66 BEYACEyE. [Bicrandla. 



num varium, Hedw. Muse. Frond, ii. 93, t, 34; Biyol. Eur. t. 57 

 and 58 ; Sulliv. 1. c. AnisotJvecium varium, Mitt. A. rubrum, 

 Lindb. ; Braithw. 1. c. 110, t. IG, B. 



IlAB. Wet ground ; clayey and sandy banks in plain districts. 



A very common and variable species. Plants with capsules of diverse 

 forms are often found in the same tufts. 



7. D. rufescens, Schimp. Of the same size and apjiearance 

 as the last, differing in the less crowded falcate-secund linear- 

 lanceolate leaves with a broader areolation, the cai^sule ovate, 

 erect, symmetrical, smaller, the pedicel dark red, and the lid 

 conical-acuminate. — Bryol. Eur. Coroll. 13. Dicrmi^fm rii.fes- 

 cens. Turner, Muse. Hibern. 66 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 59 ; Sulliv. 1. c. 

 Anisothecium rufescens, Lindb.; Braithw. 1. c. 112, t. 16, C. 



Hab. Clay and gravelly soil, plains and mountains. 



8. D. debilis. Size and appearance of the plants same as 



in the preceding. Leaves gradually increasing in length from 



the base upward, linear-lanceolate, witli borders undulate and 



recurved ; areolation loose ; costa vanishing below the blunt 



apex : capsule oval, erect, symmetrical, without collum ; lid 



long-rostrate, straight ; annulus large, simple. — Dicranura debile. 



Hook & Wils., Drumm. Muse. Am. (Coll. II.), n. 51, 52 ; Sulliv. 



Mosses of U. States, 21, and Icon. Muse. 33, t. 20. 



Hab. Banks of ditches and roadsides, South Carolina to Florida; very 

 common in Cuba, 



9. D. subulata, Schimp. Loosely tufted and somewhat 



larger than the last : leaves half-clasping at the elliptical base, 



narrowed above into a long setaceous subulate entire point ; 



costa excurrent ; areolation minute ; j^erichretial leaves tubulose 



at base, abruptly longer subulate : capsule cernuous, ovate, 



gibbous, not strumose or slightly so, obscurely striate, jilicate 



when dry ; pedicel long, red ; lid long subulate-rostrate, curved ; 



annulus double. — Bryol. Eur. Coroll. 13. Dicranum suhulatum, 



Hedw. Spec. Muse. 128, t. 34 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 60 ; Sulliv. 1. e. 21. 



Dicranella secunda, Lindb. ; Braithw. 1. c. 106, t. 15, E. 



Hab. Alpine and subalpine regions, eastern and western slopes of 

 North America; not uncommon. 



10. D. heteromalla, Schimp. Plants cespitose, of medium 

 size, simple or forking : leaves crowded, secund, lanceolate from 

 the base, narrowly long-subulate, denticulate or entire at the 

 apex, glossy ; perichaetial leaves with a short half-clasping base, 

 abruptly and narrowly long-subulate : capsule cernuous, more 



