— 891 — 
neck shorter; lid rostellate. Leaves less crowded and not ap- 
pressed when dry, sometimes subdecurrent; cells wider. Stem 
uniformly foliate, not naked below. Dioecious. — Alp. regions 
r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col. 1950 metr. a. sea: Macoun Canad. 
musci n. 468, 
156. Leptotheea Schwegrichen. 
1.L.Wrightii Sullivant. 
»Comal leaves oblong-obovate or obovate-spathulate, narrowly 
margined, recurved, serrulate above; costa excurrent. Capsule 
erect cylindric; endostome rudimentary. Tufts low dense to- 
mentose. Pseudo-monoecious. — Amer. r. U. S. Florida»: Lesq. 
et Jam. 
Fam. 33. Buxbaumiacee, 
157. Buxbaumia Haller; L. 
1.B.aphylla L. 
Capsule brown, depressed on upper side with thick border 
and persistent cuticle; teeth short in a single row, — Bare 
earth esp. in fir-woods or on decayed wood. Eur. not r. Swe- 
den! Austria: Schmidt, France: Brébisson. Amer. r. Can.: Ma- 
coun. | 
2.B.indusiata Bridel. oben 
Capsule green neither depressed nor margined; cuticle. split- 
ting; teeth in 4 rows, each row increasing in length, — Rotten 
logs. Hur. not r. Sweden! France: Husnot. Amer. r. Can.: 
Macoun. i 
158. Diphyscium Ehrhart; Mohr. 
1.D.sessile Schmid. — Buxbaumia Schmid; Diphyscium Lindb.; 
D. foliosum Mohr. "5 
Leaves small linear-lingulate, curled when dry; upper cells 
rotundate, lower oval-oblong, outer basal linear pellucid; costa 
not percurrent. Perichetial leaves very large not chlorophyllose, 
from ovate-oblong base long-acuminate ciliate near apex; costa 
excurrent to a long rough hairpoint. Capsule large ovoid 
small-mouthed often curved; endostome white.  Dioecious. — 
Earth and rocks. Eur. not r. Switzerl.! Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
Fam. 34. Andreæaceæ. 
159. Andrewa Ehrhart. 
A. Leaves nerveless us. appressed when dry. 
1. . Petrophile. Leaves more or less papillose. Us, mon- 
oecious. 
