618 (18) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
Y WEISIA, Hedw. (Tab. 1) 
Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum rostrate. Capsule oval, annulate, exsert- 
ed. Peristome single, of 16 linear-lanceolate acer: ps entire or perfo- 
all 
rated, ‘gece medial line. Inflorescence mone r dicecious. — § 
species, growing on the ground ; stems more or less cil waaidieas leaves 
linear- seistiee” costate, of a dense and somewhat quadrate areolation. — 
(Named after /. W. Weis, a German cryptogamic botanist.) 
L, oe Pg gs gees B rid. Leaves very much involute on the margins, 
crisped when dry ; costa slightly excurrent.— Old fields, meadows, &c.: very 
common ate i eo I.) (Eu.) : 
8S. BRHABDOWEISIA, Br.&Sch. (Tab. I.) 
Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum with a long oblique rostrum. Capsule 
short-oval, 8-striated, annulate, exserted. Peristome single, of 16 subulate or 
lanceolate teeth, without a medial li Inflorescence moncecious: male flower 
terminal, gemmiform. — Size and ‘ome of the species very much as in the last 
genus, from which it is separated by the striated capsule (hence its name, from 
. paB80s, a stria, and Weisia) 
1. B. fligax, Br. & Sch. Leaves linear-lanceolate, carinate, costate to 
the apex, nearly entire on the margins, crisped when dry, more or less papillose ; 
the areolation dense and quadrate above, larger, looser, and oblong below; teeth 
of the peristome subulate, fugacious.— White Mountains, New Hamps 
Oakes ; (q Tab. I.) (Eu) 
BR. denticulata, Br. & Sch. Very near the last, but rather larger; 
leaves linear- ‘ati, approaching to lingulate, coarsely serrate at the apex; 
areolation larger; teeth of the peristome Stiicoliades not fugacious. — Crevi 
of rocks, on high peaks of the Alleghany Mountains; not uncommon. (Eu.) 
Tre Il. SELIGERIER. 
9 SELIGERIA, Br.& Sch.  (Tab.1) 
Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum large, na? rostrate. Capsule glo- 
iform, exannulate, exserted. me single; teeth 16, lanceolate, 
, terminal ery 
lnivescbsascihiala) with a stout excurrent costa; the sa dense, pei at © 
the base. (A personal name.) - 
1. 8. tristicha, Br. & 8 Stems 2/-3! high, 3-ranked, obtuse at 
the apex.— (Weisia calcarea, Muse. Alleghan., No, 142.)— — Limestone rocks, in 
shaded ravines, Central Ohio. (Tab. I.) (En.) 
2. S. recurvata, Br. & Sch. Resembles the last (and grows with it), 
somewhat larger ; leaves not 3-ranked, acute; capsule not so globose, pendu- 
lous on a longer curved pedicel, erect when dry. (Eu.) 
