llcpiilicd' ())' Sorlli America. .SI 



coriaceous. Cupsule oviite, quadriviilved to the base. Walters 

 bispiral. Antheridia covered by closely imbricated perigoiiial 

 leaves. Leaves palmatifid or complicate-2-lobed, each lobe di- 

 vided and ciliate. Amphigastria 4-5-lobed. Name from Gr. 

 hlepharon,, an eyelid, and ozos^ a bud. 



1. B. ciliaris Dumort. Stems crowded, sojnewhat i)in- 

 nate; the 4-cleft leaves and amphigastria both lacerate-ciliate, 

 the fringes long and setaceous; inner involucre obovate, the 

 mouth contracted-plicate, laciniate-dentate. ( Jungermania cil- 

 iaris L., Ptilidiion ciliare Nees.) 



Hah. — Roots of trees, old logs, etc., in woods or on wet rocky ground 

 on high mountains ; common. (En.) 



Bib.—^yn. Hep. p. 250 ; Hep. Europ. p. 53. 

 Delin.—Br\i. Jung. t. 65 ; Ekart, t. V, f. 36. 

 £.r/c.— Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 88. 



XIV. SENDTNERA Endl. 



Sporogonium terminal on an elongate branch. Inner in- 

 volucre tubular, deeply many-cleft. Involucral leaves numer- 

 ous, incised, free or connate at the base. Calyptra chartaceous. 

 Capsule globular, Elaters free, bispiral. Antheridia on special 

 branches in the axils of ventricose, perigonial leaves. Leaves 

 2-5-cleft or entire. Amphigastria 2-many-cleft. Named for 

 0. Sendfner^ a German botanist. 



1. S. juniperina Nees. Stems erect, nearly simple, 

 slender, elongate; leaves and amphigastria nearly alike, oblong, 

 curved and one-sided, 2-cleft to the middle, the divisions lance- 

 olate. (JiuHfermania Swz.) 



Hah.— On rocks, Catskill Mts., N. Y. {Peck), Greenwood Mts., N. J. 

 {Austin). The European variety is now regarded as specifically distinct, 

 <S. adunco Gottsche {Sclmma aduncum Dumort.). 



Bih.—^yn. Hep. p. 239. 



DeKn.— Brit. Jung. t. 4 (?) ; SuUiv. Mosses U. S. t. VIII (?). 



£.rs('c.— Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 82. 



