Hejxificce of \o)iJi America. 71 



a lateral branch, obovate-clavate. (L. serpyUifolia Sulliv. 

 Muse. Alleghan. No. 272, L. cavifoJia Aust. Hep. Bor.-Auier. 

 No. 97.) 



Hob. — On trees, near Charleston, S. C. {SuUivant), La. {Drummond), 

 Catskill Mts., N. Y. (P. T. Cleve), Belleville, Ont. (Macoun). 

 Bib.—Und. Hep. Hibern. p. 488. 

 ^;mc.— Muse. Alleghan. No. 272; Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 97. 



0. L. Austin! Lind. Stems straightish, subsimple; 

 leaves subimbricate, oblique, obovate-rotund, erect-patent, the 

 margin sub-repand, the areolation rather small diminishing 

 toward the margin, the lobe somewhat hooded, one-toothed; 

 araphigastria 2-3 times the width of the stem, bifid with a nar- 

 row sinus, the laciniae semi-ovate, somewhat acute; sporogony 

 phase unknown. (L. SiiUiciDit'tw Aust. which name is preoc- 

 cupied as L. Si(Ih'ranfi Gottsche is described, 1863, Mex. Lev. 

 p. 190.) 



Hab. — Roots of trees and on the ground; So. States {Sullivant), La. 

 (Feathcrman). 



Bib.— Torrey Bull. Ill, 15. 



Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. Ofi. 



10. L. cucullata Nees. Stems filiform, rather pin- 

 nately branching, fiaccid; leaves oblong -ovate, distant, the 

 lower margin inflexed - hooded ; amphigastria distant, oval, 

 much smaller than the leaves; inner involucre terminal on 

 short branches, obovate, rather compressed, obtusely keeled 

 beneath, convex above and bicarinate toward the apex; plant 

 minute, light green. (L. l/icens Tayl. ) 



Hab. — On moist rocks, Alleghany Mts. (Sullivant). 



Bib.— Syn. Hep. p. 389, 767. 



Exsic— MuHC. AUegnan. No. 274; Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 98. 



11. L. Caroliniana Aust. Stems 2 — -1 mm. long, rather 

 flaccid; leaves somewhat fuscous, rotund, convex, squarrose- 

 patent, subvertical, rather dense^ the apex strongly decurved, 

 the lobe small, subinflated; amphigastria rotund; inner invo- 

 lucre pyriform, subcompressed, B-angled, the angles naked; 

 male spikes large, terminal and lateral. 



Hab. — With Frullania Kunzei from Mobile, Ala. {Snllivant). 

 Bib.— Bot. Bulletin (now Bot. Gazette), I, 36. 



