MUSCI. (mosses.) 669 
8 IL. adnata, Michx. Stems creeping, much branched and en¬ 
tangled ; branches rather compressed and plume-like ; /eaves narrowly 
unceolate, pointed, nerveless , the margins recurved ; lid with an oblique 
beak as long as the oval-oblong capsule . - On trees, in a Cedar swamp. 
Central Ohio. A small species, frequent in the Southern States. 
err ** f l,btilis ’ Hedw * Stems creeping, branched, the branches 
Juijorm, ; leaves remote , l < near-lanceolate, nerveless; capsule oblong; 
ltd conic , acute. New England, on trees. Very small and delicate! 
10. Li. flaccid;!, Bridel. Stems procumbent, divided, the 
branches compressed ; leaves loosely imbricated , erect-spreading, ovate- 
lanceolate , taper-pointed , nerveless ; capsule erect, oblong. — Alleghany 
Mountains, on shaded rocks. Easily known by its shining flaccid- 
foliage. 
11- L. frflgilis. Hook. & Wils. Stems creeping, irregularly 
divided ; branches filiform , rigid and very fragile; leaves oppressed 
when dry, ovate-tongue-shaped, somewhat acute, nerved to the middle , 
the margins crenulate (fruit unknown).— Frequent on trees, particu¬ 
larly the Beech and Hornbeam, near water-courses. 
45. A1VACAMPTODON, Bridel. Anacamptodon. 
Calyptra conic-cuculliform. Capsule lateral. Peristome dou¬ 
ble ; the exterior of 16 linear-lanceolate teeth, when dry re¬ 
flexed ; the interior of 16 necklace-like cilia. Lid short-beaked 
from a conic base. Inflorescence as in Leskea. (Name com¬ 
pounded of dvaKdptTTTG)) to bend backwards , and oboav, tooth , from 
the peristome.) 
A* Splachnoides, Bridel. Stems prostrate, branched, entan¬ 
gled ; leaves loosely disposed, spreading, ovate, pointed, pellucid, 
nerved to near the apex ; capsule erect, oblong, constricted below the 
orifice,at length urn-shaped. (Campylodontium hypnoides, Schwagr.) 
— On trees, New Jersey and Ohio ; rare. 
HYPN-ACEiE. 
46. IIYP^UM, L. Feather-Moss. 
Calyptra cuculliform. Capsule lateral, nodding, unequal (upper 
side more convex), with an oblique orifice. Peristome double; 
the exterior of 16 lanceolate teeth ; the interior a keeled-furrowed 
membrane divided into 16 entire or perforated cilia, with ciliolae 
interposed. Lid various. Inflorescence monoecious or dioecious : 
sterile fl. axillary, gemmiform. (An ancient Greek name of some 
sort of Moss.) 
