S:,rrhGpodon.] BRYXCEJE. 185 



areolate and papillose-crenulate in the upjDer, carinate by the 

 yellowish i^ei'current costa. — Coult. Bot. Gaz. iv. 151. /Syr- 

 rliopodon (?) crispus^ Aust. 1. c. ii. 109. 

 Hab. Jacksonville, Florida {J. Donnell Smith). 



61. SYRRHOPODON, Schwaegr. (PI. 2.) 

 Distinguished from Ccdyiujyeres by the cucullate dimidiate 

 calyptva, the peristome undeveloped or composed of 16 lanceo- 

 late entire generally horizontal teeth, and the orifice of the cap- 

 sule sometimes covered by a thin membrane (epip/iragtn). 



1. S. Floridanus, Sulliv. Plants robust, in somewhat 

 loose tufts, glaucous-green above, dirty yellowish below ; stems 

 simple or fastigiate-raraose, more or less radiculose and tomen- 

 tose the whole length : leaves close, erect, ovate-oblong at the 

 clasping base, linear-lanceolate above, apiculate, concave- 

 canaliculate, minutely areolate, opaque, obtusely serrulate from 

 the middle, bilamellate upward, the lamellae coarsely and irregu- 

 larly serrate ; costa thick, seiniterete, papillose, vanishing at or 

 below the apex : flowers dioscious, becoming lateral by innova- 

 tions : calyptra descending to the base of the capsule : capsule 

 subelliptical or merely cylindrical, erect, of a thick texture ; 

 pedicel about 1 cm. long ; lid with a very long aciculate beak ; 

 peristome simple, of 16 short teeth attached far below the 

 orifice, connivent to near the middle, distantly articulate, pale 

 yellow without divisural line. — Mosses of U. States, 31, and 

 Icon. Muse. 49, t. 31 ; Sulliv. & Lesq. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. 

 n. 113. S. albovaginatus. Hook. & Wils, in Drumm. Muse. 

 Amer. (Coll. II.), n. 87 ; Sulliv. Muse. Allegh. n. 171 ; not 

 Schwaegr. 



Hab, On decayed logs and stumps ; Louisiana, Florida, etc. ; not rare. 



2. S. Texanus, Sulliv. Resembles the last in size and 

 aspect : stem-leaves twisted when dry, erect when moist, long 

 linear-lingulate from the broader clasping base, blunt at the 

 apex, canaliculate-concave ; borders pellucid, irregularly ciliate- 

 dentate by linear cells ; basilar areolation large, quadrate, 

 pellucid, the upper very small, subquadrate, opaque, j^apillose ; 

 costa very stout, j^ercurrent, spinulose on the back : flowers 

 dioecious (male plant unknown) : calyptra covering nearly the 

 whole capsule, rugulose from the middle upward : capsule 



