Campy losteleum.] BRYACE^. 99 



Scliiraper (Syn. Muse. ed. 2, 132) calls this genus paradoxical, but con- 

 siders it more related to the Selir/erice than to any other. Another species 

 {B.Jlexisetus, Hampe) is found in the Andes of South America. 



1. B. trichodes, Fuernr. Plants simple : lower leaves 

 small, obscurely cordate, the upper much longer, subulate 

 from the ovate concave base : capsule deeply wrinkled length- 

 wise when old ; pedicel twisted to the left in the upper part, 

 to the right in the lower. — Regensb. Flora, x., Beil. 112 ; Nees & 

 Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. ii. 2. 5, t. 25 ; Bryol. Eur. 1. 115. Gym- 

 7iost07iium trichodes, Web. & Mohr, Bot. Tasch. 85. Brachy- 

 dontium trichodes, Fuernr. ; Braithw. Brit. Moss-Fl. i. 122, 

 t. 17, D. 



Hab. On trap dykes, Tuckerman's Ravine, Mount Washington ( 0. D. 

 Allen). 



37. CAMPYLOSTELEUM, Brucli & Schimp. 

 Plants densely gregarious, very short, delicate. Leaves subu- 

 late ; areolation minutely quadrate and chlorophyllose in the 

 upper part, hexagonal, rectangular and hyaline in the lower. 

 Capsule of thin texture, on a slender geniculate or arcuate 

 pedicel. Teeth of the peristome 16, lanceolate-subulate, split 

 to the middle or to the base. Annulus broad, comi^ound, 

 revoluble. SjDores very small. 



This genus is placed by Lindberg and Braithwaite with Glyphomitrinm 

 and Coscinodon. 



1. 0. saxicola, Bruch & Schimp. Stem radiculose at 

 base : lower leaves minute, lanceolate, the upper densely tufted, 

 long-linear, subulate from the lanceolate base, concave, slightly 

 recurved when moistened, subcrispate when dry ; costa thick, 

 percurrent ; perichiietial leaves enlarged, concave at base, 

 narrower upward : flowers monoecious ; male buds on a short 

 basilar bi'anch : capsule oblong, cylindrical, oval, pale red at the 

 orifice, declined on a long very slender pale geniculate pedicel ; 

 lid with a very long subulate beak ; teeth reddish at base, pale 

 and iDunctulate at the apex of the narroAV linear segments. — 

 Bryol. Eur. t. 116. Dicramim saxicola, Web. & Mohr, Bot. 

 Tasch. 167. Campylopus, Brid. Grimniia geniculata, Schwaegr. 

 Suppl. i. 82, t. 22. G. saxicola, Hook. Engl. Bot. Suppl. t. 2627. 



Hab. On erratic rocks, Massachusetts {R. C. Ingraham) ; sandstone 

 rocks, Kentucky (Lesquereux). 



