646 (46) Musci. (mosses.) 



lanceolate, spreading, subdecurrent, somewhat margined, slightly serrated at the 

 apes ; capsule pendulous, oblong-pyiiform, mouth and operculimi rather large ; 

 inner peristome perfect. — About the roots of trees, on the borders of swamps ; 

 Ohio. (Tab. IV.) (Eu.) 



17. B. intermediuiii, Brid. Densely csespitose ; stems short (3" -6" 

 high) ; leaves ovate-acuminate and ovate-lanceolate, imbricated, erect, their 

 margins reflexed, the escmTcnt poTtion of the costa sometimes denticulate ; cap- 

 sule somewhat pendulous, oblong-pyiiform ; inner peristome perfect. — Crevices 

 of shaded limestone cMs, Ohio ; and on brick walls, near the Santee Canal, 

 South Carolina. (Eu.) 



18. B. torqaescCMS, Br. & Sch. Much like the last ; but distinguished 

 by its leaves contorted when diy, and its larger, clavate-obconic, somewhat 

 pendulous capsule, usually incurved. — Texas, Wright. (Eu.) 



-*- -1- Inflorescence dicecious : male fl,ower gemmiform, terminal. 



19. !B> capillare, Hedw. Stems ^'-1' long, rather closely tufted; 

 leaves strongly contorted when diy, naiTowly margined, the lower ovate-oblong, 

 apiculate ; the upper obovate-oblong with slender points ; capsule rather pen- 

 dulous, vai-iable, oval-pyriform, oblong-clavate, or short-obovate ; operculum 

 red. — On rocks, road-sides, mountains of Pennsylvania, Lesquereux : rare. A 

 variable species. (Eu.) 



20. B. csespiticinm, L. Tufts compact; stems ^'-1' long; leaves 

 straight when dry, ovate-acuminate and ovate-lanceolate, the margins reflexed ; 

 capsule usually oblong-obovate or pyi'iform, pendulous ; operculum yellow. — 

 On the ground, rocks, &c., in diy places : frequent. (Eu.) 



21. B. atropurpureiliO, "Web. & Mohr. Smaller than the last ; stems 

 densely crowded ; leaves ovate-acute and ovate-lanceolate, erect-patent, concave, 

 reflexed on the margins ; capsule pendulous, dark purple, oval-oblong, not pyri- 

 form, the neck abruptly passing into the pedicel; operculum wider than the 

 mouth of the capsule. — Sandy soU, among the Lookout Mountains, Alabama, 

 Lesquereux. (Eu.) 



22. B. sangninenm, Ludwig. Distinguished from the last species, 

 which it much resembles, by its leaves more elongated, longer-cuspidate, plane 

 on the margins, and serrate at the apex ; capsule deep blood-red, oblong-pyri- 

 fonn, the neck gradually tapering into the pedicel ; the operculum more point- 

 ed.— With No. 21. (Eu.) 



-t- •<- H- Inflorescence moncecious : male flower gemmiform,,terminal on proper iranclies. 



23. B. ulig^inosum, Br. & Sch. Csespitose; stems short (3" -7" high), 

 radiculose ; leaves oval-lanceolate, the margins plane above and with naiTow cel- 

 lules ; capsule pendulous, clavate, not pyriform, uTCgulai', gibbous on the back 

 near the small oblique mouth ; cilia of the inner peristome wanting or mdimen- 

 tary. — "Wet woods, Korthem Ohio, Lesquereux. — Eoliage green. (Eu.) 



24. B. pallcscens, Schwragr. Stems l'-2' high, compactly tufted; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, the margins reflexed ; capsule oblong-pyi-iform, sym- 

 mctrical,pendulous ; cilia of the inner peristome present and appendiculate. — 

 Central Ohio : very rare. — Lower leaves with a reddish tint. (Eu.) 



