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MU SC I. (MOSSES.) 
pear-shaped, nodding, the orifice oblique. Peristome double ; the 
outer of 16 lance-awl-shaped teeth coherent at the apex ; the inner 
of 16 cilia opposite the teeth. Lid plano-convex. Inflorescence 
monoecious: sterile fl. terminal, disk-shaped : paraphyses club- 
shaped. (Name from funis , a cord, from the twisting pedicel.) 
1. F. liygrometrica, Hedwig. Leaves oval-lanceolate, con¬ 
cave, imbricated, the nerve reaching to or beyond the point; capsule 
annulate, when dry grooved ; pedicel long, twisting and incurved, 
very hygrometrieal. — On the ground, old walls, <fcc , everywhere. 
PHrSCOMITBIUM, B. & S. Physcomitrium. 
Calyptra mitriform, lobed at the base, or inflated-cuculliform, 
beaked. Capsule terminal, symmetrical, pear-shaped. Peristome 
none. Lid convex, with or without a point. Inflorescence, sterile 
fl., &c., as in the last. (Name composed of cfrvo-Kwv , something 
inflated , and ptTpiov, a little cap.) 
^pyrifdrme, B. & s. Leaves spatulate-lanceolate, ser¬ 
rate, spreading, the nerve nearly percurrent; capsule globular-pear¬ 
shaped, on an exserted pedicel; calyptra mitriform, torn at the base. 
(Gymnostomum pyriforme, Hedwig.) — Moist ground, very common. 
illllllersum, Sulliv. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, serrate, 
the nerve percurrent; capsule immersed , nearly hemispherical; lid 
short-pointed from a convex base, adherent to the columella; calyptra 
4-5 lobed at the base. (P. spharicum, Muse. Mleghan. No. 196.) — 
Inundated banks of Ohio River. —A minute annuaf, 2" -3" high. 
Splachnace^:. 
It. SPLACHNUM, L. Umbrella-Moss. 
Calyptra conic, entire or laciniate at base. Capsule terminal, 
ovate-cylindrical, with a very conspicuous apophysis. Peristome 
single, of 16 lanceolate teeth partly connected in pairs, when dry 
reflexed and appressed to the capsule. Lid convex or convex- 
conic. Inflorescence monoecious or dioecious: sterile fl. terminal, 
in a little head. (An old Greek name of some Moss.) 
1. S. ampnllaceuui, L. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, point¬ 
ed, entire or irregularly toothed, the reticulation loose; nerve excur¬ 
rent ; apophysis violet-purple , obovate , tapering into the pedicel, twice 
or thrice the width of the yellow capsule; plant V- 2' high. — New 
England to Penn., rare; mostly on dung. 
S. mb rum, L. Leaves spatulate-obovate, long-pointed, 
