= We 
faintly recurved below at one side. Capsule suboval ubere 
teeth yellow scarcely higher than the rimose segments; cil 
rudimentary or wanting; lid rostrate or rostellate; pedicel shor 
Tufts bright green. Branches somewhat compressed. Dioecior 
r. fruiting. — Base of trees r. Amer. U. S. middle and soutl 
states: Austin, com. Macoun. 
b. Leaves nearly uniform. 
4.P.oceidentalis Sullivant. — Hypnum Sull. icon. m. 
Leaves pellucid nearly smooth obtusate obtuse subovate o 
ovate-oblong, denticulate above, faintly recurved at base; alar 
cells small quadrate, inner basal lanceolate, the others gen. 
rhombic-oval; costa often indistinct sometimes reaching to middle 
Capsule suboval straight suberect or inclined oblong slightl 
curved; segments entire as high as teeth; cilia nodose shorter; 
lid conie rostellate: pedicel not long. Tufts green silky glossy. 
Stem irregularly branching or subbipinnate. Habit of Pterygy 
nandrum in sterile state. — Base of trees r. Amer. Pacif. dis T 
Can. Macoun. »U. S. Hall: Sullivant. — Not described ii 
Lesq. et Jam. man. 
5.P.homalostegia C. Mueller. — Hypnum C. M. in Flora 18 
»Leaves faintly papillose obsoletely denticulate not recury 
from cordate base broad-ovate short-acuminate, suberect wh 
moist; alar cells quadrate, the others narrowly elliptic; co: " 
short double. Capsule subeylindrie asymmetric horizontal; teeth 
red; segments yellow; cilia short; lid nearly flat with sh 
point; pedicel not long. Tufts dusky green. Branches ju 
ceous; stem creeping. Monoecious. — Bark of trees r. A 
U. S. Alabama: Mohr»: €. M. : : 
faintly papillose. Dioecious. 
. 4. Leaves quite entire; cells rotundate exc. the alar. ^ ^ 
6.P.catenulata Bridel. — Hypnum Brid.; Pseudoleskea Br. et 
“Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong acute or subobtuse sometimes 
short-acuminate, faintly recurved near base, crowded; cos 
vanishing near middle or shorter. Perichetial leaves subobl T 
acuminate costate. Capsule oblong arcuate; teeth yellow; seg 
ments rimose nearly as high; cilia shorter not appendiculat 
lid rostellate. Tufts us. brownish or ferruginous. Stem cree- 
ping irregularly pinnate, us. rigid when dry. R. fruiting. 
On rocks or r. at base of trees, Eur. hot r. Switzerl. fruiti 
Sweden, Norway! = 
* P.laxifolia Kindberg. — Pseudoleskea | eatenulata *laxifolia 
Kindb. revue bryol. 1892. | 
