— MiB — 
Fam. 15. Schistostegacee. 
66. Schistostega Mohr. a 
1.8.osmundacea Dickson. — Mnium Dicks., Schistostega Mohr; 
Lobes of the frons (»leaves») suboblong short-acuminate acute’ 
entire; cells large. Capsule minute globose; pedicel elongate. 
Stem naked below, often with long basal shoots bearing a bud 
of ovate-lanceolate leaves. Prothallium (protonema) effulgent 
as a smaragd. — Dark caverns of sandstone rocks or (in Can.) 
on roots of stumps, Eur. not r. Sweden! Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
Fam. 16. Eustichiacee. 
: 67. Eustichia Bridel. 
= 1.Eimbricata Desvaux. — Fissidens Desv.; Eustichia Kindb.; 
E. norvegica Brid. (incorrect name). ; 
Leaves entire: lower short truncate or apiculate, upper acu- 
minate; costa not excurrent. Perichetial leaves very much lon- 
ger, long-subulate distantly crenulate, often hyaline at apex. 
Capsule globose chestnut-colored scarcely emergent above the 
points of perichetial leaves; pedicel shortish arcuate when moi- 
 Stened. Dioecious very r. fruit. — Shaded sandstone rocks r. 
Amer. U. S.: Sullivant; Cheney, fruit.; Roell; Mrs Britton. Eur. 
 ^eeland: Vahl»: Schimper. 
Fam. 17. Polytrichacee. 
68. Catharinea Ehrhart. : 
-1. Lepidophylle. Leaves undulate, furnished with trans- 
Verse rows of scales at back. Mostly paroecious. 
2. Leiophyllz. Leaves not distinctly undulate, without 
es. Dioecious. 
1. Lepidophylle. 
A. Leaves broader at base. Capsule strangulate; calyptra 
 Rmooth. 
 LC.Selwyni Austin. — Atrichum Aust; Catharinea Kindb. 
 Tévue bryol. 1894. 
.. Leaves broad oblong-lanceolate obtusate subobtuse, dentate 
to below middle, very chlorophyllose above, pellucid and some- 
times. rufescent below, spreading when moistened; lamellz us. 
6; costa dentate at back. Capsule nearly straight. Paroecious. 
 — On earth or stumps r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Howell, 
om. Cardot; Leiberg, com. Mrs Britton. 
d Leaves narrowed at base. Capsule not or slightly stran- 
Bulate; calyptra scabrous at apex. 
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