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§12. HARPfDIUM, Sulliv. — Stems rootless, ascending, fastigiately divided; di 

 visions long, subpinnately branched; brandies more or less hooked-curved ; leaves 

 filiformly attenuated, falcate-secund, subcontinuously costate; texture membrana- 

 ceous, firm; areolation minute, linear: capsule oblong, cylindrical, erect-cernuous : 

 pedicels long: operculum short, convex-conic : mostly marsh-species. 



40. H. llilcilUftfuilt, Hedw. Monoecious; stems 2' -4' long, somewhat 

 rigid ; leaves crowded, gradually lanceolate-subulate from a broad base, plicate- 

 striate, serrulate, costate beyond the middle; capsule cylindrical, erect-cernuous ; 

 annulus broad. — Hocks and decayed logs, in moist places, White Mountains of 

 New Hampshire, Oalces. — Forms large, loose, pale yellowish-green turfs. (Eu.) 



41. H. revdlveilS, SwartB. Monoecious; distinguished from the pre- 

 ceding by its softer, dark purple, larger, more linear leaves, when dry rattier tor- 

 tuous, not plicate, with a shorter costa ; and by its somewhat incurved oblong 

 capsule. — Marshes and bogs, Northern Ohio. (Eu.) 



42. II. fliaitctiiS, L. Monoecious ; stems longer than in the last two spe- 

 cies ; stem-leaves elongated-lanceolate, remote, flaccid, often not falcate-secund, 

 costate nearly to the point ; capsule turgid-oblong, incurved-horizontal, with a 

 distinct ereet collum ; annulus absent. — Swamps and stagnant water. — Color 

 usually dark green. (Em) 



43. H. s&duttceaHi, Hedw. Dioecious ; typical form slenderer than in 

 the three species above ; leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with a short 

 compressed costa reaching nearly to the point, and a somewhat rectangular are- 

 olation ; alar cellules large, inflated, pellucid ; capsule turgid, incurved-oblong. 

 — Swamps and bogs, — Var. gracilescens, Bryol. Europ. Stems more deli- 

 cate; leaves shorter, with a looser areolation. — Limestone springs, Penn., Les- 

 guereux. — Var.? giganteum, BryoL Europ. "Ethans Pond," "Willey Moun- 

 tain, New Hampshire, James. St Paul, Minnesota, Lesquereux. (Eu.) 



§ 13. CRATONEtfRON, Sulliv. — Stems prostrate or ascending, villous and 

 densely radicu/ose ; the divisions few, interruptedly pinnate : leaves lanceolate or 

 lanceolate-attenuated from a cordate base, spreading or falcate-secund ; areolation 

 dense, oblong : casta stout, sitbeontinuous : capsule cylindrical, cernuous : operculum 

 short-conic. — Mostly in irei. places, on calcareous sell. 



44. H. UBieiimSBlil, L. Dioecious ; leaves evenly concave ; annulus sim- 

 ple. — Wet places, on dripping rocks, Ohio. — H. commutatum, Hedw., a 

 closely related species found in British America, is a somewhat larger plant ; 

 having the leaves softer, longer-attenuated, plicate, and more falcate, with a 

 shorter costa, and a large compound annulus. (Eu.) 



§ 14. PTf LIUM, Sulliv. — Stems erect, large, rigid, rootless, villous, simple or 

 dichotomous, with one or two short innovations, densely cristate-pinnate, frond-like : 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated, circinnate-sccund, obsoletely bicostate, sulcate ; 

 ■areolation minute , linear : capsule cylindrical, incurved-horizontal: operculum con- 

 vex-conic : pedicels long. 



45. II. Crisf Jt-Casta'esssis, L. Dioecious ; leaves yellowish or ful- 

 vous, shining. — On the ground in mountainous districts; a striking, showy 

 species, sometimes forming deep spongy beds, many rods in extent. (Eu.) 



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