60 BRYACEiE. [Cynodontium. 



sule short-ovate, small, distinctly necked; teeth lanceolate, en- 

 tire, rarely perforated, dark purple. — Synop. Muse. (ed. 2), 61. 

 J^ryuin /Sc/dsti, Oeder, Fl. Dan. t. 88. Weisia Schisti, Brid. 

 lihabdoioeisia jSc/usH, Bruch & Schim]i. Bryol. Eur. t. 43. 

 Oncophorus /Sc/usti, Lindb. 



Hab. Eocky Mountains [Brumrnond) ; Spokan Falls {Watson). 

 Closely resembling Bhabdoweisia fugax, differing in the papillose sur- 

 face of the leaves, and the large lanceolate solid teeth. 



2. 0. gracilescens, Schimp. Tufts yellowish or pale 

 green ; stems slender : leaves linear-lanceolate, blunt at the apex, 

 recurved and minutely crenulate on the borders, densely papil- 

 lose on both faces ; costa slender, ending below the apex ; areo- 

 lation minute, round in the upper part, elongated downward : 

 capsule oval-oblong, slightly cernuous or erect, with a short in- 

 distinct collum ; jDedicel long, slender, pale, more or less flexuous ; 

 lid long-beaked ; teeth regularly bifid to near the base, with 

 linear distantly articulate segments ; annulus very narrow, per- 

 sistent. — Syn. Muse. 61. Dicrammi gracilescens, Web. & 

 Mohr, Bot. Tasch. 184; Bryol. Eur. t. 45, 46; SuUiv. Mosses 

 of U. States, 20. OncojyJiorus, Lindb. 



Var. inflexum, Schunp. Plants smaller, soft : capsule 

 nearly pendent from the arcuate pedicel. — Campylopus cirrha- 

 ttcs, Tlornsch. ; Brid. Bryol. Univ. i. 479. 



Var. alpestre, Schimp. Densely tufted, shorter and less 



divided : leaves narrower, less distinctly papillose : capsule 



smaller. — Dicranum alpestre, Wahl. 



Hab. Subalpine mountains; high summits of the White Moimtains, 

 of the Adirondacks, etc., not rare; Rocky Mountains {E. Hall). 



3. 0. polycarpum, Schimp. Stems covered with a thick 

 coating of radicles: leaves close, subcrispate when dry, linear 

 or narrowly lanceolate from the oval base, serrulate at the apex, 

 distantly papillose : capsule erect, oblong or subcernuous, Math a 

 short regular or strum ose collum ; pedicel long, straight, rigid ; 

 lid crenulate on the borders ; teeth bifid, more or less irregu- 

 larly divided ; annulus distinct, easily detached. — Syn. Muse. 62. 

 Dicramim polycarpum, Ehrh. ; Bryol. Eur. t. 47 ; Sulliv. 1. c. 



Var. strumiferum, Schimp. Capsule subcernuous, broadly 



ovate ; collum strumose. 



Hab. Same as the preceding; Alaska { Kellogg); Lake Superior 

 (Agassiz); the variety on rocks, at York Factory (Drummond). 



