Grimmia. MUSCI. 379 



a lonpr snmowliat liispid hair, carinatn-coiicavo, tliR margin at baso rncnrvod : capsule 

 u[)nii a strongly curved pedicel, ovato or ol)long, 8-costiite, pale brown ; operculum 

 red, straight-beaked ; annulus broad,' compound : teeth irregulaily bifid to the 

 middle or simply lanceolate-subulate, red, convergent when damp, erect-spreading 

 Avhon dry. — Bruch & Schimp. 1. c, t. 244 ; AVilson, 1. c, t. 32 ; Sulliv. iS:: Lcsq. 

 Muse. Am.-P.or. Kxsiec. 2 ed. n. 207. 



Var. meridional is, Schimp. i\[oro densely tufted, stems slender, tall, dark 

 brown below : leaves siiorter, arcuately recurved when damp : capsule smaller, sub- 

 globose, less sulcate, red : teeth smaller. — G. ancisfrodea, Mont. 0. Catifornica, 

 var., Sulliv. in J'acif. M Kep. iv. 187, t. 4, fig. l''-3\ 



Near Oakland ami olsowlicrc, coininon {Bigclow, Bolandcr) ; the variety in Daidauelles Canon 

 (Bolandrr) ; Kmojie and Northern Africa. 



9. Gr. Californica, Sulliv. Loosely cespitose, about ^ inch high : leaves erect- 

 spreading, long-lanceolate, carinate, concave with revolute margin, costa excurrcnt 

 into a hyaline denticulate hair: calyptra cucullate-mitriform, 4-5-cleft at base: 

 capsule oval or ol)long, with an evident collum, pendulous u[)on a short arcuate 

 ])p.dicel, .scarcely costato wiien dry ; operculum with a long straight beak ; annulus 

 rather l)roa<l, comjtound : teeth bilid nearly to the middle. — I'acif. 11. liep. iv. 187, 

 t. 4, cxcl. var. ; Sulliv. & Lesif. 1. c, n. 205, 20G. 



On rocks at San IJafaol and around San Francisco, common, Biijclov), Ba'andrr. With it is 

 found a variety with the obtusish or acute leaves not setose, and the capsule subglobose, with a 

 longer operculinn. 



10. G-. hamulosa, Lesq. Loosely tufted, blackish : leaves somewhat fascicled, 

 falcate-secund when dry, erect and curved inward like a hook wdien moist, loosely 

 indjiicatcd, narrowly lanceolate-subulate, carinate-concavo with nearly flat margin, 

 the stout nerve ceasing below the obtusish opaque apex : capsule upon a somewhat 

 curved pedicel, oval, smooth, brown, with a short conic operculum and no annulus : 

 teeth rather short, lacerate or inq^erfectly divided. — Mem. Calif. Acad. i. 14. 



On gnivelly soil upon Mount Dana, at 10,000 feet altitude, Bolandcr. 

 § 4. Capsule upon a stralrjlit erect pedicel, mostly exserted, not ribbed ; columella 

 not deciduous : leaves spreadlnr/, not crisped, mostli/ setose, with flat 

 marylns; areolatlon rectangular at base, rarely slmious. — Guembelia. 



* Calyptra mltrlform, lobed at base. 

 -»- Flowers monoecious. 



11. Or. ovata, "Web. & ^lohr. IJather stout, tufted, | inch high or more, 

 green turning gray : leaves lanceolate from an oblong concave base, with reflexcd 

 margins, acutely carinate, attenuate into a rather long smoothish hair, slightly thick- 

 ened on the margin : capsule exserted, ovate to oblong, lirm, becoming brown, with 

 obli([uely beaked or rarely obtuse operculum and broad annulus : teetli rather long, 

 purple, unequally (;left to the middle or lacerate and cribrose, spreading when dry. 

 — Schwaegr. Suppl. i, t. 24 ; IJruch it Schimp. Bryol. Eur. t. 2.')4, 



On dry rocks in the Truckee and West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada (JFalson) ; Arctic 

 America to Lake Superior ; Kurope, Asia, and the Sandwich Islands. Variable. 



-»- -1— Flowers dla;clo7is. 



12. Gr. leucophaea, Grev. Broadly cespitose, silvery gray : leaves dark green, 

 long-lanceolate from an ol)long base, terminated by a long very hispid hair, spread- 

 ing, with slender costa and thin margin : capsule rarely exserted, elliptic or broad- 

 oblong, brown, contracted at the mouth, witii a conic-subulate or bluntly beaked 

 operculum and broad anmdus : teeth usually 2 - 3-cleft to the middle, cribrose belo\v, 

 purple, spreading when dry. — Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 284 ; Ilruch i^ Sehiuqi. 1. c, t. 257. 



Dry rocks, Danlanelles Oanon (Bolnndr,-) \ Kast Humboldt Mountains, Nevada {JFalson); 

 Fort Colvillc {Lycdl) ; Northern Atlantic States, Kurope, Africa, and Australia. 



