Hijpnum.] BRYACE^. 357 



the apex ; borders recurved below ; alar cells large, subquadrate, 

 vesiculose, the upper hyaline ; perichaetial leaves loosely imbri- 

 cate, erect, the inner gradually narrowed to a filiform coarsely 

 dentate point: capsule long, cylindrical-oblong, regular, erect or 

 slightly inclined; operculum oblique-conical, long-rostrate; cilia 

 none or rudimentary; annulus none. — Syn. ii. 308; Sulliv. 

 Mosses of U. States, 71, and Icon. Muse. 173, t. 109. Leskea 

 tenuirostris, Schimp. Ms. ; Sulliv. in Gray's Manual, ed. 1, 6G8. 

 Hai3. On decayed logs in woods; New Jersey to Ohio and southward; 

 not coinmon. 



84. H. micro carp um, Muell. Monoecious : in very small 

 intricate tufts, shining green or golden tinted ; stems prostrate, 

 with short recurved or incurved branches : leaves close, sub- 

 homomallous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, short-acuminate, sub- 

 serrulate at the apex, marked with two basilar short striae; 

 areolation loose, linear-fusiform, the alar cells much larger, the 

 upper quadrate, the lower 3 to 5 on each side oblong, inflated, 

 yellow ; perichaetial leaves oblong-acuminate : calyptra persistent, 

 descending to below the orifice of the capsule : capsule very 

 small, oval or oblong, erect, thin, slightly constricted under the 

 red orifice when dry ; operculum long, subulate-rostrate from a 

 depressed conical base ; teeth marked by a distinct divisional 

 line; cilia simple, short, half as long as the segments; annulus 

 none. — Syn. ii. 326; Sulliv. Mosses of U. States, 71, and Icon. 

 Muse. 175, t. 110. Leskea adnata, Michx. 1. c. 314. 



Var. anisocarpon, Sulliv. Capsule subhorizontal, unsym- 

 metrical, short, oblong or subovate, gradually narrowed at base, 

 turbinate and constricted under the orifice when dry. — Icon. 

 Muse. 175. TI. admixtum, Sulliv. Proc. Amer. Acad. v. 289. 



Hab. On trees, in the Southern States, very common and variable; 

 cedar swamps, Ohio. The variety in Cuba {Wrujht):, New Jersey 

 (Austin). 



85. H. Jamesii. Monoecious : plants very small, depressed, 

 pale or dirty green, glossy ; stems slender, creeping, subpin- 

 nately ramulose; branchlets short, horizontal, more or less 

 recurved : leaves somewhat distant, flattened, the lateral spread- 

 ing, ovate at base, gradually narrowed into a long filiform point, 

 not costate ; borders flat or reflexed above, subrevolute on one 

 side toward the base, denticulate above, not costate or obso- 

 letely costate at base; alar cells few, oval or linear, obtuse, 

 somewhat inflated ; perichaetial leaves short-acuminate, denticu- 



