673 
MtTSCI. (MOSSES.) 
8 0 h ;r" eS ’T PSUle ° bOVaU ’ nodding ’■ lid conic ’ ante - - Moist places 
on the ground, in mountainous districts. ^ * 
§ 8 ' SU ZJZTTJ. lht di '~ CTeC< - nahed f^culau'v 
branched at their summits (tree-form). — Dekdroidea. 
"'opecurum, L. Leaves erect-spreading, ovate, 
P , concave, serrulate, the strong nerve reaching to the apex • 
curZd e °Udl h UrVe 1 MemS ' a>mOSt 'Wal’ided, slightly 
curved ltd hemispherical-conic, long-beaked. (H. neckeroides, Hook ) 
Kocky margins of mountain rivulets. J 
^sosum, Hoffm. Leaves heart-ovate, more or less 
currfn 6d ’ ra ‘ T ° btUSe ’ serrulate above > ,he strong nerve nearly per- 
"V C y^ ie mate ’ nodding; lid conic, with an acute in- 
Ted beak. Wooded hill-sides, on the ground. 
§ Stems irregularly branched: leaves squarrose or erect-spreading 
(mostly large and robust species). 
fir f ' .*** tri< l ll ^ ti%ll,n > L. Stems nearly erect , sparingly divided, 
w j i ’ ' e ,v * s * on s thickened at their tips, pinnate; branchlets some- 
a 7° UrVe d’ attenu ated ; leaves squarrose, triangular-lanceolate 
di ” ! /.® erru,ate » 8triate » Z-nerved at base; capsule oblong-ovate, nod- 
lar” 0 \ e COn * c '* a lnculate .— Woods, on the ground, not rare; the 
argest of our species. 
ri *>revir6stre, Ehrhart. Stems ascending, somewhat 
g anc * fascicuJately branched ; branches incurved; leaves rather 
^ eart ~ ovate i contracted above into a long flexuous point, 
l ^ lt y se rrulate, convolute at the base, striate with 2 short basal 
nem>s capsule ventricose-ovate; lid conic, short-beaked. — Woods, 
on h % ground. 
‘ ^akesii, Sulliv. Stems prostrate, flexile, rather pin- 
a e y and loosely branched ; branches elongated ; leaves erect- 
, ln £ ’ ova l’Oblung , gradually tapering into a long straight point 
! C ls strongly and laciniate-toothed , not convolute at base nor 
c Flat ^ 1 distinct nerve extending two thirds the length of the leaf ; 
° D a * on £ 8 * en der pedicel, ovate, gibbous, nodding; lid conic, 
& \lr t eu ^ e ^ -White Mountains, New Hampshire, discovered by 
r - akes. A very distinct species, allied to H. brevirostre. 
§ 10. Leaves rather squarrose, stellately expanding at the summit of the 
branches .— StellAta. 
l- II. stellatum, Schreber. Stems procumbent, the branches 
ascending; i eaves 
ovate-lanceolate , long-pointed, entire , nerveless, or 
nerv e d halfway up ; capsule nearly cylindrical, nodding; lid conic, 
toucronulate. — Swampy places, on the ground. 
If. llispiduliiiil, Brid. Stems and branches closely en- 
ang ed ; leaves distantly placed, heart-ovate, pointed, minutely crenate- 
"Wiculate, the point entire, indistinctly 2-nerved at the base ; capsule 
57 
