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man), x B. caespitosa, Wabaunsee (Baldwin); Saline (Henry). 

 B. mucronifolia (Smyth's Check List). 



GRIMMIA, p. 1.34. 



Seta shorter than capsule: lid falling with columella § I. Schistidium. 



Seta longer than capsule, arcuate § II. Eugrimmia. 



Seta straight § m. Guembelia. 



§ I. Schistidium. 

 Leaves without hyaline points: capsule ovate-globose. 



In small dense cushions, soft lurid green G. conferta Funck. 1 



Leaves shorter, broad, obtuse G. conferta, var. obtusifolia Sch. 1 



In loose cushions, coarse, fuscescent * G. apocarpa Hedw. 3 



Loose, leaves blunt; capsule turbinate, wide mouthed when 



empty, G. apocarpa Hedw. 3, var. rivularis Nees & Hornsch. 



§ II. Eugrimiuia. 

 Capsule not costate (or obscurely) when dry: leaves not reflexed; 



margins plane: capsule eUiptical; collum 0. .G. olneyi Sulliv.? 17 

 § III. Guembelia. 

 Lamina above Snt-stratose: calyptra mitrate. 



Leaf margins plane x G. leucophaea Grev. 24 



Leaf margins recurved ; walls of basal cells sinuate 



X G. Pennsylvanica Schw. 22 



Only the margins 2-4-stratose: leaves hair-pointed ; annulus 0; 

 calyptra mitrate, covering the whole capsule ... 



G. calyptra Hook. 23 



G. conferta, var. obtusifolia ( Smyth's Check List). * G. apocarpa, Saline, 

 sterile (Henry): Riley and Pottawatomie (Reed). Specimens 

 blackish brown, and leaf points often broken; fruiting speci- 

 mens common. G. apocarpa, var. rivularis ( Smyth's Check 

 List). X G. olneyi? sterile and stunted form. Saline (Henry). 

 G. Pennsylvanica (Smyth's Check List). G. calyptrata. Saline 

 (Henry). 



RACOMITRIUM, p. 147. 



Leaves muticous; costa not lamellose; leaves not auricled nor 



decurrent, obtuse R. aciculare Brid. 2 



HEDWIGIA, p. 152. 



Leaves falcate or curved at apex, pale green. 



Capsule globose, lid broadly convex H. ciliata Ehrh. 1 



A stunted form. Saline (Henry). 



COSCINODON, p. 154. 



Costa forming a rough hyaline point, twice as long as the leaf. . . 



X C. Wrightii Sulliv. 2 



Monoecious; leaves ovate lanceolate, abruptly acuminate; teeth 



cribrose x C. Renauldii Card. 



X C. Wrightii, Saline (Henry); x C. RenauMii Card., Saline (Henry). Bot. 



Gaz., XV (1890), p. 41, plate VI B. 



