tatc border; capsule short, oval, pendulous; operculum short, conic-acutc.—
Wliite ISIouutains, New Hampshire, Oahes.
8. i n . r o s t n a t u n i , Schwmgr. Stems ^ '- 1 ' high; the sterile branches
longer, decumbent or somewhat creeping; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, very short-
apiculate, the tliickened border obtusely dentate; operculum rostrate, half as long
as the capsule; pedicels often 2 - 5 together. — Along woodland rivulets. (Eu.)
9. c u s p i c l i i t i im , Hedw. Stems ^^ -1 ' high, closely tufted, radiculose,
the sterile branches ai-cuate or decumbent; loweiTeavcs obovate-acuminatc,
tho upper oval-acuminate with a narrowed base, the thickened border simply serrate;
capsule somewhat pendulous, solitary; operculum convex, scarcely apicu-
latc. — Woods, about the roots of trees: frequent. (Tab. III.) (Eu.)
T r ib e X X . M E E S l i lA i .
50. M E E S IA , Hedw. (Tab. III.)
Calyptra small, cucullifoi-m, fugacious. Operculum conic. Capsule apo-
physated, crect-cernuous, clavate, with a small oblique moutli, very long-pediceUate,
narrowly annidate. Peristome double; the exterior of 16 short obtuse
teeth, with a medial line ; the interior of 16 carinate cilia, much longer than the
teeth, with a narrow basal membrane. Inflorescence various : male flower-with
clavate pai-aphyses. — Tall and sti'ikiug species, inhabiting bogs and swamps,
remarkable for their slender stems and long pedicels, in habit Bryoid, in shape
of capsule allied to the Eunai'ieæ ; leaves of a lanceolate outline, with a semi-
amplexicaul and decurrent base ; the costa percurrent ; areolæ small, compact,
oblong. — (Named for D. Meese, a Dutch botanist.)
1. M . l o u g i s è t a , Hedw. Hermaphrodite; stems 3 ' - 5Miigh, tomentose;
leaves ovate-lanceolate, spreading, plane and entire on the margins, serrate, twisted
when di*y ; capsule clavate-pyriform, incuiwed, the apophysis constituting half
its length (as in the other species) ; the exterior peristome more or less adlicrent
to the interior; annulus rather persistent; operculum obtuse; pedicels 4 '- 5 '
long. — Cranbeny marshes, Northern Ohio. — A variety^ smaller in all its parts,
occurs among the mountains of New England. (Tab. IH.) (Eu.)
2. M . t r i s t i c l i a , Br. & Sch. Distinguished from the preceding by its
3-ranked, wider, squan-ose and denticulate leaves, and the dicecious inflorescence,
with a termmal discoid male flower. — Grows in similar places. (Eu.)
3. M . u l i g f i i i o s a , Hedw. Smaller than No. 1 and 2, monoecious and
hermaphrodite on the same plant ; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, obtuse,
with entii-e recurved margins and a heavy costa; operculum truncate. — White
Mountains, New Hampshire, Oalces: St. Paul, Minnesota, Lesquereux. (Eu.)
T e ib e XXI. BAKTRAMIÈÆ.
51. B A K T B Á M IA , Hodw. (Tab. III.)
Calyptra small, dimidiate, fugacious. Operculum small, conic-convex.
Capsule globular, cernuous, seldom erect or pendulous, exannulate, striated,
when dry furrowed, with a long and erect (rarely short and arcuate) pedicel.
Peristome usually double, sometimes single or none; tho exterior of 16 teeth
like those of Biyum ; tho interior a plicated membrane divided half-way into 16
ciha, splitting along their middle; their segments divergent; rudimentary ciliolæ
often present. Inflorescence various. — Plants remarkable for .their globose
capsule ; growing in extensive tufts on the ground, and on rocks, rarely on
trees ; stems covered ivith a dense radicular tomentum ; leaves lanceolate, more
or less elongated, serrate, papillose on both suifaces, of a firm texture ; areolæ
dense, quadrate or oblong ; costa percuiTent or excurrent. (Named in honor of
John Bartram, the earliest native American botanist.) — In the following species
the capsule is cernuous : peristome double : pedicel long and erect.
§ 1. BARTRAMIA P r o p e r . — Stems dichotomously branched.
1. B . i tS i y p l iy l l a ) Brid. Hermaphrodite; tufts compact, bright yellowish
green; stems ^ ' - 2 ' high; leaves ercct-patent, lanceolate, subulate from a
broad, sheathing, whitish base; costa large, excurrent, with a scabrous point. —
Alpine and subalpine rocks, White Mountains, New Hampshire. (Eu.)
2. B. OEdcrly Swartz, Hermaphrodite; tufts loose, extensive, dark-green;
stems slender, V - 8 ’ high; leaves remote, patent-recurved from an erect (not
sheathing) base, lanceolate, carinate, scarcely papillose, recurved on the margins,
costate to the apex. — Mountains of New England. (Eu.)
3. B. p o m i i o r i i i i s , Hedw. Moncecious; tufts large, rather dense,
glaucous-green; stems P - 3 'high; leaves crowded, spreading, lanceolate-subulate
or linear-subulate, crisped when dry, flattish, the costa excurrent; male
flower gemmiform, contiguous to the female. — Shady banks, either diy or
moist: common. (Tab. III.) (Eu.)
§2. PHILONÔTIS, Brid.— >Sifems fasciculately branched.
4. B. fontana, Brid. Dicecious; tufts extensive, dense, yellowish or
glaucous-green; stems elongated ( 3 '- 7 ' high); branches interruptedly verticil-
late ; leaves of two forms, either short, ovate-acuminate and appressed, or longer,
lanceolate and spreading or secund, both reflexed on the margins below and obscurely
plicate at the base ; inner leaves of the discoid male flower obtuse, not
costato. — Wet springy places, in mountain districts. (Eu.)
5. B. calcárea, Br. & Sch. Dicecious; compared with the last species
(which it very closely resembles), its leaves are longer, more rigid and gradually
tapering, less papillose, with a larger areolation and a stronger costa; perigo-
nial leaves costate to the acuminated apex ; teeth of the peristome not so closely
articulated. — Specimens intermediate between this species (as above described
from European specimens) and No. 4, were gathered by Lesquereux, on wet
rocks, in the mountains of North Carolina. (Eu.)
6. B. Múrclúca, Brid. Dicecious; resembles reduced forms of B. fontana;
leaves uniform in shape, spreading or secund, narrow, lanceolate, not plicate,
mucrouate by the excurrcnt costa; capsule thin-ivalled; male flower gemmiform;
perigonial leaves erect, lanceolate, acute, costatc. — (B. Muhlenbergii,
Schwoegr.) — Gravelly and springy places. (Eu.)
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