species in that genus. Sould Mr.
L. decide upon it, please send me its name. You ask my opinion of Mr. Paine's Catalogue. I think it a valuable
one. It gives evidence of much labor and patient research. The fullness with
which localities of the more rare and interesting plants are given, is in my
opinion one of its excellencies as a local catalogue. I see that Mr. P. is
not disposed to lump the Carices quite as much as Gray does. And here a
question occurs to me in reference to the manner of writing specific names. I
see in this catalogue and Report that all the trivial names, whether personal
names or substantives or adjectives are printed alike ‑ no distinction
being made by the initial letter. I have observed the same thing in other
recent publications e.g. in the Entomological Synopses written for the
Smithsonian Institution. Gray lays down a different rule in his Systematic
Botany. My question then is this: Is this method of printing specific names
now customary and to be followed in the publication of Catalogues and Reports
only, or is it becoming a general custom to be adopted eventually in al
lscientific works? I think I have observed a note in some work ‑ I
think one of the Procedings of the Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, which
attributes to Prof. Haldeman the opinion that all specific names should begin
with no capital. Have you found Trichostomum rigidulum? Mr. L. in his last letter to
me conveys that idea to me. Have all the mosses you have sent me, been
collected within our own borders except when otherwise stated? Yours truly Chas. H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Dec. 15 & answered Vol. 2 (100) [D130] My Dear Sir, Yours of yesterday is at hand. I recognize the H. revolvens at once
as the fellow you sent from I am glad to know that we may add Hypnum diversifolium to our list.
It is a species I have never found. I have done almost nothing of late in the
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