398 MUSCI. Miiiuia. 



■i- H- Leaves entire. 



3. M. punctatum, Heilw. Loosely ces[)itose, dark green, reddish below; 

 stems ^ to -1 inclk's lii;^ii, toineiitose, with several erect branches, not stolonifcrons : 

 leaves remote, spriuvdiiig and rellexed, large, firm, round-obovate with a very narrow 

 base, the upper more crowded, obovate-spatulate, slightly emarginate and very 

 minutely apiculate, with thickened reddish margin, the; i)ur[dish costa ceasing at or near 

 the top : capsule more or less pendulous, mostly solitary, ovate, pale olive brown ; 

 operculum acutely conic-rostellate. — Bruch it ►Schimp. 1. c., t. 387; AVilson, 1. c, 

 t. 30; Berkeley, Brit. Moss. t. 17, fig. G. liryuin jnmdatam, Schieb. ; Smith, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1183. 



Eureka (Bulandcr) ; Poit Discovery {Pickcrin<j) ; Alleghany Mountains and iiorlliwanl, and 

 European. 



* * Flowers bisexual. 



•i— Lea res bordered, slnqdij serrate. 



4. M. venustum, Mitten. Pale green ; stems an inch or two high, rigid, with 

 erect basal branches or simjde, leafy : leaves erect-spreading, broadly elliptic, 

 acuminate, cuspidate with the stout excurrent nerve, acutely serrate ui)on the narrow 

 border; inner perichietial leaves narrowly lanceolate : cajjsule inclined or pendulous 

 (pedicels clustered, an inch long), oblong, with a broad mouth, papillose, surroundetl 

 at base by a band of deep-colored stoniata ; operculum depressed-conic, short- 

 acuminate. — Hook. Journ. Bot. viii. 231, t. 12, 15; Sulliv. loon. 8uppl. 52, t. 3G. 



On .shaded rocks, Ukiah, etc. (Bolandcr) ; Tort Di.scovery (Pickcrivcj); Vancouver Island, 

 Menzics, Douglas, Lyall. 



M. Drum.mondii, Bruch & Schinip., was collected by Hall on the Columbia IJiver. Stem 

 simple, 1 inch liigh or more, with erect strict basal branches : leaves erect-sjireading with the 

 apex recurved, not crisped wlien dry, laneeolateobovate, acnniinate-apiculate, with a narrow 

 thickened yellowish border, serrate ai.>ove the middle with loni^ acute soft teeth. — bond. Journ. 

 Bot. ii. 669 ; Sulliv. Icon. Muse. 83, t. 51. Kocky Mountains of British America to Canada and 

 the White Mountains; also in Finland. 



M. Nevii, Muell. (Flora, Ivi. 481, and Torr. Bot. Bulletin, v. 5), is a .similar species with 

 leaves crowded at the summit of tli(! stem, reflexed-spreadiuf,', Mlien dry erect and slightly 

 crisped, broadly ovate or orbicular with shortly acundnate usually relieved ajieX, the broad yellow 

 border fimbriate with long ciliform teeth ; perichietial leaves small, lanceolate-acuminate, entire : 

 capsule jiendulous, cylindric-oblong, thickened at base ; operculum lieinispheric-conic, mamillate. 

 — Portland, Rev. IL IK iXevitis. 



-I- -1- Jjeaves bordered, the teeth in jmirs. 



M. sriNULOSU.M, Bruch & Schimp. I. c, t. 394, with obovate-oblong leaves, pale green, the 

 reddish border with spinulo.se teeth in pairs, and capsules (2 to 6) oval-oblong with short-beaked 

 orange-colored operculum and daik red peristome, was also collected by Hall on the Columbia 

 lUver. European. 



35. TIMMIA, Hcdw. 

 Cespitose perennials, on the ground, the simi)le stem at length innovating at the 

 summit, tomentose below. Leaves croM'ded, subequal, spreading from a sheathing 

 base, long-lanceolate, sraoothish, incised serrate above, the stout costa reaching the 

 apex ; areolation minute, round-hexagonal. Lillorescence terminal, monoecious, 

 with bud-like flowers of both sexes contiguous, or dicucious with the male flowers 

 subdiscoid and proliferous. Calyptra narrow, cucullate, smooth, subpersistent. Cap- 

 sule long-pedicelled, horizontal or inclined, oblong and subpyriform ; operculum 

 convex, mamillate or depressed. Peristome double as in Bri/um, the inner mem- 

 brane reaching to the middle of the lanceolate teeth and the jjrocesses divided into 

 4 nodose-filiform cilia coherent or anastomosing toward the apex ; ciliolaj none. 



Three species are known, two European, both of wliidi are found in North America, and a third 

 ill Thibet. 



