182 BRYACE^. [Encalypta. 



4. E. ciliata, Hedw. In loose bright or pale green tufts : 

 leaves soft, complicate-incurved when dry, undulate on the 

 borders ; costa jjale yello\y, vanisliing below the apiculate aj^ex 

 or passing into it ; basilar areolation loose, reddish above : 

 calyptra straw-color, descending far below the base of the 

 capsule, bordered at base by lanceolate solid whitish or orange 

 laciniffi : capsule cylindrical, smooth, slightly constricted under 

 the orifice when dry ; peristome rarely absent, attached below 

 the orifice, formed of 16 narrowly lanceolate teeth, sometimes 

 divided into two irregular segments, spreading when dry ; annu- 

 lus none. — Spec. Muse. 61 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 200. 



Hab. Shaded rocks and soil, in mountain regions of New England, the 

 Eocky Mountains, and the Pacific slope ; not rare. 



* * * Peristome simple, regular. 



5. E. Macounii, Aust. Differs from JE. aioophi/sata, Nees 

 & Hornsch., in the leaves muticous at the apex, the costa van- 

 ishing below it, the calyptra fimbriate at base, the capsule (not 

 mature) more distinctly apophysate, and the teeth shorter and 

 much narrower. — Coult. B©t. Gaz, ii. 97. 



Hab. Stewart's Lake Mountains, Canada [Macoun). 



To this diagnosis, whicli, considering the immature state of the capsule, 

 shows an essential difference from the European E. apophysata, the 

 author adds: "calyptra about as large as in the largest specimens of E. 

 ciliata, liglit fuscous yellow (the fringe brown, uniform, narrow, and del- 

 icate), densely papillose over the whole surface; pedicel reddish, minutely 

 papillose, rather densely so above the middle, more remotely so below it, 

 slightly twisted to the right in drying; apopliysis at the base of the capsule 

 very large; peristome single, the teeth of medium length, very narrow and 

 filiform, red, more or less split into two equal segments, nodulose and 

 granulose; leaves much crisped when dry, straight and erect when moist, 

 narrowly Ungulate, carinate, bi-oadly revoluteon the margin, very opaque, 

 the costa ceasing below the apex and densely papillose on the back; peri- 

 cha3tial leaves much smaller and thinner, the innermost scarcely exceeding 

 the vaginule, with a broad subvaginal base and a lingulate very obtuse 

 apex." 



* * * * Capsule striate, tioisted to the left; ji&ristome double. 



6. E. procera, Bruch. Plants densely tufted, long and 

 robust : leaves lingulate, muticous or apiculate, the strong costa 

 ceasing below the apex or rarely passing above it ; basilar areo- 

 lation reddish, hyaline, separated from the ui)i)er by a red zone : 

 calyptra descending below the capsule, fimbriate only when 

 young, straw-color: capsule ovate, cylindrical, pale yellow, 



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