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nant lamina 3-} length ; inferior lamina not tapering, ceasing before or at 
the base; cells small, 10-14 », roundish, densely chlorophyllose and very 
obscure: flowers dioicous?; female only known, arising near the base of 
the stem, rooting: fruit subbasal; seta short, equaling or somewhat exceed- 
ing the stems; capsule pale, cylindric-oval, erect, or slightly curved ; conic 
operculum with its beak equaling half the capsule; calyptra slender, 
cucullate; spores 18-22 p. 
HAs.: On trees and rocks: Canada and states east of Mississippi 
river; St. Louis, Mo. (Drummond). 
14. F. taxifolius Hepwic: Sp. Muse. 135. t. 39. 
BRAITHWAITE: Br. Moss-Fl. 1. 77. t. 12 A.— RICHARDSON: Append. 27.—SULLIVANT: 
Mosses U, S. 25,—JameEs: Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 13. 109.—Lesq. & James: Man. 87.— 
MITTEN: Jour. Linn. Soe. 21. 558. 
CoLL.: SuLL. & LEsQ.: Musci Bor. Am. 1 ed. no, 83.—2 ed. no. 106.—AUSTIN: Musci 
A 
Plants of moderate size, 1-3 em. high, gregarious, dark green: stems 
fasciculate-branched at base, branches ascending or decumbent, radicu- 
lose: leaves numerous, closely approximate, sometimes slightly imbri- 
cate, crisped and incurved when dry, largest above the middle and de- 
creasing toward the apex of stems, oblong-lanceolate, minutely serrulate, 
marginal cells often pellucid; border none; costa excurrent, broadening 
to form a strong mucro; vaginant lamina } 3 length; inferior lamina 
slightly narrowed to the base, not decurrent; cells hexagonal, 12-16 p< 
flowers monoicous: male basal, on short rooting branches, antheridia 2 
or 3, without paraphyses; female basal, axillary: fruit basal; seta 1-2 cm. 
long, flexuous, reddish-yellow; capsule oblong, thick, sub-turgid, cernu- 
ous, or when empty pendent and contracted below the mouth, dark — 
brown; operculum with a long slender beak commonly bent near the — 
base; calyptra cucullate; spores 18-22 fis 
_ Has.: Shaded clayey ground: Canada and states east of Mississippi 
river; southern Missouri (Hngelmann). 
15. F. Floridanus Lesa. & James: Proc. Amer. Acad. 14, 187. 
Manual 83.—Mirren: Jour. Linn. Soe. 21. 556. 
the stem: fruit on a short branch rooting at base, single (rarely two from 
the same stem); seta 10-15 mm. long, thick, reddish; capsule oblong: 
oval, cernuous; operculum large, long-beaked. 
Has.: Florida (Garber), 
