MUSCI. (MOSSES.) — (61) 661 
broad reddish rim ; teeth of the peristome not nodose; inner peristome better 
ae the short carinate cilia quite evident; perichztial leaves yellowish. 
—Dry, sandy and hilly oie in thin woods, never on trees.— Southern 
States, aie oak 
69. MWURELLA, Bryol. Europ. (Tab. V.) 
Calyptra cuculliform, narrow. Operculum convex-conic, obtuse, large. Cap- 
sule oval or obovate-oval, with a short and tumid erect collum, pedicellate, an- 
est Peristome a Serasgbrag as in Hypnum ; the ciliole, say very 
hort, often absent. s.— Small, subalpine, glaucous green, 
asthe tufted icatinn : with erect, sparingly sek ‘apse: sooner 
stems ; and closel y imbricating , subrotund, ecosta pap leaves, 
composed of pellucid rhombic . cellules. 
1. MI. Careyima, Sulliv. Stems slender, branched by innovations ; 
leaves very concave, with a short filiform point, strongly papillose on the back, 
and ciliate-dentate on the margins; perichetia orange-red, leaves smooth, nar- 
sak lanceolate, filiformly « acuminate, the margins at the upper end of the lami- 
fringed. — High moun , Bare England, J. Carey: Pennsylvania, Les- 
quereux: North Carolina Pioese Miuntain), Gray § Sullivant. — The cs other 
species of this genus, M. ged and M. apiculata, were collected in British 
America by Pranisad (Tab. 
Trix XXIX. FABRONIEZ. 
70. FABRONIA, Raddi. (Tab. IV.) 
Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum conic, acuminate. 
pe Capsule pyriform, erect, 
pedicellate ; its mouth ela Peristome single (in No. 4 absent) ; the slice 16 
linear-lanceolate teeth approximated in pairs, when dry reflexed. Inflorescence 
moncecious. — Minute species, in habit and size, with pros’ 
and erect crowded subfasciculate branches; lea ceolate, 
liformly acuminate, dentate or ciliate, semi-costate areolation lax, pellu- 
cid, the cell e basal angles quadrate, elsewhere larger and rhomboidal, 
with spanagener piss rdial utricles : same tion of the capsule-wall quadrate, 
flexuous. (Named after Fabroni, an Italian botanist.) 
1. EF. iacacoia Sulliv. (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 251.) Capsule oblong- 
pyriform ; operculum conic-rostellate ; teeth of the peristome light amen 
low; the vaginula concealed by the gradually acuminated perichztia’ 1 leaves. 
Marcos, Texas, Wright. — Near the ane F. octoblepharis ; but that 
species has a mamellate operculum, wnish-red peristomial — leaves 
with more numerous quadrate alar cellules, so an emergent vagin 
2. EF. Ravenélii, Sulliv. (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 252.) Leaves of a 
clear rie 2 aed color, closely imbricating, entire on the margins, or occasionally 
with a few teeth; costa distinct, extending beyond pin middle ; pericheetial 
leaves numerous, dentate, gradually acuminate ; vaginula as in No.1; of 
the rather short, dusky yellow ; sporules large. tla peainertiad 
Carolina, Ravenel. ~~ J 
