Webera.] BRYACE^. 217 



under the orifice when deoperculate, often of two colors ; pedi- 

 cel long ; lid conical, acute or obliquely rostellate ; inner peri- 

 stome with one or two more or less perfect cilia, or none. — 

 Spec, Muse. 48. Bryum elongatmii^ Dicks. Crypt. Fasc. ii. 8 ; 

 Bryol. Eur. t. 345 ; Sulliv. Mosses of XJ. States, 44. Pohlia 

 elongata, Hedw. Muse. Frond, i. 96, t. 36. 



Var. humilis, Schimp. Stem short: leaves shorter: cap- 

 sule small, inclined, short-necked, constricted under the orifice 

 when dry, reddish brown ; pedicel short. 



PIab. Crevices of rocks iu mountains; not rare. The variety iu 

 Colorado (Wolf & Rothrock). 



4. "W. longicoUa, Hedw. Plants longer, more densely 

 tufted than in the preceding, yellowish green, matted with 

 brown radicles ; stems simjjle : lower leaves short, squamiform, 

 gradually longer toward the apex, thinner, with a broader areo- 

 lation ; borders sharply serrate from the middle upward ; costa 

 narroAv, generally vanishing below the apex or percurrent, of a 

 glossy yellow color : capsule oblique or horizontal, oblong- 

 elliptical, shorter and with a shorter regular coUum, solid, dark 

 orange ; lid convex-conical, uniform in color, sometimes with a 

 short incurved beak ; peristome large, yellow, the inner more or 

 less distinctly ciliate. — Spec. Muse. 169, t. 41. Br\jum longi- 

 collum^ Swartz, Muse. Suec. 49 and 99, t. 6. B. eloiigatum, var. 

 alpinum, Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. Eur. t. 346. 



Hab. Cascade Mountains (Lyall). 



Subgenus II. WEBERA, proper. 



Leaves broader, more loosely tufted, the comal not as rapidly 

 elongated : capsule thicker, short-necked, inclined or pendent ; 

 inner membrane of the peristome broader, and the segments 

 separated by smooth cilia. 



* Flowers mo7ioecious ; the antheridia in the axils of comal 



leaves. 



5. W. nutans, Hedw. Cespitose : lower leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, entire, the upper gradually longer, linear-lanceolate, 

 serrate at the apex ; borders flat ; costa thick, tenacious, red- 

 dish, glossy : capsule oblong-ovate, with a broad orifice, yellow- 

 ish brown, or darker when old; lid highly convex papillate; 

 teeth dark orange, pale and filiform at the apex ; the segments 



