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9. J. fossombronioides Aust. Stems densely caespi- 

 tose, ascending-, strongly riidiiiilose; leaves distichons-subverti- 

 cal, closely iiii])ricate, ()rl)icular, the margin undiilate-repand, 

 the apex unii)licate, slightly emarginate, spreading-subrecurved, 

 the base subcordate, clasping the stem, subventricose, radicu- 

 lose; inner involncre very large, exserted, subcarapanulate, 6- 

 lO-plicate, the month deeply laciniate, the lacinia3 entire; cap- 

 snle short-oval; calyptra violet. 



Hah.— On rocks in a rivulet ; Closter, N. J. {Austin). 

 Bib.— Fro. Phil. Acad. 1869, p. 220. 

 J5mc.--Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 32. 



10. J. crenulata Smith. Stems prostrate, branching; 

 leaves orbicular, entire, those toward the involucre larger and 

 bordered with large marginal cells; inner involucre obovate, 

 compressed-4-angled, the mouth much contracted, toothed; 

 capsule subrotund, elliptic. (SohnoMomuni rrcnulatum Mitt., 

 Aplozia crniuh(t(( Dumort.) Var. (/racill/ina ( AjiJozIa </r(icil- 

 l/'nia Dumort.) is also found. 



Hab. — On the ground in old fields, etc., X. Y. to Ala. (Eu.) 

 jB*.— 8yn. Hep. p. 90 ; Hep. Europ. p. 57. 



Delin.— Brit. Jung. t. 37, et Suppl. t. 1 ; Ekart, t. Ill et XII, f. 25. 

 Rvsic—Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 30. 



11. J. crenuliformis Aust. Densely casspitose; fertile 

 stems creeping, increasing upward, strongly radiculose, the 

 rootlets mostly purplish; sterile stems somewhat ascending, 

 decreasing upward; leaves orbicular, gently repand-undulate, 

 entire or subemarginate, obliquely patent, somewhat decurrent, 

 concave, almost cup-shaped when dry; inner involucre small, 

 subobovate, more or less connate with the involucre, not at all 

 or slightly exserted, radiculose at the base, at first subtrique- 

 trous at the apex and somewhat laterally compressed, at length 

 almost terete and somewhat beaked at the apex; capsule oval- 

 globose; calyptra often violet purple. 



Hab. — On rocks in rivulets near Closter, N.J. ( .4 w/m), Coshocton 

 Co., 0. (Sullivant). 



Bib.— Torrey Bull. Ill, 10. 

 Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 31. 



