MUSCI. (MOSSES.) (51) 651 
costa excurrent; pedicels not arcuate nor so flexuous; capsule less obovate, 
very slightly furrowed when dry; mouth larger, not so oblique, and its border 
smooth. — Southern Sta 
3. F. Muhle wmneaage Schwager. Very much smaller than No. 1 or 2; 
stems 1//—3" high ; upper leaves oueesigaaatitg oblong-obovate, suddenly acumi- 
nate, obtusely serrate, the costa ceasing below the point; capsule shortly pyri- 
form, not furrowed when dry; operculum convex, apiculate; annulus none; 
— 6'!~8!' high, twisted to the right when dry ; spores more than twice the 
ter of those of No. 1, granular on the surface. — Pennsylvania. (Eu.) 
4, F. serrata, Beauv. Intermediate in size between Nos. 1 and 3; 
pared with the last, the eaves are longer, pag rec distantly isla 
sharply cose soi the costa excurrent ; operculum convex, not apiculate ; 
dicel 1/-1}/ high, when dry twisted Pa ‘tb left its whole length ; spores 
larger. snails fs and southward. 
54. ENTOSTHODON, Schwegr. (Tab. IV.) 
Calyptra rostrate, cuculliform, inflated below. Operculum depressed-convex. 
ber erect, pyriform, — — 7 ee Peristome sin- 
teeth 16, sh te, inserted below the orifice 
16, ort, 
of the agate, horizontal. — Inflorescence, samifention, and structure of leaves 
as in Funaria.—(Name formed of %yroev, from within, and oder, tooth, 
satin to the insertion of the teeth.) 
. E. Drummoén Sulliv. Stems 1/-2" high; leaves connivent, 
Poet non obtuse, slightly crenate on the margin, concave, costate to 
e apex, areolation large ; capsule se operculum flattish ; pedi- 
ubulate 
ceils 5/7" na ; calyp rostrum as 
capsule. —(E. obtusifolius, Hook. §- Wis. . ae 2d coll. No* 36.) — Wet, 
clayey soil, ee States. — The ponders are and the —— 
late rostrum of the , readily distinguish 
allied E. Templetoni, ‘Soue and E. obtusifolius, Hy Dz. Hook. (Tab. cars 
55. PHYSCOMITRIUM, Brid. (Tab. IV.) 
Calyptra long-rostrate, mitriform and lobed at the base, or inflated-cuculliform. 
Operculum flattish-convex, with or without an apiculus. Capsule pyriform, 
er exannulate, its pedicel mostly erect. Peristome wanting. — An- 
nual and biennial  ormee with the inflorescence, ramification, and structure of 
leaves as in fae (Name from ucxos, something inflated, and purpiov, 
a little cap.) 
i - pyriforme, Br. & Sch. Stems 2!’-5! high; leaves spatulate- 
lanceolate, serrate, spreading, the costa nearly percurrent, capsule globose-pyti- 
form, on an erect exserted pedicel 5!—8!’ long ; calyptra mitriform, lobed. — 
Cate gun; extremely common. (Eu.) 
2. P. immérsum, Sulliv. Leaves obovate-lanceolate 
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