648 musci. (mosses.; 



tatc border; capsule short, oval, pendulous; operculum short, conic-acute. — 



White Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes. 



8. M. rostratum, Schwasgr. Stems J'.-l' high; the sterile branches 

 longer, decumbent or somewhat creeping ; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, very short- 

 apiculate, the thickened border obtusely dentate ; operculum rostrate, half as long 

 as the capsule ; pedicels often 2-5 together. — Along woodland rivulets. (Eu.) 



9. 1TI. CUSpidatum, Hedw. Stems i'-l' high, closely tufted, radicu- 

 lose, the sterile branches arcuate or decumbent ; lower leaves obovate-acuminate, 

 the upper oval-acuminate with a narrowed base, the thickened border simply ser- 

 rate; capsule somewhat pendulous, solitary; operculum convex, scarcely apicu- 

 late. — Woods, about the roots of trees : frequent. ^Tab. 17.) (Eu.) 



Tribe XX. MEESIE^. 



50. MEESBA, Hedw. (Tab. 11.) 



Calyptra small, cuculliform, fugacious. Operculum conic. Capsule apo- 

 physated, erect-cernuous, clavate, with a small oblique mouth, very long-pedi- 

 cellate, narrowly annulate. Peristome double; the exterior of 16 short obtuse 

 teeth, with a medial line ; the interior of 16 carinate cilia, much longer than the 

 teeth, with a narrow basal membrane. Inflorescence various : male flower with 

 clavate paraphyses. — Tall and striking species, inhabiting bogs and swamps, 

 remarkable for their slender stems and long pedicels, in habit Bryoid, in shape 

 of capsule allied to the Funarieas ; leaves of a lanceolate outline, with a semi- 

 amplexicaul and decurrent base ; the costa percurrent ; areola? small, compact, 

 oblong. — (Named for D. Meese, a Dutch botanist.) 



1. III. losigfiseta, Hedw. Hermaphrodite; stems 3'- 5' high, tomentose; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, spreading, plane and entire on the margins, serrate, twist- 

 ed when dry ; capsule clavate-pyriform, incurved, the apophysis constituting half 

 its length (as in the other species) ; the exterior peristome more or less adherent 

 to the interior ; annulus rather persistent ; operculum obtuse ; pedicels 4' - 5' 

 long. — Cranberry marshes, Northern Ohio. — A variety, smaller in all its parts, 

 occurs among the mountains of New England. (Tab. 17.) (Eu.) 



2. JNK, tristiclia, Br & Sch. Distinguished from the preceding by its 

 3-ranked, wider, squarrose and denticulate leaves, and the dioecious inflorescence, 

 with a terminal discoid male flower. — Grows in similar places. (Eu.) 



3. M. uligESBOSa, Hedw. Smaller than No. 1 and 2, monoecious and 

 hermaphrodite on the same plant ; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 

 with entire recurved margins and a heavy costa; operculum truncate. — White 

 Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes : St. Paul, Minnesota, Lesquereux. (Eu.) 



Tribe XXI. BARTRAMTEiE. 



51. BARTRAMIA, Hedw. (Tab. 17.) 



Calyptra small, dimidiate, fugacious. Operculum small, conic-convex. 

 Capsule globular, cernuous, seldom erect or pendulous, exannulate, striated. 



