680 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 



rhomboidal ; capsule suberect or oblique, oblong, tapering at tbe base, slightly 

 incurved, broadly annulate; operculum convex-conic. Alleghany Mountains, 

 on rocks and the ground. (Eu.) 



83. H. fulvuin, Hook. & Wils. Habit, ramification, and size of No. 

 81, but the color is dark fulvous; leaves longer-acuminated, with a close, elon- 

 gated, linear, flexuous areolation ; the margins erect ; capsule strikingly small 

 for the size of the plant, short-oblong, oblique, moderately incurved ; operculum 

 short-conic. Sphagnous marshes ; Louisiana, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 110 : 

 Augusta, Georgia, Gray. When immersed in warm water, it imparts to it a 

 beautiful saffron color. 



* # Inflorescence dioecious. 



84. Iff., sylvaticiim, L. Resembles very much No. 81, but, besides its 

 different inflorescence, distinguished by its somewhat larger size ; leaves more 

 elongated and less acuminated, with a wider and laxer areolation, the margins 

 not reflexed ; capsule cylindrical ; annulus narrow and simple ; pedicels pale ; 

 operculum much longer, and distinctly rostrate. White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire, Oakes: rare. Subject to varieties. (Eu.) 



85. H. Sllllivantiac, W. P. Sch. Mode of growth upright ; branches 

 slightly compressed ; leaves closely imbricating, ovate, narrowly acuminate, 

 with a minute flexuous-linear areolation ; capsule erect, regular ; anuulus large ; 

 pedicels coral-red ; operculum elongated-conic. On rocks, in dense woods, 

 Central and Southern Ohio. 



86. H. clcgans, Hook. Stems and branches prostrate, flat ; leaves plane, 

 ovate-lanceolate, with a slender and distantly serrulate point ; areolation as in 

 the last species ; capsule oval, more or less pendulous ; operculum conic-rostel- 

 late. White Mountains of New Hampshire, James. Foliage retaining its 

 brilliancy when dried. (Eu.) 



V* ADDITIONS TO MUSCI. 



To page 618. 



3. Scligeria ptisilla, Br. & Sch. In size and general appearance very 

 like S. tristicha and S. recurvata; distinguished from the first by its leaves 

 spreading every way (not 3-ranked). and from the second by its erect (not 

 curved) pedicel. St. Louis, Dnimmond, S. Mosses, No. 35. (Eu.) 



To p. 627. 



9. Karbula agraria, Hedw. Stems short (l"-2" high); leaves 

 tufted, oblong, shortly acuminate, concave, the margins not reflexed ; costa 

 strong, ceasing at the apex; capsule cylindrical, slightly curved, annulate, 

 ribbed when dry ; pedicel 4" - 6" high. Apabachicola, Florida, Drummond, S. 

 Mosses, No. 64. The striking feature of this species is the ribbed capsule. 



10. B. Ill lira Ii$, Titnm. Monoecious; stems caespitose, short; leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, subspatulate, the margins narrowly recurved ; costa excurrent 

 into a long and smooth pellucid hair-point ; capsule erect, oblong, symmetrical ; 

 teeth of the peristome much contorted, with a narrow basilar membrane. New 

 Orleans, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 63. (Eu.) 



