Dicranella.] BRTACE^. 55 



shorter less distinct collum of the smooth (not striate) capsule. 

 — Biyol. Eur. Coroll. 13. Dicramtm 6'chreberi, Swartz. ; 

 Hedw. Sp. Muse. 144, t. 33 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 53. Anisothecium 

 msjoimz, Lindb. ; Braithw. 1. c, t. 16, E. 



Var. occidentalis, Aust. Leaves often very entire ; cells 

 half as broad. — Bull. Torr. Club, vi. 344. 



Hab. Hills in the Adirondack Mountains (Lesquereux) ; White Moun- 

 tains of New England, and clay ditches near Lancaster, Pennsylvania 

 {James); the variety near Portland, Oregon (Nevius). 



4. D. Squarrosa, Schimp. DicEcious: plants robust, ces- 

 pitose, radiculose, yellowish or dark-green : leaves enlarged, and 

 sheathing at the oblong base, lanceolate, concave, divaricate- 

 squarrose from the middle, blunt at the crenulate apex : capsule 

 obovate or oblong-ovate, cernuous, with a short distinct collum 

 or none ; lid long-conical or short-beaked ; annulus none. Bryol. 

 Eur. Coroll. 13. Dicranum sqiiarrosum, Sclirad. Journ. Bot. 

 V. 68; Bryol. Eur. t. 52. Anisothecium sqxmrrosuni Lindb.; 

 Braithw. 1. c. 114, t. 16, F. 



Hab. Alaska (Han-ington). 



* * Leaves secimd or suhsecund. Flowers dioecious. 



5. D. cerviculata, Schimp. Densely and widely cespitose, 

 bright green ; stems short, 1 cent, long : leaves half-clas])ing at 

 base, flexuous, spreading or secund, lanceolate-subulate, con- 

 cave, entire, glossy ; costa flat, percurrent, enlarged at base : 

 capsule light brown, broadly ovate, gibbous with a short stru- 

 mose collum; pedicel slender, yellow; annulus very narrow, per- 

 sistent ; lid long subulate-rostrate, — BryoL Eur. Coroll. 13; 

 Braith. 1. c. 109, t. 16, A. Dicranum cervicidatum, Hedw. 

 Muse. Frond, iii. 89, t. 37; Bryol. Eur. t. 56; SuUiv. Mosses 

 of U. States, 21. 



Hab. Upon peat, on the sides of ditches in cranberry marshes of 

 Northern Ohio (Lesquereux); White Mountains (James). 



6. D. varia, Schimp. Gregarious or cespitose; plants 

 short : leaves erect-spreading or turned to one side, oblong at 

 base, gradually lanceolate-subulate, carinate, entire or slightly 

 denticulate at the apex ; costa percurrent : capsule reddish- 

 brown, cernuous, oblong-ovate, with a short indistinct collum, 

 constricted under the orifice when dry ; lid large, short-beaked ; 

 peristome large, dark red, the teeth connivent at the apex 

 into a cone ; annulus none. — Bryol. Eur. Coroll. 13. Dicra- 



