412 



ANOPHTTES 



tures; the' interior a white plicate cone-shaped membrane. Lid 

 conical. Monoicous. Sterile fl. terminal. 



1. D. fbliosum, W. $ M. [Leafy] : Stems about a line high ; 

 lower leaves ligulate, upper ones ovate-lanceolate, somewhat laciniate 

 at apex, with a long excurrent nerve ; capsule remarkably large, 

 slightly pedicellate. Shady woods. 



TRIBE 14. BARTRAMIA^CEAE. 

 552. BARTRAM V IA, ffedw. 



[Dedicated to John Bartram, the Botanical Patriarch of our Country.] 

 Calyptra cuculliform. Capsule subglobose, unequal at base, ribbed 

 and grooved. Peristome double; the outer of 16 lanceolate teeth; 

 the inner a membrane divided into 16 two-cleft divisions. Lid small, 

 depressed-conic. 



1. B. pom i form is. ffedw. [Apple-shaped]: Stems some- 

 what elongated ( an inch to an inch), fork-branched, the branches 

 fastigiate; leaves spreading, subulate-linear, longish, serrulate, 

 crisped when dry, the nerve excurrent ; pedicel ^ an inch to f in 

 length ; sterile and fertile fl. together. Moist banks, in woods ; 

 "grows in large cushion-like patches of a light-green color." 



2 B. foil la 11 a, Brid. [Fountain]: Dioicous; stems much 

 elongated (2 or 3 inches),^ the branches rather short; leaves 

 glaucous-green, closely imbricated, oval, pointed, or elongated- 

 lanceolate, rigid, often secund, serrulate, the nerve extending to the 

 apex ; capsule obliquely ovoid ; pedicel 1 to 1 % inches long, lateral 

 from innovations. Sterile fl. disk-like, or cup-shaped. In springy, 

 wet places. 



TRIBE 15. BRYE^AE. 

 553. BRY V UM, L. Thread-Moss. 



[Gr. Bryon, an ancient name for Moss.] 



Calyptra cuculliform. Capsule smooth. Peristome double ; the outer 

 of 16 lanceolate teeth ; the inner a membrane divided into 16 pro- 

 cesses, often with ciliolae, or filiform segments, between them: annu- 

 lus mostly present. 



1. Innovations proceeding from near the summit of the stem. 

 f Ciliolae smooth. 



1. B. piilclivlliini, Hedw. [Pretty]: Dioicous; small; leaves 

 lanceolate, serrulate at apex, nerved to the summit; capsule nod- 

 ding, short-pyriform or obovoid, not annulate ; pedicel an inch 

 to f in length ; lid convex, apiculate. Clay banks ; New-Garden. 



2. B. Walllenbergii, Schwaegr. [Wahlenberg's]: Leaves 

 yellowish-green, glossy, ovate, lanceolate, serrulate at apex, with a 

 nearly percurrent nerve ; capsule short-pyriform or turbinate, in- 

 clined or drooping, not annulate; pedicel f to an inch long; lid 

 convex-mammillate ; sterile fl. conspicuous, disked-shaped, on a 

 separate individual. Springy places ; New-Garden. 



