612 (12) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
and No. 8 may be sterile forms or incomplete states of two species yet unk 
They approach nearer to S. cymbifoliam than to any other species ; “ae bet 
leaves haye a closer ct il and are not papillose on the back near the 
apex, nor are the cortical utricles of the branches marked with strim, as they 
are in the last-named species.) 
oides, Brid. Form and ramification of the stem and cross- 
section of the leaf same as in the last, but a somewhat smaller plant, and not so 
flaccid ; — mostly of a dark vinous red, oval, entire at the apex, not mar- 
ed; whe absorbing moisture with difficulty; flowers and fruit not seen. 
pringy i on Table Rock, 8. Carolina, Gray, Lesquereux: Mt. 
fink York, Yorrey.— (In th ontgg ges locality occurs an ae 
variety, Cy uahaes: Ss. Pyle, Brid. — smaller in all its parts; branches 
somewhat numerous, short, mostly single, a with closely-imbricated leaves, 
much smaller than the distantly raced stm liter. — (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 4.) 
% % Ducts oval, situated centrally between the rotund utricles, and extending to both 
surfaces of the leaf. 
. S. squarrésum, Pers. Monccious ; stems 8’-12/ long, robust, 
ve branches deflexed, attenuated, 5 in a fascicle ; seeneailnn ovate-acumi- 
nate, squarrose; stem and _— leaves oblong, obtuse, not fibrillose.— 
Bogs, &c.; common in the Northern and Middle States, and westward. —A 
. macrophylium, Bervhardi. Stems slender, stiff, reddish, 4/- 
6! te ; branches short, flat, flabelliform, 2-3 in a fascicle; branch-leaves sbos: 
subulate, straight, fouee dentate at the apex; utricles elongated, with 
large pores in a line along the centre, and remarkable for the absence of a ala 
fibre ; capsule oblong, cone by the perichsetial leaves. — ion near the 
sea-coast, New Jersey to Florida: also Raccoon Mts., Alabama, Lesquereux 
%* * * Ducts triangular, situated between cn rotund utricles next the concave A 
of the leaf. 
11. 8S. acutifoliaum, Ehrh. Monecious; stems 5/-10/ long, gc ‘ 
ches. crowded, elongated, attenuated, mostly pendent ; stem-leaves 
late, obtmse,. not fibrillose ; branch-leayes ovate-lanceolate, to 
= 
a narrow 
0 serge es capsule muc oye Teoaanl variable in 
: foliage often tinged with red.—§. rubellum, Wils. (common in Europe), 
soul resembling this, but a eee species, with alliptical leaves and dicecious 
cence, may be looked for within our limits. i 
2. S. fimbriatum, Wils. Monccious; much like and formerly con- 
pane with No. 11, but a more delicate species, with fimbriated stem-leaves, 
and large, conspicuous, obovate, obtuse, and cucullate perichetial leaves. — 
British America, Drummond. (Eu u.) 
ulliy. Stems 2/-3! high, closely csespitose ; branches 
sporules golden-yellow.—(S. acutifolium, var.? Muse. Alleghan.) — 
