680 (80) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
rhomboidal; capsule suberect or poate? Het tapering at the base, slightly 
peace broadly sae py operculum -conic. — Alleghany Mountains, 
on rocks and the groun 
talwum, Hook. & Wils. Habit, ramification, and size of No. 
d 
gated, linear, flexuous areolatio margins erect; capsule strikingly small 
for the size of the plant, shoreobang ‘oblique, ap Nin incurved ; operculum 
ouisiana, Dr S. Mosses, No. 110: 
Augusta, Georgia, Gray. — When immersed in warm ‘eiaat it imparts to it a 
beautiful saffron color. 
Inflorescence dicecious 
84. H. sylvaticum, me Resembles very awa No. 81, but, besides its 
different inflorescence, Madnendalisd by its somewhat larger size; leaves more 
elongated and less acuminated, with a wider and laxer areolation, the margins 
not reflexed; capsule cylindrical; annulus narrow and simple ; pedicels pale ; 
operculum much longer, and distinctly ae — White Mountains of New 
Hampshire, Oakes: rare. — Subject to varieties. (Eu.) 
85. Hi. Sullivantia, W. P. Sch. Mode of growth upright; branches 
octal brea leaves closely imbricating, ovate, narrowly acuminate, 
with te flexuous-linear areolation ; capsule erect, regular; annulus large ; 
pedicels Saad; ; ae elongated-conic.— On rocks, in dense woods, 
Central and Southern Ohio. 
86. élegans, Hook. Stems and branches prostrate, flat; leaves plane, 
eS rae ate, with a slender and distantly serrulate point; areolation as in 
ast species; capsule oval, more or less pendulous ; operculum conic-rostel- 
fie —White Mountains of New Hampshire, James.—Foliage retaining its 
brilliancy when dried. (Eu.) 
*,* ADDITIONS TO MUSCL 
To page 618. 
3. Seligeria ae Br. & Sch. In size and general appearance v' 
tke S. tristicha and S. recurvata; distinguished from the first by its leaves 
spreading every way (not pair and from the second by its erect (not 
curved) pedicel. —St. Louis, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 35. ( a.) 
To p. 627. 
9. Barbula agra Hedw. Stems short (1’-2” high); leaves 
‘shed oblong, shortly acuminate, concave, the rag ee not reflexed ; costa 
ng, ceasing at the apex; capsule cy. tindrical, lightly curved, annulat 
‘ribbed when rie peers 4! —6/! high. — Apala ae Florida, eres s 
Mosses, No. 64. — The striking feature of this species is the ribbed caps 
10. B. Ry” imm. Moneecious; stems czspitose, ae leaves 
oblong, obtuse, subspatulate m narrowly re d; costa excurrent 
argins 
into a long and smooth ‘awa crane capsule erect, oblong, symmetrical ; 
teeth of the peristome much contorted, with a narrow basilar membrane. — New 
Orleans, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 63. (Ku.) 
