— 334 — 
b. Capsule emergent shorter than pedicel. 
7.Ph.pygmeum James. 
"Leaves suboblong acute or short-acuminate, slightly serrate 
above; costa not percurrent. Capsule oblong-piriform; lid api- 
culate. — Earth in alps r. Amer. »U. S. Utah»: Lq. et Jam. 
B. Pedicel of capsule long-exserted. 
a. Lid of capsule flat when ripe and moist. 
8.Ph.piriforme L. — Bryum L.; Physcomitrium Bridel; Ph. 
Drummondii Britton. 
Upper leaves oblong-lanceolate not sharply acuminate, serrate 
above; costa not percurrent. Capsule not or slightly strangulate 
when dry; lid apiculate. — Wet earth and walls. Eur. com- 
mon in lower districts. Sweden! Engl.: Rogers. France: Husnot. 
Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
9.Ph.turbinatum Richard. — Ph. Kellermani Britton l. c. 
Upper leaves long-lanceolate sharply acuminate serrate above; 
costa percurrent or short-excurrent. Capsule often strangulate 
when dry; lid us. mamillate, sometimes short-pointed. — Amer. r. 
Can.: Dearness. U. S.: com. Macoun; Boll and Brendel, com. 
C. Mueller. 
b. Lid of capsule convex us. mamillate. 
10.Ph.megalocarpum Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVI. 
Upper leaves long-lanceolate sharply acuminate nearly entire 
yellow-margined; costa percurrent or short-excurrent. Capsule 
us. large r. slightly strangulate. — Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: 
Macoun. U. S.: Henderson, com. Cardot. 
* Ph.ealifornicum Britton 1. c. P 
»Leaves shorter, oblong-lanceolate sometimes not sharply 
acuminate; costa not percurrent. Capsule smaller, slightly stran- 
gulate. —. Amer. U. S.»: Mrs Britton. : 
— Renauld et Cardot. — Ph. australe Brit- - 
ton l. c. 
Differs from Ph. megalocarpum: Leaves serrate all around, not — 
or less distinctly yellow-margined; capsule not large, sometimes 
strangulate when dry; lid sometimes apiculate. — Amer. r. U. S.: 
Langlois, com. Cardot; C. Roell, com. J. Roell. 7 
12.Ph.platyphyllum Kindb. cat. Canad. m. sai 
Leaves broad ovate-oblong: upper sharply acuminate serrate - 
above; costa percurrent or short-exeurrent. Capsule not large, - 
not distinctly strangulate when unripe. — Amer. r. Can.: Flet- — 
cher, com. Macoun, . 
