644 (44) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
* Leaves narrow, elongated ; the costa ceasing below the apex. 
nfl e ite. 
1. B. pyriférme, Hedw. Stems short (3!-4!’), simple ; leaves bright 
hinin us, slig 
. B. criidum, Schreb. Patches glaucous-green, somewhat loose ; stems 
1-2! high; lower ‘ave oval-lanceolate, the terminal linear-lanceolate, sub- 
flexuous, serrate at the apex ; ge oval-pyriform or oblong, suberect or 
horizontal ; operculum as in No. 1.— White Mountains, New Hampshire, 
— Sometimes diccious. mes 
+ Infl diceci male flower gemmiform, terminal. 
Lescurianum, Sulliv. Loosely cespitose, greenish-yellow, 
without any tinge of red ; stems 4" _gi! long, aioe mbent ; lower leaves o 
long-lanceolate, the terminal much longer, linear, acuminate, serrate at the apex, 
the soo reflexed at the middle; capsule short, pyriform, pendulous, when 
thed ; annulus deihsiotinit unrolling ; operculum soeriaye. 
‘esinans nse erect from a geniculate base, 7 " 8" long. lem. Amer 
+, N. ser. 4, p. 171.) — Clay-banks, Ohio and cesar 
4. B. annétinum, Hedw. Plant bly larger than the preced- 
ing; capsule oblong- ayia, with a re 7 dae te. reddish neck, and con- 
cted under the mouth when dry.— Mountains of New England, Oakes. — 
stri 
The sterile shoots have numerous axillary, aseitinntle bulb-like gemmez. (Eu.) 
++ Inflorescence monecious: antheridia axillary. 
5. B. elongatum, Dicks. Stems simple, 4-10" high; upper leaves 
linear-lanceolate, crowded, spreading, recurved on their lower margin, serrated 
at the apex a inclined or ance soe narrowly clavate, the col- 
lum very dong Bs shies mg rst pedicel 1’-2! long.— Crevices of 
een sed of high ts the Southern States. — Ciiols of the inner 
e often pailedicbaly: "Cie) 
pera mitams, Reaeeh. Stems about 1’ long ; upper leaves linear-lan 
ie, serrulat recurved; capsule pendulous, pe 
pyriform or elliptical, short-necked ; operculum apiculate; ciliole of the inner 
peristome in twos or threes, large, appendiculate ; pedicel 1/-2! high, pale above. 
— Moist sandy soil, in hilly or mountainous districts. (Eu.) 
7. B. cucullatum, Schwegr. An alpine species, often confounded 
with alpine forms of the last species; its most reliable distinctive characters 
the larger obovate capsule, with a small operculum, and the absence of the 
ciliol of the inner peristome.— White Mountains of New Hampshire, Gray, 
Oakes. (Eu.) 
x * Leaves broad ; costa ceasing below the apex. (Diccious: male flower terminal.) 
Stems 1/-2! long, Re at the base; low. 
er leaves small, appressed, the upper very large, serrated, spatulate, sphinliti 
forming terminal stellate clusters ; capsule soa clavate-oblong or sub- 
