642 (42) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
firm from a suberect may (hence forming more compact 
tufts), alm relia angular, dark purple shin ; leaves rigid and coria- 
ceous, Giabiesct, below fiuitice, ceva spreading, and mostly occupied 
by the broad lamelligerous costa. (Name from wodvs, many, and Opié, rprxds, 
a hair; from the hairy covering of the calyptra 
1. P. commune, Linn. Stems erect, most simple ; we spreading 
or recurved, flat, serrate on the margins and back ; the lamella somewhat 2-cleft 
at their margins ; a oblong, 4-sided, the ati acute ; opeleatti shortly 
rostrate from a convex base. — Shady moist places ; common. — Plant 6/-12! 
high. (Tab. IIL.) a 
2. P. formdsum, Hedw. Differs from the preceding by its longer and 
slightly curved capsule with obtuse angles, a smaller obconic apophysis tapering 
into the pedicel, and the conical operculum. — Woods, around the base of trees, 
(Eu.) 
cile, Menzies. Usually somewhat smaller than No. 1 or 2; 
capsule ovate, 4—6-sided, obtuse-angled ; operculum long-rostrate ; the hai 
covering of the calyptra shorter than the capsule; spores larger ; basal mem- 
of the peristome not emergent. —Boggy places, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 
ahs, (Eu.) 
.P. juniperinam, Hedw. Stem simple or divided; “leaves linear- 
ciadaed eerie Cae on the back, the margins inflexed, entire ; 
capsule and operculum No. 1.— Var. srrictum. Stems elongated, slen- 
der; leaves appressed ; igus cubical. — Margins of woods, in exposed places, 
&c.— Plant 4/-7! high; the variety subalpine. (Eu.) 
iliferum, Schreb. Stems simple; leaves clustered at the sum- 
mit, lanceolate, the margins inflexed, entire ; costa excurrent into a long diaph- 
anous and spinulose awn; capsule ovate-oblong, 4-sided ; operculum conical, 
rostrate. — Rocky places, in mountainous districts. — Plant 2!-4! high. (Eu. 
Trine XIX. BRYEZ. 
46. Timmra, Hedw. (Tab. IIL) 
tra large, cuculliform. Operculum hemispherical, papillate r with a 
central depression. Capea oblong, si subpyriform, erect-cernuous, aa, an- 
ristome ame the came’ of 16 lanceolate ge- 
rm, axillary. gz 
nion, and Polytrichum; stems csspitose, ascending from a decumbent radicu- 
lose base, innovating sparingly above ; leaves of a firm and rather se texture, 
sheathing at the base, elongated-lanceolate, spreading, strongly dentate, with a 
stout and terete percurrent costa; areole rotund above, et hecabaiae 
te’ ist.) 
1. T. m litama, Hedw.— The ealyptra is often arrested in its 
growth, and found attached to the pedicel, having given egress to the capsule by 
