Dicranoweisia.] BRYACE^. 67 



var. australis, Aust. Muse. Appal. Suppl. n. 466, and Bull. Torr. 

 Club, vii. 4. 



Hab. On the ground, Enteiprise, Florida ( TT'. A. Foster, Austin). 



The pale green color of the plants, the long slender yellowish pedicel, 

 the curved capsule, and the large perforated or split teeth give to this 

 species the appearance of a Dicranum. 



3. W. Wolfli. Differs from the preceding in the generally- 

 larger leaves, nearly exactly tubulose in the upper part, and 

 curved back when moistened, in the short pedicel of the cylind- 

 rical oblong capsule, which is not sulcate nor constricted under 

 the orifice when dry, and in the truncate teeth. 



Hab. On the ground near Canton, Illinois (S. Wolf). 



The dioecious inflorescence especiallj' separates this species from W. viri- 

 dula, var. stenocarpa, and also from W. viucronulata, Schimp., which it 

 resembles in the form of the leaves and in the peristome. 



14. DICRANOWEISIA, Lindb. 

 Plants of larger size ; branches fastigiate. Perichoetium dis- 

 tinct, sheathing. Peristome more jierfect ; teeth lanceolate, 

 distinctly articulate, entire or bifid at the apex. Flowers 

 moncEcious. 



1. D. crispula, Lindb. Plants pulvinate, rarely cespitose, 

 yellowish or dark green ; stems slender, 2 c. m. long or more : 

 leaves enlarged at the concave base, long-subulate and nearly 

 tubulose in the upper part, costate to below the apex, open, fal- 

 cate-secund, much crispate when dry ; basilar cells narrowly 

 rectangular, enlarged, quadrate and yellow at the angles ; peri- 

 chaetial leaves short, tubulose, obtuse, sheathing to near the 

 apex: capsule long-pedicellate, of thin texture, oblong-ovate, 

 rugose, constricted under the orifice when dry ; lid obliquely 

 subulate-rostrate ; teeth of the peristome free to below the orifice 

 of the capsule, narrowly lanceolate, entire or split at the apex ; 

 annulusnone, — Lindb. in Milde, Bryol. Siles. 47. Weisia cris- 

 pula, Hedw. Spec. Muse, 68, t. 12 ; Bryol, Eur. t. 26. 



Hab. On decayed trunks, California (Bolancler)', Rocky Mountains 

 {E. Hall, Downie); Utah (Watson); Oregon [Nevius). 



2. D. cirrhata, Lindb., 1. c. Plants much divided, ferruginous 

 in the lower part, bright green above : leaves open, curved up 

 from the middle, the lower short, lanceolate, the u^jper much 

 longer, ovate-concave at base, linear-lanceolate, carinate and re- 



