ovate, the upiier much longer, linear-lanceolate, plicate to the
niiddle ; costa vanishing below the apex ; cells of the areolation
very small, each witli a single papilla : pedicel very short : capsule
destroyed. — Coult. Bot. Gaz. iv. 151.
H A B . Base of trees in a cypress swamp, Caloosa, Florida (J. Donnell
Smith, Austin).
15. F. Garberi, Lesq. & James. Gregarious ; plants simple :
leaves 4 to 8 pairs, slightly decurrent, oblong, the upper four times
longer tlian broad, plicate to the middle ; dorsal wing gradually
narrowed to the base ; lamina somewliat broader than the plicate
auricle, blunt at the apex, rarely short-acuminate, crenulate on
the borders by doubly papillose cells; areolation round-
hexagonal, distinct, that of the perichætial clasping base of the
vaginule larger, hexagonal-rectangular, in two or three rows :
capsnle sub-erect, oval, pale brown, red at the orifice ; segments
of the teeth yellow. — Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 137.
Hab. On the hark of trees, Florida {Garber, J. Donnell Smith).
The inflorescence of this species is not positively ascertained. Schimper,
who examined the specimens with James, found it bisexual, wliile Austin
(Bull. Torr. Club, vii. 5), who had specimens from Florida which he considered
the same species, describes it as pseudo-dioecious.
16. F. T ex an u s, Lesq. Plants dark green, turning to black :
leaves 5 to 7 pairs, curved at the apex, broadly lanceolate-acuminate,
with a thick dark smooth margin ascending to the apex or
to near the slightly serrulate point ; costa stout, percurrent or
excurrent into a short muoro ; dorsal lamina broad, descending
to the base : male and female plants similar : capsule long-pedicellate;
oval, inclined, rarely erect, greenish brown, smooth;
lid conical, short-beaked, subincurved.—Herb. Sulliv. (1850).
Hab. Texas (TFri(/7ii).
Related to F. incurvus, but differing in the dark color of the plants, the
broad dorsal wing descending to the base, the broader leaves, and the
dioecious inflorescence. It differs from F. Hallii, Aust., merely in the
entire margined leaves.
17. F. o b tu sifo liu s, Wils. Plants densely gregarious or
closely aggregated-cespitulose, bright green, simple or branching ;
leaves 6 to 12 pairs, erect or turned to one side, very entire, not
margined, obovate, obtuse, with a broad nearly round pellucid
areolation, plicate to above the middle ; dorsal lamina gradually
narrowed, ending above the base ; costa vanishing below the
apex : flowers terminal : cajDSule thick, oblong-ovate or obovate.
slighty contracted under the broad orifice ; lid hemisplierioal,
conioal-apiculate ; teeth short, orange at base ; segments hyaline,
wliitish and granulose : spores large. — Loud. Journ. Bot. (1845)
iv. 196 ; Sulliv. Muse. Allegh. n. 181, Mosses of U. States, 24,
and Icon. Muse. 35, t. 22.
Hab. Frequent on wet dripping sandstone rocks, near the water at
the base of dams ; near Cincinnati, w'here it was first found by Lea ; very
abundant at and around Sugar Grove, Ohio.
H- 4- Plants larger.
18. F. o sm u n d o id es, Hedw. Plants of medium size,
tomentose, dark green, more or less densely tufted: leaves
numerous, broadly Ungulate, slightly falcate inward, rounded
and apiculate at the apex, minutely serrate on tlie borders; dorsal
wing broad, narrowing downward to the base: flowers
terminal ; male plants smaller : calyptra plurilobate at base :
capsule erect or slightly inclined, oval-oblong, brown, solid ; lid
with a long acicular beak. — Spec. Muso. 153, t. 40 ; Bryol. Eur.
t. 103 ; Braithw. 1. c. 73, t. 11, A. Conomitrium osmundoides,
Muell. Syn. ii. 526.
Hab. On the ground, the roots and bark of trees, in swamps and peat
bogs ; plains and mountains.
19. F. dGCipisns, DeNot. Smaller than F. adiantoides,
which it closely resembles. Leaves dusky green, close, linear-
lanceolate, plicate to the middle, minutely serrulate all around
except sometimes at the base of the lamina; meshes of the
areolation small: male flowers axillary, on separate iflants:
capsule short-pedicellate, small, sub-erect when empty. Epil.
Bryol. Ital. 479 ; Schimp. Syn. Muse (ed. 2), 118 ; Sulliv. Icon.
Muse. Suppl. 46, t. 31 ; Braithw. 1. c. 76, t. 11, D.
Hae. On sandy soil and limestone rocks; frequent, but hitherto generally
considered as a small form of F. adiantoides.
* * * Fruit axillary.
20. F. tax ifo liu s, Hedw. Plants 2 or 3 c.m. long, fascicu-
late-branching at base : leaves close, lingulate-obtuse, mucronate
by the excurrent costa, plicate to the middle, serrate and hyaline
on the borders : flowers monoecious, on short basilar radiculose
branchlets: capsule subcernuous, inclined or pendent, oblong,
slightly inflated on the back, solid, dark brown; pedicel long,
flexuous, reddish; lid long, narrowly beaked. — Spec. Muse.