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lateral, or from the root. Peristome single, of 16 linear-lanceolate 

 2-cleft teeth, the divisions unequal, divergent. Lid conic-beaked. 

 Frond-like plants; leaves bifarious, vertical, "their proper lamina 

 infolded-boat-shaped, producing from the keel an equitant blade 

 which forms the principal portion of the leaf." 



t Pedicel terminal. 



1. F. miniltulllS, Sulliv. [Very small]: Dioicous; stems sim- 

 ple ; leaves lance-linear, margined by a transparent rather wavy 

 border; capsule erect, oval; pedicel 1 to 2 lines long; lid elongat- 

 ed-conic. On stones in brooks ; very diminutive. 



F. bryoides, Hedw. [Bryum-like]: Monoicous; stems near- 

 ly simple, ascending ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, margined, minutely 

 pointed by the excurrent nerve ; capsule oblong-oval ; pedicel J to 

 of an inch long, lid conic-pointed. Moist places, 

 ft Pedicel lateral. 



3. F. adiailtoidcs 1 Hedw. [Adiantum-like] : Stems much 

 branched; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate, the marginal cells 

 transparent, the nerve percurrent ; capsule oblique ; lid with a long 

 beak. Shaded, moist places, on the ground ; 1 to 2 inches high. 

 Inflorescence as in F. bryoides. 



Obs. This has not been found in fruit, within the County, 

 t f t Pedicel arising from the root. 



4. F. taxlfolius, Hedw. [Yew-leaved]: Stems short, tufted; 

 perichaetial leaves ovate, sheathing, convolute, pointed ; capsule 

 oblong; pedicel to ^ an inch long; lid conic-pointed. Moist 

 places. 



54?. COffOMIT'RHIM, Montague. 

 ["Gr. Konos, a Cone, and mitrion, a cap ; in reference to the Calyptra.] 

 Calyptra conic-mitriform, wavy at base. Capsule terminal upon 

 axillary branches. Peristome of 16 short and truncated irregularly 

 divided or perforated teeth. Lid conical, minutely beaked. Monoi- 

 cous. Sterile fl. axillary. 



1. C. Jlllianiim, Mont. [Julian] : Stems 2 to 5 inches long, 

 filiform, floating, much divided; leaves distant, narrowly lance- 

 olate, acute, the nerve extending to near the apex; capsule obconic, 

 tapering to a short pedicel ; lid conic, with a long erect beak, which 

 alone is covered by the calyptra, the latter fleshy and sometimes 

 throwing out rootlets from it base. Immersed in springs and brooks. 



TRIBE 12. POLYTRICHA^CEAE. 

 548. A'TRICIIUM, Beauv. Smooth-cap Moss. 



[Gr. a, privative, and Thrix, hair ; from the smooth calyptra.] 

 Calyptra narrowly cucullate, naked, spinulose at apex. Capsule 

 elongated-cylindraceous, slightly curved. Peristome single, of 32 

 short ligulate teeth, incurved and adhering by their summits to the 

 margin of the disk-like apex of the columella. Lid subulate-beaked. 

 Sterile fl. cup-shaped. 



