IC0NES MUSCORUM. 48 



TRICHOSTOMUM VAGINANS, Sulliv. 



Tab. 28. 



Plant2E elatiusculse, gracillirase, in caispites superne flavo-viri- 

 des confertse. 



Caulis subuncialis, innovationibus longis ercctis tcnuibus 

 ramosus. 



Folia caulina ramulinaque minuta, erecto-appressa, anguste 

 oblongo-lanceolata, comalia majora longius acuminata ; peri- 

 cha3tialia longe vaginantia, subito breviter acuminata ; omnia 

 costa latissima cum apice obtusiuscula desinente, marginibus 

 planis integerrimis, retique e cellulis inferne oblongis superne 

 subquadratis conflato prsedita. 



Flores dioici : plantae masculse femineis similes ; floribus ter- 

 minalibus subcapituliforraibus ; antheridiis elongatis paraphy- 

 satis. 



Capsula cylindraceo-oblonga, regularis, pedicello longissimo 

 pertenui elata ; peristomii dentibus sedecem dilute flavescenti- 

 bus laevibus (nee granulatis) 8 - 10-nodoso-articulatis integris 

 subfissis vel vario modo pertusis, membrana basilari omnino 

 nulla ; annulo latissimo composito ; operculo conico breviter 

 obtuse rostrato. 



Trichostomum vagInans, Sulliv. Muse. Alleghan. No. 176; Mosses U. 



States, p. 26 ; Sulliv. et Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 104. 

 Trichostomum pusillum, var., Hook, et Wils. in Drumm. Muse. Amer. 



Coll. 2, No. 60 & 61. 

 Trichostomum tortile, var. pusillum, Mull. Synop. Muse. 1, p. 455. 



Hab. Clayey and sandy soil, from New Jersey to Missouri. 



Tbis species resembles both T. tortile and T. tenue ; but these 

 have a much narrower annulus (simple in T. tortile), and the 

 teeth of their peristome are strongly papillose or granular on 



