Weber a.] BllYACEyE. 221 



the lower ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shorter ; the upper grad- 

 ually longer, strict, oblong and linear-lanceolate, subcarinate, 

 reflexed on the borders, all scarcely decurrent, more or less ser- 

 rate at the apex, with a purplish costa enlarged at the base 

 only : male plants generally simple, mixed with the fertile ones, 

 more slender ; antheridia axillary, numerous, mixed with nume- 

 rous slightly clavate paraphyses : capsule inclined or pendent, 

 oval-oblong, incurved at the collum, somewhat turgid; teeth yel- 

 low ; the inner segments broadly lamellose ; cilia two, perfect. 

 — Syn. ed. 2, 403. Brywn Ludnngii, Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. 

 Eur. t. 351. B. commutatuin^ Watson, Bot. Calif, ii. 391. 



Hab. Foot of Mount Dana, California [Bolander); Rocky Mountains 

 {Hall); Cascade Mountains (Lyall). 



14. W. LeSCUriana. Small, loosely and irregularly cespi- 

 tose, rarely gregarious, pale green (not red and glossy) ; stems 

 1 or 2 cm. long, declined : lower leaves distant, smaller, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, the upper gradually closer, erect, long-lanceo- 

 late, all obscurely serrate toward the apex, the strong costa dis- 

 solved at the point and decurrent at base : male plants smaller ; 

 perigonial leaves erect, concave at base, subulate, rigid, the 

 inner much shorter : capsule pendent, pyriform, twisted above 

 and enlarged at the orifice when dry ; pedicel subgeniculate at 

 base ; lid conical-apiculate or mamillate ; teeth linear-lanceolate, 

 subulate, pale yellow ; the segments split ; cilia solitary ; annu- 

 lus double, revoluble. — Bri/nm Lescurianum^ Sulliv. Mem. 

 Amer. Acad. n. ser. iv. 171, Mosses of U. States, 44, and Icon. 

 Muse. 81, t. 50. B.pulchellum, Sulliv. Muse. Allegh. n. 101. 



Hab. Moist clay banks and wet sandy ground; not rare. 



15. W. carnea, Schimp. Gregarious or loosely cespitose, 

 pale green : lower leaves small, distant, gradually closer and 

 larger upward, strict, lanceolate, the comal erect, linear-lanceo- 

 late, more deeply serrate at the apex ; areolation rhomboidal- 

 hexagonal, loose ; costa reddish : capsule horizontal, inclined or 

 pendent, oval, soft, thick, fleshy, short-necked, shorter and sub- 

 hemispherical and with a broad orifice when dry ; pedicel red- 

 dish, thicker and arcuate above ; lid large, broadly convex, papil- 

 late or not ; peristome large, the teeth solid, orange-colored, and 

 the segments separated by two cilia; annulus none. — Coroll. 

 67. Bryum carneum, Linn. Sp. PI. 1122 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 353. 



Hab. Gravelly banks of brooks, Canton, Illinois ( Wolf). 



