662 (62) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
3. F. Caroliniana, Sulliv. & Lesqx. (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 253.) 
a apsule, operculum, peristome, and agremeregen is in the last species ; 
leaves ee A dentate on the m with a less conspicuous costa ; 
aller. — On decayed logs, near the Santee Canal, South Carolina, 
. FE. gymnéstoma, Sulliv. & Lesqx. (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 254.) 
Leaves whitish-green, elliptical-lanceolate, dentate-ciliate ; costa reaching half- 
way or obsolete; perichsetial leaves few, short, obovate, suildeiily subulate-acu- 
ete capsule broad-oval, shortly apophysated ; peristome none. — Santa Fe, 
New Mexico, Fendler. 
71. ANACAMPTODON, Brid. (Tab. IV.) 
Calyptra conic-cuculliform. Operculum conic-subrostellate. Capsule oval, 
erect, pedicellate. Peristome double; the exterior 16 narrowly lanceolate teeth, 
ooth i 
a 
name) ; the interior 16 slender cilia, without a basilar membrane. Inflorescence 
moneecious. — Low, cxspitose, with irregularly branched stems, and spreading 
ovate-lanceolate aR leaves, of a rather loose and pellucid rhombic areo- 
lation. Lpleme from dvaxdprra, to bend back, and ddav, a tooth.) 
1. A. splachnoides, B rid. Cilia of the inner peristome always seen 
capsule when dry much constricted below the mouth; foliage deep green. —In 
the forks and open hollow knots of partly decayed trees: rare, though its range 
is extensive. (Tab. IV.) (Eu.) 
Tre XXX. PYLAISZES. 
72. PWLAIS2ZEA, Bryol. Europ. (Tab. IV.) 
Calyptra cuculliform, rostrate. Operculum conic, more or less rostellate. 
Capsule oblong, erect, pedicellate. us narrow, simple. Peristome double: 
the exterior 16 ea RES teeth inserted Lerssind the mene oe ne caps sule ; 
the interior as in Leskea, but with the cilia more keel 
or a cae adherent x and snort the teeth ; ciliolse rudimentary or or 
none. Inflorescence moncecious: male flower gemmiform, axillary.— Small 
species, fruiting abundantly, with glossy, concave, sagul closely ory , 
areolated and ecostate leaves ; their alar cellules n numerous , small, quadrate, 
opaque. (Named for B. de la Pylaie, a French botanist.) 
1. P. denticulata, W. P. Sch. Grows in closely entangled mats,; 
branches crowded, short, ascending; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, slightly a 
ticulate at the apex ; capsule oblong-cylindrical ; pedicels 8 3-5! a. opercu- 
lum with a rostrum about as long as the conic base; inner peristome firm, yel- 
s 
basilar membrane broad; sporules bright et smooth, about 309 of a line i 
diameter. — Bark of trees, Columbus, Ohio ; 
2. P. intricata, Bryol. Europ. Size and mode of growth much as in 
the last ; branches short, recurved ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 
