OF PACIFIC COAST MOSSES. 3) 
PHASCUM, Schreb. 
10. P. cuspidatum, Schreb. 
Hab. with the former, Bol.; with var. piliferum, Fort Colville, Lyall. 
11. P. bryoides, Dicks. 
Var. B. piliferum, Schp. Synop. 
Hab. south side of hills of Oakland, ol. 
A few specimens only were sent, mixed with Anacalypta Starkcana and Weista 
virtdula. 
PLEURIDIUM, Brid. 
12. P. subulatum, Brch. & Schp. 
Hab. ditches and dry hills, San Rafael, Bol. 
By the form of the capsule and of the leaves, the California moss is referable to 
P. alternifolium, Brch. and Schp. Even the two years’ old plants bear slender inno- 
yatine branches with short distant leaves, similar to the flagelliform branches of P. 
alternifolium. Yet, the inflorescence is that of P. subulatum, the anthers being free in 
the axils of the upper leaves. 
BRUCHIA, Schweer. 
13. B. Bolanderi, spec. nov. Monoica, dense gregaria, caespitulosa, pallide virescens. 
Caulis brevis, vix linearis, basi tantum radiculosus, simplex. Folia caulina 
remota, minuta, lanceolata ; comantia erecto-aperta lanceolata, brevi subu- 
lata, costa plana sub apice obscure et obtuse serrulato desinens, reti basilari 
quadrato-elongato, apiciali angustiore distincto ; folia perichzetialia late ovata, 
amplectentia tubulosa, externa breviter acuminata, interna lanceolato-subu- 
lato erecta, caulinis duplo longiora, reti laxiore. Capsula in pedicello robusto, 
semipollicari subflexuoso erecta vel subobliqua, e collo elongato pallide viridi 
oblonga angusta, virescens, in rostrum rectum pallidumque producta ; calyp- 
tra tertiam partem capsule obtegens, basi laciniata. Inflorescentia vere 
monoica sed primo intuitu dioica videtur, caule primario repente, radiculoso 
masculas, femineasque gemmas radiculosas gestante. Flores masculi cras- 
siores, foliis perigonialibus internis brunneis, ovato lanceolatis acutis, obsolete 
nervosis. 
Hab. near Big Tree Grove, Mariposa ; Westfall’s Meadow, 8,000 ft. Bol. 
It is not easy to separate this species from Vogesiaca, Schw. ‘The inflorescence 
is the same ; at least, male and female buds bear in their position the same relation. 
The long pedicel, the form and color of the capsule, are also similar. The difference 
is essentially in the shorter stems, shorter leaves, the shorter beak, and especially the 
longer collum of the capsule. The pedicel is thicker than in the European species, 
slightly flexuous when dry, straight when moistened. The color of the plants is of a 
pleasant pale green, 
