rhomboidal ; capstilo suberect or oblique, oblong, tapermg at the base, slightly
inciuTCd, broadly annulate; opcrcidmn convex-conic. — Alleghany Mountains,
on rocks and the grotind. (Eu.)
83. I I . f i i l v i i n i , Hook. & Wils. Habit, ramification, and size of No.
81, but tho color is dark fulvous ; leaves longer-acuminated, with a close, elongated,
Muc.ar, flexuous areolation ; the margins erect ; capsule strikingly small
for the size of tho plant, short-oblong, oblique, moderately incurved ; operculum
short-conic. — Sphagnous marshes ; Loidsiana, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 110 ;
Augusta, Georgia, Gray. — When immersed in warm water, it imparts to it a
beautiful saffron color.
* * Inflorescence dioecious.
84. I I . s y l v â t i c u m , L. Eesembles very much No. 81, but, besides its
different inflorescence, distinguished by its somewhat larger size ; leaves more
elongated and less acuminated, with a wider and laxcr areolation, the miirgins
not reflexed; capsule cylindrical; annulus narrow and simple; pedicels pale ;
operculnm much longer, and distinctly rostrate. — White Mountains of Now
Hampshire, Oakes: rare. — Subject to varieties. (Eu.)
85. I I . S u l l i v â n t i æ , W. P . Sch. Mode of growth upright ; branches
slightly compressed; leaves closely imbricating, ovate, narrowly acuminate,
with a minute flexuous-linear areolation ; capsule erect, regular ; annulus large ;
pedicels coral-red ; operculum elongated-conic. — On rocks, in dense woods.
Central and Southern Ohio.
86. I I . é l e g a i I S , Hook. Stems and branches prostrate, flat ; leaves plane,
ovate-lanceolate, with a slender and distantly serrulate point ; areolation as in
the last species ; capsule oval, more or less pendulous ; operculum conic-rostella
te .—White Mountains of New Hampshire, James. —Eoliage retaining its
brilliancy when dried, (Eu.)
*** A D D IT IO N S TO MUSCI.
To page 618.
3. Seligcria pusilla, Br. & Sch. In size and general appearance veiy
like S. tristicha and S. recurvata; distinguished from tho first by its leaves
spreading every way (not 3-ranked), and from the second by its erect (not
curved) pedicel. — St. Louis, Drummond, S . Mosses, No. 35. (Eu.)
To p. 627.
9. Bai’k iila agrària, Hedw. Stems short ( l» - 2 " high); leaves
tufted, oblong, shortly acuminate, concave, tho margins not reflcxed ; costa
strong, ceasing at the apex; capsule cylindrical, slightly curved, annulate,
ribbed when dry; pedicel 4 " - 6 " high. — Apalachicola, Florida, Drummond, S .
Mosses, No. 64. — The striking feature of this species is the ribbed capsule. ■
10. B. muràlis, Timm. Monoecious; stems cæspitose, short; leaves
oblong, obtuse, subspatulate, the margins narrowly recurved ; costa cxcurrcnt
into a long and smooth pellucid hair-point ; capsule erect, oblong, symmetrical ;
teeth of the peristome much contorted, with a naiTOW basilar membrane. Now
Orleans, Drummond, S . Mosses, No. 63. (Eu.)
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To p. 628.
3. JD i d y m o d o n c y l l i i d r i c u s , Br. & Sch. Dioecious ; steins cæspitose,
4 " -1 0 " high, branched; leaves linear-acuminate, spreading, flexuous,
more or less undulate on the plane margins, costate to the apex ; capsule narrowly
cylindrical, annulate, its walls thin ; pedicel slender, yellowish ; operculum
rostrate from a conic base ; teeth of tho peristome remotely articulated. — Chester
County, Pennsylvania, James. (Eu.)
To p. 648.
10. M m i i i i i s p i n u l o s u m , Bryol. Europ. Hermaphrodite, cæspitose ;
stems l'-l|-M iig h , radiculose; lower leaves minute, remote, reddish, obovate;
upper leaves large, crowded, bright green, deeurrent, broadly obovate and oblong
spatulate, shortly acuminate, with a thickened, doubly spinulose-dentate
border ; capsule oval, rather pendulous ; operculum conic, shortly rostrate ;
pedicels aggregated. — White Mountains of New Hampshire, James. — Very
near M. spinosum, Bryol. Europ., found in British America by Drummond, but
that has a dioecious inflorescence. (Eu.)
To p. 655.
P i l o t r i c h u m c y m h i f o l i u m , n. sp. Dioecious; main stems 2 '- 3 '
long, rhizoma-like, creeping, filifonn, sparingly radiculose, with distant minute
triangular-lanceolate leaves, scarcely visible to the naked eye ; primaiy branches
rather slender, erect, long, simple or irregularly and pinnately ramulose
; leaves pale green, closely imbricated in 5 distinct spiral rows, lânceolate,
acuminate, strongly cymbiform-concave, their upper half witli the margins
serrulate, recurved or platter-edged, the point flat ; costa percurrent ; areolation
close, linear-fusiform, flexuose; the cellules at the basal angles minute-quadrate,
opaque ; fertile flowers numerous, paraphysated. — “ From a tree on a hummock,
E. Florida,” ex herb. Gi'ay.
Ï Ï I e t e ô l ’i u m I p é u d u l u m , n. sp. Dioecious (?); stems 7 ' - 8 ' long,
divided, divisions with distant branches, all filiform, pendulous ¿and flexile;
leaves at the base of tho branches broader and 2-ranked, elsewhere naiTOWcr and
erect-patent every way, all linear-lanceolate, tapering into a long and slender serrulate
point, costate beyond the middle, papillose on the back ; the areolation
close, linear, with a small disk of minute quadrate cellules in each of the basal
angles; capsule small; oblong-oval, on a short axillaiy pedicel ( l " - 2 " long) ;
peristome double, the exterior 16 linear-lanceolate articulated teeth, more or less
fissile along the medial line ; tho interior 16 perforated cilia,, arising from a somewhat
broad membrane ; operculum conic-rostellate ; spores large ; perichæth
small; vaginula emergent ; calyptra not seen. — Western Louisiana, Teinturier,
Prof. Riddell. — A pale-yellowish Moss, with thread-like stems and branches.
To p. 661.
M y i i r e l l a C a r e y a n a , add : — Capsule oval, with a conspicuous collum,
inclined, annulate ; cilia of the inner peristome nodulose ; operculum hem-
isphcrical-couic; pedicels 3 " - 4 " high. — Brattleborough, Vennont, Frost.
H y p n u m p a l u s t r e , L. (sec p. 671) has also been found, with the last,
by Mr. Frost.