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B. Leaves short suboblong nearly opake below, pellucid | 
apex. Capsule small; pedicel scarcely exserted above upper 
stem-leaves. Los 
10.F.subbasilaris Hedwig; Sullivant ic. muse. 1 
Capsule oblong-cylindrie; lid much shorter; teeth not long 
and not deeply cleft with subulate not filiform-pointed legs; 
pedicel emerging from lower part of stem. Leaves small, den- 
tieulate below, stronger serrate near apex, subobtuse, not hya j 
line at margins; costa subpercurrent. Tufts low; stems fasci- 
culate -— On trees r. Amer. Can.: Dearness, com. Macoun; 
Drummond, com. Macoun. U. S.: Sullivant, com. C. Mueller. 
4. Osmundoidei. Him 
- A. Leaves gen. large; costa excurrent. Stems not tufted. 
Pedicel of capsule basilar. E 
11.F taxifolius L. — Hypnum L.; Fissidens Hedwig. ha 
. Leaves suboblong hyaline-crenulate often acute, not densely 
crowded. -Capsule suboblong; lid nearly as long. Stems fasci- 
culate;. branches simple not long us. decumbent. — On earth. 
Eur. not r. Switzerl.! Sweden: S. Hardin; M. Huss. Engl: 
Rogers. Amer. »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. Bhs 
B. Leaves not large; costa not excurrent. Pedicel terminal. 
a. Tufts tomentose often high. Calyptra mitriform lobate. 
12.F.osmundoides Swartz. — Dicranum Sw.; Fissidens Hedwig. 
Leaves suboblong subobtuse often apiculate, not opake, in ~ 
many pairs; costa subpercurrent, Capsule oblong-oval — Wet. 
rocks and heaths also in alps. Eur. not r. Sweden, Norway! 
Amer. Can.: Macoun. uot 
b. Stems low not tomentose, not or very loosely tufted. 
Calyptra cucullate, 
13.F.exilis Hedwig. = 
Leaves very pellucid suboblong subacute in few pairs: upper 
sometimes sublinear-lanceolate; costa percurrent, Capsule thick 
oval-oblong. Monoecious, Plants very small, — On earth. 
Eur. not r. Sweden: C. Hartman; Arvén. France: Husnot. 
* F.Hallii Austin. jt 
»Plants somewhat larger; dioecious. — Amer. r. U. S. Texa 
E. Hall»: Lesq. et Jam. 2) 
14.F.Ravenelii Sullivant icon. muscor. H3 
Leaves small opake sublinear or broad-lanceolate subacute 0 
2—10 pairs; costa subpercurrent. Perichetial leaves with broadly 
limbate wings. Capsule suboblong gen. erect; lid rostellate much shor 
ter. Dioecious. — Damp earth r. Amer. U. S. Langlois, com. Cardot. 
