624 (24) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
c.; common: ope its fruit (which is scarce) in October and November. 
(tab IL.) (Eu 
2. L. ae Hampe. Besides numerous discrepancies, singly of not 
uch importance, this species differs from the last in its much smaller size, its 
preference for dry localities, and the time (May and June) of ripening its fruit. 
—On the ground, dry woods; not rare. (Eu.) 
Tre VI. FISSIDENTES. 
a7. FISSIDENS, Hedw. (Tab. I.) 
alyptra cuculliform, or conic-mitriform. Capsule oval or oblong, erect or 
oo Boge — long pdicllat. Operculam conic-rostrate. 
eeth 1 Di 
otherwise as in Dicranum. Inflorescence various 
aaa like plants; the leaves exactly two-ranked, ins 
equitant blade, which forms the principal portion of the leaf; areolation minute, 
hexagonal-rotund. (Name from the Latin a split, and dens, a tooth.) 
%* Fruit termina 
+ hyalinus, Hook. & Wils. se 1-2! high, erect, simple ; 
bexwde oblong-lanceolate, acute, without any costa; areolation large and hya- 
e; capsule erect, oval; calyptra conic, entire at “the ase. — Damp earth, in 
shady woods, near Chidinadt, Ohio: found only by the late 7. G. Lea 
- obt Olius, Wils. Stems simple, 2-3” high; os oblong- 
oak very obtuse, costate nearly to the apex; nig oboyvate-oval ; operculum 
convex-conic, with a very short rostrum; spores large; calyptra cuculliform : 
cecious ; male ee terminal. — Wet and ae rocks, near rivulets; Cen- 
tral and Southern Ohi 
3. exiguus, Sulliv. Size, inflorescence, and calyptra as in the last; 
leaves aie labenolibe, costa ceasing near the apex ; capsule oval, eericha: 
oblique ; operculum rather short-rostrate. —Damp rocks in shaded ravin es, &c. ; 
common 
4. F. iin Sulliv. Size, inflorescence, and calyptra as in the 
ee preceding cere — linear-lanceolate, with a transparent wavy bor- 
it; capsule oval, erect; operculum rather 
costa. 
ee rostrate. — With the oe ‘ 
5. F. bryoides, Hedw. Somewhat larger than the last three; capsule 
and operculum same as in No. 4; pitas oblong-lanceolate, with a thickened 
border; costa excurrent; cal: : moneecious ; male flowers nu- 
merous, axillary: — Moist and shaded poms (Eu.) 
6. F. Ravenélii, Sulliv. Size, calyptra, and inflorescence as in No. 
na, 
Tigi capsule oe papillose. (Mem. Amer. Acad., n. ser., 4, p. 
2.) — Damp ground, arolina, Ravenel, Curtis. 
7. ay ieinianedlliactaa. Hedw. Stems erect, ar high, branched ; 
