MUSCI. (MOSSES:) (47) 647 
49. MNIUM, Br.&Sch. (Tab. IIL) 
Calyptra small, cuculliform, fugacious. Operculum convex at the base, apic- 
sekititing genus, its species however larger and more showy, conspicuous for 
their broad, ey eacpel spree ora a sanegeadememten thickened border, 
a percurrent ; stems innovating from 
near their base, na uae } growing on the ground or on rocks in shady situ- 
ations. (Mvioy, an ancient name ~~ Moss.) 
%* In aflor — 
male flower terminal, discoid. 
. M. affime, Bland. Stems nee 1/-3!/ high; upper leaves large, 
aipieslong or hatin bovate, crowded, spreading, undulated or crisped 
en dry, their thickened border simply spinulose-serrate ; leaves of the pro- 
dish d 
ediabithe or arched shoots roundish, 2- ed; capsule oblong, large ; opercu- 
lum apiculate ; ieee often 2-4 from the s perichzeth. — On the gro 
shaded banks in woods: frequent. (Eu.) 
2. nice Hedw. 00 and barren shoots erect, 1/-3! high; 
leaves erect-patent, narrowly lanceolate, their thickened border doubly spinulose- 
serrate ; capsule oblong, tapering into Hs age horizontal ; operculum apicu- 
late. — White Mountains of New Ham e, Oa (Eu.) 
M. o chum, Brid. Stems sug, 1/-1)' high; upper 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, subspatulate, the border as in the last species; areole 
unusually small and opaque for the genus ; capsule horizontal, oblong, slightly 
incurved ; operculum conic-rostellate. — Wet oo near Montreal, Can: 
ada East. (Eu.) 
» Hedw. Stems closely cxspitose, 1/-2’ high; leaves 
oval-oblong, seestidligy to spatulate, without a thickened border, strongly serrate 
above, very brittle when dry; areole roundish, rather small; capsule oblong, 
hovistatal, 62%: incurved ; eceear simply hemispherical.— Margins of 
woodland brooks: fruit rare.— Foliage dark green with an indigo tinge, and 
acid to the ie (Eu.) 
5. M. punctatum, Hedw. Stems }/-4/ high, radiculose; leaves large, 
spreading, roundish-obovate, narrowed at the base, scarcely pointed, with a thick- 
ened firm border, not serrate; capsule rather pendulous, oval; operculum conic- 
rostellate. —Wet places, on the ground, Alleghany Mountains. — Foliage with 
areddish tinge. ( 
* Inflorescence hermaphrodite. 
6. Mi. serra “Bua. Stems }/-1! high, loosely czspitose; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, the thickened border doubly sommes capsule nearly 
an oval, gradually ae mone pedicel rculum short-rostel- 
— Margins o: ts, in w ong the isin species. (Eu.) 
7M. Drumméndii, Br. & Sch. Densely i Sree about 
fi leaves erect from an oblong narrow base, broad-ovai 
scarcely crisped when dry, with a narrow, thickened, and weer a ea 
