Ujpnum.] BRYACE^E. 373 



brown, and the peristome more perfect, with double cilia. — 

 Muse. Recent. Suppl. ii. 15o. //. Co/ijerva, Sehwaegr. Suj)pl. 

 ii. 1. 158, 1. 142. jbnblysteyiam conjcrvoldes, Bruch ct Schimp. 

 Bryol. Eur. t. 5G2. 



IIais. Moist liiuostono in woods; Ohio, Caiuula, White Mountains. 



119. H. serpens, Liuu. More or less densely cespitose, 

 dirty or yellowish green ; stems creeping, radieulose, densely 

 raniulose ; branchlets variable in length, llexuous, erect : stem- 

 leaves remote, spreading, ovate-lanceolate, narrowly costate to 

 below the apex, those of the branches more crowded, often 

 secuiul, longer acuminate and more chloroj^hyllose ; leaves of 

 the jiale pericluetium oblong, erect, narrowed into a short point, 

 broadly costate and i)licate : capsule long-cylindrical, incurved, 

 cernuous or subarcuate, constricted under the oriiice when dry, 

 yellowisli brown, often of two colors; operculum conve.\-coni- 

 cal ; teeth light brown ; segments slightly jierforated on the 

 keel; cilia 2 or 3, as long as the segments; aunulus of a triple 

 series of small cells. — Spec. PI. lloO. A/ubfi/atet/imn sir/h'iis, 

 Bruch it Schimp, Bryol. Kur. t. 604, 



II Au. On (looayeil wooil, ami in slunly moist places on the ground ; not 

 frequent in the Eastern States, connnon in California, and extremely 

 variable. 



l-l). H. radicale, Beauv. Loosi'ly cespitose; stems root- 

 ing and creeping, irregularly and densely raniulose, the branch- 

 lets short, rigid, suberect : leaves si>reading, more crowded than 

 in the last species, broadly ovate ami cordate at base, narrowly 

 lanceolate aiul long-acuminate, strongly costate to the apex ; 

 arcolation more dense, exactly pariMuhymatous, t.'longn(od- 

 rhond)oidal, round-(piadrn(e or rectangular at the base and the 

 basal angles, thick-walled, chlorophyllose ; i>i>richa'tial K'aves 

 oblong, narrowly acuminate, costate to the apex : cajtsvde long- 

 pedircllate, arcuate or inclined, narrow-cylindrical, constridcd 

 uiuler the oriiice when empty, brown; segnuMits entire; cilia 

 slender and shorter ; aunulus composed of a triple series of cills. 

 — Prod. GS. A)))hh/ste<ih(ni radicah\ Bruch S: Schimp. Ibyol. 

 Eur. t. 505. 11. varium, Beauv, ; Sulliv, JNfnsc, Allcgh. n. ;U). 

 // srrprns, var. variiirn, TMucll. Syn. ii, 41'2, in ])art. Ainbh/- 

 stcffiitvi S(T/>(')it^\ var. nu/icah; Aust. ]\[us(\ Appal. jStcrcocfou 

 radicdh'.'i^ Mitt. Journ. Liun. Soc. viii. 4o, 



II A«, Decayed trnnljcs, roots of trees, wet ground, or shady places; 

 very connnon and extremely variable. 



