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8. N. p um ila , Iledw. .Dioecious: tufts soft, dark green;
secondary stems jnnnately ramulose; branches sliort or long-
flngellate : leaves ovate-oblong, abruptly acuminate or apiculate,
undulate-serrulate at tbe ajiex, inflexed on one side at base,
revolute on the other; areolation minute; inner perichætial
leaves long-sheathing ; calyptra descending to below tlie orifice
of the narrowly ovate capsule ; pedicel longer than the perichætium
; operculum conical, obliquely short-beaked; teeth
linear-lanceolate, densely .articulate; segments abruptly narrowed,
lililonn from a broad carinate plicate base, shorter than
the teeth. — Muse. Frond, iii. 49, t. 20; Bryol. Eur. t. 442.
IlAiî. Ti'unks of trees. Credited to North America by Bruch &
Schimper, as collected by Drummond. We have seen no American sped-
mens.
* * * Speciesknoron from sterile plants only.
9. N. (Pilotrichum?) Floridan a, Aust. Primary stem
creeping, with small ovate-Ianoeolate acuminate ecostate flat-
hortiered leaves ; secondary stems somewhat compressed, erect
or ¡tendent, strict or curved, simple or sparingly branching
above, obtuse : leaves erect, open, imbricate, narrowly oblong
lanceolate, deeply canaliculate or cymbiform, gradually acute,
plicate-striate above the middle, obsoletely papillose, broadly
revolnte on the borders, entire or obsoletely serrulate, costate
to above the middle ; cells minute, linear, fusiform, the hasilar
broader, quadrate, granulose at the angles. — Coult. Bot. Gaz.
iv. 152.
IIab. On trees, Caloosa, Florida [J. Donnell Smith, Austin).
10. N. (Orthostichella) Ludoviciæ, Mnell. Plants
slender, sp.aringly pinnately divided into short branches in the
middle, simple and turgid at the apex : stem-leaves erect, open,
rounded at base, linear-cymbiform, long-acuminate, slightly denticulate
at the apex; alar cells minute, fawn-color; borders
erect; costa very thin, percurrent. — Regensb. Flora (1875),
Iviii. 92. . & V D
H a e . Decayed trunks; Louisiana, near Baton Rouge [Dr. Joor, 1874),
sterile.
11. N. cymbifolia, Muell., 1. c. Growth and aspect of the
preceding : le,aves closely imbricate, spirally five-ranked, oblong-
lanceolate, concave-cymbiform, gradually acuminate, plane at
the apex; cells of the upper areolation minute, linear-oblong
or vermicular, those-of the basal angles quadrate, opaque ; costa
vanishing below the apex; perichætial leaves much smaller,
lanceolate, narrowly long-acuminate, not oostate : flowers dioecious;
tbe female only are bixosYn. — Pilotrichum cymbifolium,
Sulliv. Mosses of U. States, 81, and Icon. Muso. 122, t. 76, B.
IIab. On trees, in a hummock, E. Florida ( Binney, 1846) ; Enterprise,
Florida [J. Donnell Smith, Austin).
108. HOMALIA, Brid. (PI. 5.)
Plants repeatedly distichous, stoloniferous. Leaves imbricate,
diverging laterally, flattened, cultriform, smooth, glossy,
minutely areolate; the upper rhomhoidal, the lower oblong-
hexagonal. Flowers monoecious. Calyptra cucullate, naked.
Capslle long-pedicellate, erect or cernuous. Operculum obliquely
rostrate from a highly convex base. Peristome double ;
teeth long, densely articulate, confluent at base, yellowish;
basilar membrane broad ; segments narrow, sublinear, as long
as the teeth, carinate and perforated along the keel; cilia none
or solitary and very short. Annulus distinct.— Omalia, Bnich
& Schimp.
1. H. tr ic h om a n o id e s , Bruch & Schimp. Loosely tufted,
pah. oreen ; stems slender, interruptedly foliate by the numerous
innovations: leaves vertically flattened or curved_ downward,
oblong, cultriform, subfalcate, obtusely ai.iciilate, minutely
serrulate on the borders; costa slender, vanishing above the
middle: capsule erect or s V i g h t l y curved, pale brown. — Bryol.
Eur. t. 4-16. Ilypnum trichomanoides, Schreb. Sjueil. h 1. Lips.
88 Leskea trichomanoides, Hedw. S}>ec. hliisc. 231.
IIVE On rocks near Lake Superior (Drummond).
2 H O b tu s a ta , Mitt. D i f f e r i n g from the last in the leaves
more obovate and more rounded at the apex, the costa sometimes
imperceptible, and the cells in tl.e apex shorter. - J o u r n .
Linn. Soc. viii. 38. Neckera obtusata, Mitten, 1. c. in., buppl.
118
Ii ’a b . Mitten refers to tins Thibetian species a few imperfect specimens
found in Britisii Columbia by Lyall.
3 H Jam e s ii, Schimp. Much like II. trichomanoides
differing in its smaller size, the leaves longer, more solid, sub