MUSCI. (MOSSES.) (27) 627 
* Teeth of the peristome arising Jrom a@ short basilar membrane. 
1. B. uiculata, Hedw. Stems }/-1! high, pony leaves erect- 
patent, long nc ction obtuse, shortly cuspidate by the excurrent costa, 
revolute on the margins; capsule cylindrical, erect; annulus none: dicecious ; 
male mad poate — Clayey soil, &e.; frequent. (Tab. I.) (Eu.) 
2. B. cxspitosa, Schweegr. Stems short, condensed ; leaves crowded, 
dianetiaes shortly acumin cuminate, cuspidate by the slightly excurrent costa, un- 
moncecious ; male flower ax — Woods, about the roots of trees. — Readily 
own by its pale-green foliage, anit yellow capsule with a red operculum. (Eu.) 
3. B. convolitta, Hedw. Stems short, crowded ; leaves Perea ob- 
Wing Tanai rather obtuse, the margins plane ; costa ceasing at or below the 
pol Aap st leaves oblong, almost truncate, convolute, the pce ones 
te; capsule von oblique ; annulus distinct; pedicel (1! high) yel- 
low; nrc dicec Raccoon Mts., Alabama, Lesquereux. (Eu.) 
. B. to Wa b. & Mohr. Stems 1/-3! high, dichotomously 
branched ; tenis sete long, linear-lanceolate, spreading, flexuose, undulated on 
@ margins, crisped when dry, costa slightly excurrent; capsule cylindrical 
inclined : dicecious. On rocks, Alleghany Mountains. — One of the largest 
‘species of the ass. om nie 
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apex , the margins below peg nocnererd costa slightly excurrent. 
2 sities slightly inclined ; rege imple: dicecious. Bryol. Eur.) 
n trees, in a cedar swamp, a quarte athe south of Lebanon, Wilson 
coaity: Tennessee, Robinson, 1842. eal fruit. (Eu.) 
* * Teeth of the peristome arising from a long tubular and tessellated membrane. 
ro lia, Br. Stems short and thick ; leaves con- 
faced, oblong or obovate-oblong, mucronate by the excurrent costa; capsule 
cylindrical, PS or slightly curved ; annulus ne 3 operculum rather short: 
inflorescence as in No. 2.— Rocky banks of streams, &c. ; frequent 
ralis, Hedw. Stems 1/-3! high, iad, loose; leaves squar- 
ray oblong or shatine. very obtuse, concave-carinate, reflexed on the 
ee en —— into s Jong, inane deniat, white, capillary point; 
annulate: dicecious. — 
Nahant, Massachusetts, D. "Moerrey: ‘ies, lee (Eu 
* * Inflorescence and 
8. B. papil a Wils. Ste ae a 4! he, thick, crowded ; 
leaves close, recurved-spreading, Siasapipidiniad very concave above, shortly 
hair-pointed, papillose on the back; areola rather <n quadrate, granulose, 
percurrent ing cro 
of Elm trees, Mass., J. L. Russell, 1843; common. — Until lately con- 
sidered a gemmiparous state of the last species. (Eu.) 
