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10. F. osmundoides Hepwia: Sp: Muse. 153. t. 40. 
BRAITHWAITE: Br. Moss-F1. 1, 73, t.11. A.—SULLIVANT: Mosses U.S. 24.—LEsQ. & JAMES: 
Man. 87.— Mirren: Jour. Linn. Soc. 21. 558. 
CoLL. : DRUMMOND: Musci Amer. I. no, 112.—SULLIVANT: Musci All. no, 179.—SuLL. & 
LEsQ.: Musci Bor. Am. 1 ed. no. 86.2 ed. no. 109.—AUSTIN: Musci 
Plants of medium size, 1-5cm. (rarely even 8-10cm.) high, more 
or less densely tufted, frequently matted by the brown tomentose rhiz- 
oids, olive- or dark-green: stems simple or branched below: leaves 
numerous, approximate, not imbricated, increasing in size toward the 
apex of stem, sometimes crisped when dry, oblong-lanceolate, serrulate 
especially towards the apex; border none; costa vanishing just below the 
rounded, apiculate apex ; vaginant lamina 4-% length; inferior lamina 
narrowing slightly toward the base, not decurrent; cells large, 12-24 « 
16-82 », oval-hexagonal: flowers dioicous, terminal: fruit terminal; seta 
yellowish to dark-red, }~1cm. long; capsule sub-erect or inclined, light- 
to red-brown, oblong; the conical operculum with its long, acicular, 
straight (rarely bent) beak equaling the capsule; calyptra plurilobate at. 
; Spores 20-28 »,. 
Has.: Common in all situations: Lower Canada, Eastern and Cen- 
tral States; White Fish Bay, Lake Superior (Gillman); Grandfather Mt. 
(Sullivant); Rocky Mts. (Drummond). 
11. F. rufulus Brucu & Scurmprr: Bry. Eu. Fiss, Monog. Suppl. IL. t, 102. 
SCHIMPER: Syn. Muse. 1 ed.106.—2 ed. 120.—MILDE: Bry. Siles. 84.—BrarrHwalteE: Br. 
Moss-Fl. 1. 74, t. 11 B 
F. ventricosus LEsQUEREUX: Mem. Cal. Acad. 1. 7.—8ULLIVANT; Icon. Muse: Suppl. 45- 
t. 80.—WaTson: Bot. Calif. 2, 74.—Lesq. & James: Man. 84,—Mrrren : Jour. Linn. 
Soe. 21. 556, 
Plants large, robust, 2-5 cm. high, loosely and widely cespitose, black- 
ish below, the young branches dark green: stem erect, branching 
dichotomously at the base, the branches simple or sparingly divided, with 
rhizoids among the leaves: leaves numerous, crowded, somewhat imbri- 
cate, cultriform or scalpelliform, entire; border thick, reddish, ceasing 
just below the apex; costa strong, percurrent; vaginant lamina 3-3 
length, ventricose, margin flexuous near apex; inferior lamina tapering 
regularly to the base ; cells thick-walled, polygonal, 8-12 « 8-16 »: flow- 
ers dioicous, terminal; male plants shorter: fruit terminal; seta short, 
scarcely exceeding the leaves, thick; capsule thick, erect, elliptical, pale 
below, reddish above; teeth erect, coarsely articulated, upper portions 
spirally thickened; operculum short-conic; calyptra cucullate; spores 
oval, large, 24-32 Ps : 
Has.: On submerged ks i : : ; 
lander); Silver Creek, Grama { a Mendocino City, Cal. (Bo- 
