BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [April, 



elongated, obtuse or subacute, and the capsule shorter, 

 broadly ovate. 



Idaho : Lake Pend d'Oreille, on logs (Letters; commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Ch. R. Barnes). 



E, 



Formrobust, 



resembling in habit E. myosuroides. Stem-leaves very large, 

 triangular-lanceolate, obtuse ; branch-leaves rounded at apex. 

 Capsule like that of the typical form. 



Idaho, with the preceding. 



The type from Europe has the stem-leaves ovate-triangu- 

 lar, suddenly narrowed-acuminate, the branch-leaves lance- 

 eolate, acute or subobtuse and the capsule oblong. It rather 

 resembles in habit E. praelongum or E. Stokesii. This typ- 

 ical form, like the two vars. Barnesi and fallax, has the 

 leaves distant, open or erecto-patent. The forms belonging 

 to the var. fracox Wahl. and diver sifolium Lindb (E. 

 sifohum BS.)., and which are. at Wat in *\,™ a \u 



b ^ 



OSt 



con- 



cave and closely imbricate leaves and their cylindrical iula- 

 ceous branches These forms, which in Europe occur only 

 in a pine and subalpine districts, are met with in low countrie 



i\<r ■ l a ' *~" UiV cisiioiium issued 



Musctbor. Amcr exstcc. no. 432 was collected, accorc 



he label, m the hills of Ohio. We have it also from __ 

 tana near Helena (F. W. Anderson, communicated by Mr 

 Ch. K. Barnes). J 



M 



PI 



Dif- 



ters horn the type m its very short and turgid capsule, 

 scarcely 1.5 mm. long, and the thick, flexuous pedicel, often 

 geniculate at base. i 



Koote 



by Mr. Ch. R. Barne7)7~ V v ™~'*' """"^ s™"™*"" 



Amblystegiumrifarium BS. var. serratum.— Plant slen- 

 der creeping Leaves narrow, serrulate at apex. 



Kansas: Saline county, roots of trees (Joseph Henry). 



^ nb/ySt6gkw i r f arium B S. var. FLORiDAvuM.-Verv 



a^;min^ PreSS . e ^ eaVCS Small < na rrowly lanceolate, long 

 acuminate, entire. r*..v»,„i — „i * ■ / '. & 



arcuate. 



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!n U A , ; x gS -/ 0tten woo T d > r °ots and base of trees. Florida 

 order). Louisiana, Lafayette's woods (Lang-lots). 



