ICONES MUSCORUM. 101 



FONTINALIS LESCURII, Sulliv. 



Tab. 61, 62. 



Plants fluctuantcs, formis vernalibus praecedentis speciei 

 simillimse, colore plerumque e viridi sericeo-aurescente. 



Caulis pedalis et ultra, laxius foliosus, multoties divisus, di- 

 visionibus vage vel versus apicem subpinnatim ramulosis. 



Folia nullatenus biformia erecto-pateutia, baud manifeste tri- 

 faria, elongato-laneeolata, concava, mollia, basi amplexicaulia, 

 apice lenissime serrulata; cellulis mediis minutis flexuoso-line 

 aribus, apicalibus brevioribus latioribus, illis ad basis angulos 

 multo majoribus oblongis subventricosis. 



Flores dioici : feminei sat numerosi prope caulis basin siti ; 

 antheridiis 6-10, cum paraphysibus longioribus 10-12 septatis. 



Capsula brevi-cylindracea, tenui-membranacea, pericbsetialibus 

 internis primum ultra operculum maturum porrectis demum 

 aetate eroso-abbreviatis arete involuta ; peristomii granuloso- 

 papillosi dentibus apice binatim coadunatis 20 - 25-articulatis, 

 ciliis superne trabeculato-connexis inferue liberis appendiculatis ; 

 operculo elongato-conico ; calyptra generis. 



Fontinalis Lescurii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 54 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. 

 Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 228. 



Var. /3. ramosior ; ramulis magis elongatis flexuosis ; foliis 

 angustioribus confertioribus minus patentibus capsula opercu- 

 loque longioribus ; dentibus peristomialibus remotius articulatis. 

 Facile in formam typicam per intermedias remanans. 



Var. y. gracilescens ; minor, tenuior, F. disticham valde 

 referens, distinctissima tamen capsula plane alia. 



Hab. Falls of Little River, Lookout Mountain, Alabama, Les- 

 quereux. Saco River, White Mountains, New Hampshire, 

 James. — Var. /3. Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Eaton. 

 Brattleborough, Vermont, Frost. — Var. y. Providence, 

 Rhode Island, Olney. Wilmington, Delaware, and New 

 Hampshire, James. New Jersey, Austin. 



