616 (16) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
ropean, and the point is more strongly serrulate : the capsule also i is inclined to 
an oval shape. (Eu.) 
11. P. subulatum, Schreb. Very much like the last, but the base of 
the leaf not so suddenly dilated, more lanceolate, the point not so serrulate; ca- 
yptra smaller; the antheridia naked in the axils of the perichetial cane, _ 
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island: rare. (Eu.) 
12. P. paliistre, Br. & Sch. Distinguished from the last two species 
mainly by its campanulate-conic calyptra 4—5-lobed at the base: inflorescence 
as in No. 11.— Sandy soil, New Jersey, James. Louisiana. (Eu.) 
13. P. mervosum, Hook. Upper leaves more or less obovate-oblong, 
densely areolated above, serrate at the apex of the lamina, with a broad, long- 
excurrent costa; the lower leaves much smaller, he acuminate, closely 
appressed ; capsule ovate; pedicel short; calyptra cuculliform; male flower 
gemmiform at the base of the fertile stem. ig es Drummond. 
§ 6. ASTOMUM, Hampe.— Stems simple or branched, perennial: leaves elon- 
gated, costate, the terminal much larger, with a loose, hyaline areolation below ; 
above minute, subquadrate, granulose: calyptra a capsule globose or 
more or less rostellate. — (Allied to the Weisiex. 
* Male flower gemmiform, i 
14. P. crispum, Hedw. Stems divided above, cing several capsules 
on each branch ; leaves crisped when dry, shortly cuspidate b 
long base, the margins each —— pe Capeuls A apiculate, 
with a more or less ob .—It is 
American ; but specimens haptic from Texas ‘ast Tidtie appear to belong 
to it. (Eu. ) 
15. P. Sullivantii, Schimp. Resembles the last, but has shorter stems, 
not so much branched ; capsule pre shining, bright orange-colored ; calyp- 
tra and spores smaller.— Very comm 
16. P. nitidulum, Schimp. as No. 15, but a smaller species, with 
a shining, pale chestnut-colored, oval, mE rostellate capsule, its pedicel 
nla hen yptra scarcely descending obscure 
* * Male flower gemmiform, = ican 
17. P. Ludovicianum, Sulliy. Larger than No. 3 leaves very 
much the same in every respect; capsule oblong-oval, Saal 3 rostellate, 
ally 2-3 in the same perichzeth, borne on a branch arising from below the m: 
flower. —(P. crispum, var. rostellatum, Schweegr.? Hook. § Wils. in Drum. a 
Coll., No. 10.) — New Orleans, Drummond. 
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5. BRUCHIA, Schwegr. (Tab. L) 
Calyptra mitriform, lobed at the base. Capsule ae or ant rostellate, 
pedicellate : collum large. _ Columella present. merous, per 
yellow, muriculate. Inflorescence moneecious : male ees panes 
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