PHASCACEAE. 91 
Patria. America septentrionalis prope Carlon House 
Saskatchawan: Drummond. ©. 
Forsan Ph. cuspidati (proximae speciei) varietas me- 
morabilis? CI. Wilson in Lond. journ. of bot. 1841, 
p. 443. quaesivit. Non credimus; nam folis valde pellu- 
cidis crenulatis inflorescentia et thecae forma sat differt. 
6. Ph. curvicollum Hdw. (Musc. frond. I. p. 32. tab. 
XL); monoicum, brevicaule; folia e basi oblonga lanceo- 
lata. nervo excedente crasso cuspidata acuta concava in- 
tegerrima brunnea; theca ovalis breve et oblique apicu- - 
lata, pedunculo arcuato nutans fusco-brunnea; calyptra 
tenera basi semel fissa flavescens tandem candida. 
Brid. I. p. 24 et 754. —  Bryol. Europ. l. c. p. 11. tab. 4, — 
Pyxidium pendulum Ehrh. Beitr, IV. p. 44. —  Phascum. cernuum 
Gmel. syst. Nat. II, p. 1323. 
Patria. Yn locis argillosis subsiccis per totam Euro- 
pam et in alpes ascendens. Autumno et primo vere. (3. 
Flos masculus axillaris in ramo fructifero nudus, pa- 
raphysibus nullis v. paucis instructus. 
7. Ph. rectum Sm. (Flor. Brit. III. p. 1153.) ; »onoi- 
cum, brevicaule; folia conferta erecto- patula oblongo- lan- 
ceolata nervo excurrente brevi -acuta. lurida valde papil- 
losa, margine reflexa; theca sphaerico-ovalis brevi- et 
oblique apiculata fusco- brunnea, calyptra basi subinflexa 
apice asperula et seta recta instructa. 
Brid. L p. 25 et 754. — Br. Europ. l. c. p. 11. tab. 5, 
Patria. In locis caleareo -argillosis in societate Pot- 
tiae minutulae et Desmatodontis Starckeani in Alsatia - 
prope Mutzig, ubi in campis montis Dreispitz rarius oc- 
currit; copiose in Gallia occidentali, in Gallia. septentrio- 
nali, Anglia et Irlandia, in Sardinia et Tyroli Autumno 
et primo vere. (9 
Flos masculus in ramo fructifero axillaris nudus. 
8. Ph. splachnoides Hsch. (Hor. phys. Berol. p. 57. 
tab. 12.); dioicum, cespitosum humile subsimplex; folia 
ovalia lata nervo crasso excedente brevissime cuspidata 
