2.L.Smithii Dickson. — Hypnum Dicks.; Leptodon Mohr. 
Leaves entire smooth obtuse oval-ovate recurved below middle; 
cells gen. rotundate, inner near costa sublinear, basal suboval; 
costa vanishing near or above middle Inner perichetial leaves 
long-acuminate. Capsule reddish yellow oblong; teeth pale; 
segments rudimentary or wanting; calyptra and vaginula hairy. 
Stem ascending or decumbent, its naked part short; branches 
distant often flagelliferous; paraphyllia sublinear. R. fruiting. 
— Trees and stones r. Eur. common in mediterr. distr. France: 
Le Jolis; Husnot. Italy: Arcangeli. Austria: Berggren. Engl.: Davies, 
com. W. H. Pearson. 
17. Macouniella Kindb. in check-list of Eur. and 
N. Amer. mosses. 
LM.ealiforniea Sullivant. — Antitrichia Sull. ic. m. 
Leaves not striate, with ovate-oblong base and denticulate 
Shorter acumen; lower cells lanceolate-oblong; costa reaching to 
acumen. Perichetial leaves entire gradually narrowed to a fili- 
form-pointed acumen. Capsule oblong-cylindrie gen. long-ex- 
serted; teeth pale; segments short with distinct longitudinal 
line; lid rostrate. Stem pinnate suberect; branches julaceous. 
Dioecious. — Trees r. Eur. Mediterr. distr. France: Renauld, | 
com. Gravet. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Mrs 
Ames, com. Cardot. 
Fam. 7. Meteoriacee. 
18. Papillaria C. Mueller. 
1.P.nigrescens Swartz. — Hypnum Sw.; Papillaria Sauerbeck 
et Jeger; Meteorium Mitt.; Lesq. et Jam. 
. Leaves entire from cordate base long-acuminate, ventricose 
In middle, faintly recurved below, involute-cucullate at apex, 
faintly papillose; cells minute, angular suboval seriate, inner 
basal sublanceolate; other cells oval-rhombic or rhomboidal. 
Stem thin subpinnate; branches with naked or at apex foliate 
flagellæ, »Capsule narrow-obloñg; teeth white; lid rostellate»: 
C. M. Syn. »Endostome as in Homalia»: Lesq. et Jam. — 
Trees r. Amer, U. S.: Sawyer, com. Cardot. : 
*P.Donnellii Kindb. n. subsp.; var. Donnellii Austin m. Apalach. 
— Stem and branches thicker. Leaves not distinctly papillose, 
abruptly short-acuminate. Capsules unknown. — Amer. r. U. 
- Florida: Donnell Smith, com. Macoun. 
! 19. Meteorium Bridel. 
L.M.pendulum Sullivant icon. muscor. ; 
