202 BRYACEJ3. [Funaria. 



upper leaves tufted, erect, oblong, short-pointed, concave, very 

 entire ; areolation more compact ; costa subcontinuous : capsule 

 erect, oblong or obovate, symmetrical, gradually narrowing to 

 the short collum; pedicel short, straight, twisted to the left; lid 

 convex, subconical. — Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 2), n. 238; 

 Sulliv. Icon. Muse. Suppl. 29, t. 18. 



Hab. Clay soil; Auburn, Ukiah, etc., California (Bolander); Oregon 

 {Hall). 



* * Annulus large, revolute. 



6. F. convoluta, Hampe. Plants short, loosely cespitose : 

 outer leaves spreading, with borders involute, the inner con- 

 volute, and infolding the pedicel, oblong-ovate, acute, entire; 

 costa percurrent: capsule obliquely pyriform, more or less 

 plicate ; pedicel rather long ; lid umbonate, acute. — Linntea, 

 XXX. 455. 



Hab. Sierra Nevada, California [J. A. Bauer), 



According to the author this species resembles F. calvescens, Schwaegr., 

 differing in its shorter leaves with a smaller areolation, the lid prominently 

 umbonate (not flat), and the teeth yellowish, not blackish. 



7. P. flavicans, Michx. Plants soft, loosely cespitose: 

 stem-leaves distant, very small ; upper leaves tufted, large, very 

 soft and loosely areolate, oblong-spatulate or obovate, entire ; 

 costa percurrent : capsule curved downward or horizontal, pyri- 

 form, gradually attenuated to a very long pedicel ; lid plano- 

 convex, subapiculate. — Fl. Bor,-Am. ii. 303 ; Sulliv. Mosses of 

 U. States, 50, and Icon. Muse. 87, t. 53. 



Hab. Moist sandy and clayey ground; Middle and Southern States. 



It differs from F. hygrometrica in the pale color of the plants, espe- 

 cially of the capsule, the leaves more abruptly narrowed into a long flox- 

 uous point, the mouth of the capsule more enlarged and less oblique, and 

 the spores larger. 



8. P. hygrometrica, Sibth. Plants variable in size, 

 simple or divided from the base : comal leaves erect, pressed 

 together, rarely open, oblong-ovate, short-pointed, entire, cos- 

 tate to the apex : capsule arched and turgid on the upper side, 

 pyriform, coriaceous, reddish, deeply furrowed ; pedicel very 

 long, flexuous ; lid convex. — FI. Oxon. 288 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 305. 

 Jfnhcm hygro'inetricum, Linn. Sp. PI. 1110. 



Var. calvescens, Bruch & Schimp. Leaves open-spread- 

 ing, the comal flexuous on the borders, twisted when dry. — F. 

 calvescens, Schwaegr. Suppl. i. 2. 77, t. 65. 



