Ihaunia. MUSCI. 



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1. D. capillaceum, P.nich k Scliiinp. Tnfts donso, silky giocn abovo, ferru- 

 ginous below, lulous-toiueiitose, 1 or 2 inches high : leaves si)reading, flexuous, 

 abruptly long-subulate from a dilated somewhat sheathing base, witli excurrent 

 costa, entire : antheridia naked in the upper axils : capsule erect on the reddish 

 pedicel, oblong-cylindrical, regular or somewhat curved: teeth narrow. — Bryol. 

 Eur. t. 193; Sulliv. in Gray's iAIanual, 2 ed. t. 2; Sulliv. & Lesq. Muse. Am.-Bor. 

 Exsicc. n. 108 (2 ed. n. IGl) ; Berkeley, Brit. Moss. t. 22, fig. 7. Swarlzia capiUacea, 

 Hedw. ;Musc. Frond, ii. 72, t. 20. 



Ill the Yoscniite Valley, on shelving rocks between Vernal and Nevada Falls (Bolander) ; in 

 the Cascade Mountains (iLyrr//) ; Kast Humboldt Mountains, Nevada {Jrnlwn); and from tlie 

 Arctic rerrions to Colorado, Lake Superior and tlie White Alountains. Also in the mountains of 

 Eiuope, Asia, Africa and South America. 



2. D. inclinatum, Brucli k Schimp. Tufts soft, dull olive-green, darker below 

 than the last, ^ to 1 inch high : leaves narrower, densely crowded, minutely serrate 

 at the apex : male flowers with 2 or 3 jierigonial leaves : capsule oval, nodding : 

 teeth broader, ])urple. — Bryol. Eur. t. 194; El. Dan. t. 2087; Sulliv. & Lesq* 

 1. c, n. 108'' (2 ed. n. 162). Sivartzia inclinata, Hedw. 1. c. ii. 74, t. 27. 



At Soda Springs, near lieail of tlic Tnohuuw (Bofandcr) ; Uinta Mountains {Watson); and 

 from the Arctic regions to Lake Superior and Newfoundland. Also in the mountains of Europe ; 

 rarer than the last. 



18. HEDWIGIA, Ehrh. 

 8tcm Ijranched, rooting at base. Leaves in 8 ranks, oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 coriaceous, densely papillose-hirsute on the back, erose and ciliate at the hyaline 

 apex, nerveless ; areolation very minute, quadrate and rectangular, at the middle of 

 the base long-linear. Flowers raonoccious, bud-like. Calyptra conic-mitriform, 

 entire at base, hairy or naked, covering only the broad convex or umbonate oper- 

 culum, very fugacious. Capsule globose, immersed, very shortly pedicellate, erect, 

 without annulus or peristome. 



A single species ; growing on rocks. 



1. H. ciliata, Ehrh. Stems 1 to 4 inches high, dichotomously or irregularly 

 branched, loosely cospitoso, pale glaucous-green: leaves spreading or sV(uind, co'^icavo : 

 capsule palo brown with a reddish mouth.— Hedw. Muse. Frond, t. 40; Brucli ct 

 Schimp. Bryol. Eur. t. 272, 273 ; Wilson, Bryol. Brit. t. G ; Sulliv. in Gray's Man 

 2 ed. t. 2 ; Berkeley, Brit. Moss. t. 21, (ig. 8.' 



Reported ns found on redwood stumps (Bo/amlrr) ; cliffs of Williams River, Arizona (Bigcloic) ; 

 British Columbia {Lydl) ; very common in the Atlantic States and throughout Europe. 



19. BRAUNIA, Brnch & Schimp. 

 Stems broadly cespitose, irregularly branched, stoloniferous. Leaves in 8 ranks, 

 ovate-lanceolate, rather firm, smoothish, nerveless, the areolation rectangular, long- 

 linear at the middle of the base. Flowers moncccious or bisexual, bud-like. 

 Calyptra cucullate, smooth, long-beaked, nearly or quite covering the capsule. Cap- 

 sule subglobose to long-elliptic, exserted upon a long pedicel, with conic obtuse 

 operculum, without annulus or peristome. 



A small genus, too near the last and differing from it cliiefly in its cucidlate calyptra and ex- 

 serted ca[.sule. The only American species is the following, referred to Hedicigia by Mitten. 



1. B. Californica, Lesq. Loosely cespitose, yellowish green becoming brown, 

 the straight hard stems erect and simi)le or witji short irregular branches : leaves 

 oblong-ovat(\ hyaline and sometimes setose at the a(Mnin"iiate apex, with reflexed 

 or revolutc margins : calyi)tra mitriform, at length conic-cucullate : capsule turbinate. 



