l88g.\ BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 97 



small, subhexagonal. Perichsetial bracts often lacerate at 

 the rounded apex. Capsule immersed, oblong-subcyhndn- 

 cal, 2 mm. long, .75 mm. broad ; lid conic-acuminate. Teeth 

 of the peristome about .50 mm. long, narrowly linear-acumi- 

 nate, with 14-20 lamellae ; divisural line distinct at the base 

 only and not perforated. Cilia of the inner peristome united 

 at apex only, the lower transverse bars imperfect, papillose, 

 not appendiculate. Diameter of the spores .025-.028 mm. 

 On stones in the rivulets of Miquelon island, copiously fruit- 

 ing (Br. Belamare).—\n our work on the flora of the Mique- 

 lon island, 2 we indicated this moss as F. squamosa L. At that 

 time we knew the plant only from sterile specimens, and in 

 this state it is almost impossible to distinguish it from b . 



squamosa. 



The F. Delamarei is perhaps a sub-species of F. squamosa ; 

 it is intermediate between this species and F. Norce-AngUa 

 Sull., resembling the first by the characters of the vegetative 

 system, and related to the second by the organs of fructifica- 

 tion, as far as we can judge from the tab. 65 of the bulJi- 

 vant's Icones. The original, but sterile specimen of this 

 last species, for which we are indebted to the kindness of our 

 venerable friend, Mr. Lesquereux, differs from our plant in 

 the more slender stems, pinnately branched at right-angles, 

 and in the leaves more distant, not imbricate, characters 

 which give to the plant quite a different facies. 



IF. 

 F. D 



cap- 



sule twice as large, ovoid or ovate-oblong, rounded at Dase ; 

 teeth of the peristome twice as long (about 1 mm.), J"°> e 

 strongly papillose, more denselv trabeculate (26-32 lamellae) : 

 divisural line more distinct and often perforated toward tn< 

 base ; inner peristome perfectly latticed ; spores general!} a 

 little larger (.028-.031 mm.). 



Calif 1 



More slen- 



der than the type, with numerous filiform, flagellate branch- 

 lets, covered with verv small lanceolate leaves. 



California : Monterey, on trees (Mist Martha K. Mann). 



Eurh 



Differs from 



tLurhvncfuum singosum 13». vai. dak^mi. ? 



the European type in the stems rather more robust, the stem- 

 leaves larger, longer acuminate, the branch-leaves more 



2 Florule de Vile Miquelon, Lyon, 1888 



