MUSCI. (MOSSES.) (25) 625 
leaves oblong, obtuse, apiculate, the costa vanishing near the apex; capsule 
oval-oblong, erect or oblique; operculum a eaiga calyptra subulate = 
a mitriform lobed base ; desfeseeecanach ab in — On the roots of trees 
swamps. (Eu.) 
8. F. subbasilaris, Hedw. Stems 5/’-10! high, densely cxspitose, 
taint pairs: leaves elongated-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, eroded-dentic- 
sule 
ulate at the summit, near which the costa vanishes; capsule erect, ein dang 
on a pedicel arising from near the base of the stem; =a m long-rostrate ; 
pesos cuculliform. — On decayed logs and trees, near a 
9. F. taxifo olins, Hedw. Stems 5-8! high, branched and fasciculate 
from the vars leaves elongated-oblong, ver denticulate on the subpellu- 
cid margin, obtuse; costa shortly excurrent pi oblong or obovate, inclined 
or horizontal; operculum, calyptra, and ‘acai f the pedicel as in the last: 
moneecious ; male flower gemmiform at the are of the fertile stem. — Woods, 
in sandy soil. (Tab. I.) iu. 
0. EF. adiantoides, Hedw. oa much branched, 1/-3! long; er 
oh serrulate, 2 or 3 rows of the marginal cellules transpare: 
costa rrent; capsule oval-oblong, inclined; pedicel from the middle of msi 
stem ; hee and calyptra as in No. 8; i inane’ as in No. 5.— Shaded 
oist places, on the ground, and on wet rocks. (Eu.) 
_ =F arora waive — sonicen a a ets leaves ovate- 
uanicune ong; costa capsule 
ne acme ieihi salialinnialeebiiie from a large rather ~eenar 
base ; pedicel short, ae arising from the upper part of the stem yptra 
cucullifo a, Lesquereux. 
12. F. ecaiientiiins Brid. Stems erect, 2/-3! ress sparingly branched ; 
the costa 
ni 
on the perpendicular faces of rocks, moistened by the spray. (Enu.) 
18. CONOMATRIUM, Montagne. (Tab. L) 
ee ig aoe si Seamed ae: at = gee i ase ene long. 
rostrate. nches. 
Peristome single: teeth 16, short, trancate, nine divided or padhalial 
Inflorescence monecious: male flower gem illary.— Slender and 
flexile plants, growing in water, with the habit of ‘Fontinalis, but the leaves con- 
structed as in Fissidens. (Composed of x@vos, a cone, and pirptov, a cap, or 
calyptra.) 
1. C, Julitmum, Mont. Stems 2’-5! long, filiform, floating, much 
divided ; leaves distant, linear-lanceolate, acute, costate to the apex; capsule 
operculum, whose rostrum only is covered by the calyptra.— Ohio and south- 
vated sous in halo as, (Tab. I.) (Eu) 
