lfi/>ii//((i(>/'X()rlJi Aiiicricd. 71 



a lateral branch, obovate-clavate. (/>. scrpijUifolia Snlliv. 

 Muse. Alleglian. No. 272, L. cavifoliu Aust. Hep. Bor.-Anier. 

 No. 97.) 



Hab. — On trees, near Charleston, S. C. {SnUimni), La. {Driimmoml), 

 Catskill :\rts., N. Y. (P. T. Clcve), Belleville, Ont. (J/acown). 

 Bih.—Und. Hep. Hibern. p. 488. 

 Exsic. — Muse. Alleghan. No. 272; Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 97. 



0. L. Austin! Liml. Stems straightish. subsimple; 

 leaA^es snbiml)ric'ate, oblique, obovate-rotund, erect-patent, the 

 margin sub-repand, the areolation rather small diminishing 

 toward the margin, the lobe somewhat hooded, one-toothed: 

 amphigastria 2-3 times the width of the stem, bifid with a nar- 

 row sinus, the laciniae semi-ovate, somewhat acute: sporogony 

 phase unknown. (L. SiiUivantice Aust. which name is preoc- 

 cupied as L. Siilliranfi Gottsche is described, 1868, Mex. Lev. 

 p. 196.) 



Hab. — Roots of trees and on the ground ; So. States {Sullirant), La. 

 (Feathennaii). 



Bib.— Torrey Bull. Ill, 15. 



Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 9(5. 



10. L. cucullata Nees. Stems filiform, rather pin- 

 nately branching, flaccid: leaves oblong- ovate, distant, the 

 lower margin inflexed- hooded: amphigastria distant, oval, 

 much smaller than the leaves: inner involucre terminal on 

 short branches, obovate, rather compressed, obtusely keeled 

 beneath, convex above and bicarinate toward the apex; plant 

 minute, light green. (L. Jxcens Tayl.) 



Hab.— On moist rocks, Alleghany Mts. {Sullivant). 



Bib.— Syn. Hep. p. 389, 767. 



Exsic— 'Muac- Allegnan. No. 274; Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 98. 



11. L. Caroliniana Aust. Stems 2—4 mm. long, rather 

 flaccid; leaves somewhat fuscous, rotund, convex, squarrose- 

 patent, subvertical, rather dense, the apex strongly decurved, 

 the lobe small, subinflated; amphigastria rotund; inner invo- 

 lucre pyriform, subcompressed, 5-angled. the angles naked: 

 male spikes large, terminal and lateral. 



Hab. — With Frullania Kunzei from Mobile, Ala. {Sullivant). 

 Bib.— Bot Bulletin (now Bot. Gazette), I, 36. 



