344 BOTANY. 
branched stems, and loosely spreading, imbricated leaves; the subcylindri- 
cal, exserted capsule striated; calyptra hairy. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, on rocks; rare. 
OrTHOTRICHUM TExANUM, Sulliv. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, on shaded rocks. 
ORTHOTRICHUM sPECIOSUM, Nees ab Es. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, on trees; not rare. 
ENCALYPTA RHABDOCARPA, var.—This variety is distinguished by its 
papillose, piliferous leaves and its apophysate, striate capsule, without a 
peristome. It is probably a new species. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, under shelving rocks. 
Encatypta cinta, Hedw. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, on rocks and shaded ground, 
TayLoRIA* spLacHNorpEs, Hooker.—Loosely czespitose; lower leaves 
oblong, upper obovate, acuminate, elongate-lanceolate, strongly dentate 
from the middle; capsule on a long, slender, pedicel, oblong subcylindric; 
neck rather long and narrow; operculum long conic; peristome very long 
and tortuous, and when dry reflexed. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, in damp situations shaded by rocks. 
PHYSCOMITRIUM LATIFOLIUM, Drum.—This species is diminutive, and 
is distinguished by its broad and short concave leaves, short nerve, its ser- 
ratures not so sharp; capsule oblong, neck long on a short pedicel, oper- 
culum conic and shortly apiculate. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, on the bare ground. 
APHANORRHEGMA SERRATA, Sulliv. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, on the bare surface of the soil. 
Funarta HYGROMETRICA, Hedw. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes and Arizona; common. 
LEPTOBRYUM PYRIFORME, Schp. 
Hab.—Twin Lakes, in moist places under shade. 
*TAYLORIA—Cespitose ; stem radiculose; innovations dichotomose ; leaves soft, erect, spathulate, 
and ovate-acuminate, coarsely serrated at the apex; areolation lax, diaphanous; nerve thin, ending 
below the apex. Capsule on a long pedicel, erect or inclined, when dry contracted below the mouth; 
apophysis clavate. Peristome single, inserted below the mouth ; teeth 16 or 32—in pairs, very long, 
linear-lanceolate, hygroscopic, and when dry reflexed. Operculum conical or conico-rostellate; calyptra 
conico-mitriform or split on one side. Inflorescence monoicous; male organs capituliform. 
