648 (48) Musci. (mosses.) 



tate border; capsule short, oval, pendulous; operculum short, conic-acute. — 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire, OaJces. 



8. M. rostratiim, Schwsegr. Stems J'-l' high; the sterile branches 

 longer, decumbent or some-what creeping ; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, veiy short- 

 apicalate, the thickened border obtusely dentate ; operculum rostrate, half as long 

 as the capsule ; pedicels often 2 - 5 together. — Along woodland rivulets. (Eu.) 



9. M. CUSpidatum, Hedw. Stems ^' - 1' high, closely tufted, radicu- 

 lose, the steiile branches ai'cuate or decumbent ; lower leaves obovate-acuminate, 

 the upper oval-acuminate with a nan'owed base, the thickened border simply ser- 

 rate ; capsule somewhat pendulous, solitary ; operculum convex, scarcely apicu- 

 late. — Woods, about the roots of trees : frequent. (Tab. III.) (Eu.) 



Tkibe XX. MEESIE^. 



50. MEESIA, Hedw. (Tab. IH.) 



Calyptra small, cucuUiform, fugacious. Operculum conic. Capsule apo- 

 physatcd, ercct-cernuous, clavate, with a small oblique mouth, veiy long-pedi- 

 cellate, naiTowly annulate. Peristome double; the exterior of 16 short obtuse 

 teeth, with a medial line ; the interior of 16 carinate cilia, much longer than the 

 teeth, with a narrow basal membrane. Inflorescence various : male flower with 

 clavate paraphyses. — TaU and striking species, inhabiting bogs and swamps, 

 remarkable for their slender stems and long pedicels, in habit Bryoid, in shape 

 of capsule allied to the Funariese ; leaves of a lanceolate outline, with a semi- 

 amplexicaul and decurrent base ; the costa percun-ent ; areolae small, compact, 

 oblong. — (Named for D. Meesd, a Dutch botanist.) 



1 . M. longfiseta, Hedw. Hermaphrodite ; stems 3' - 5' high, tomentose ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, spreading, plane and entire on the margins, seiTate, twist- 

 ed when dry ; capsule clavate-pyiifonn, incmwed, the apophysis constituting half 

 its length (as in the other species) ; the exterior peristome more or less adherent 

 to the interior; annulus rather persistent; operculum obtuse; pedicels 4' -5' 

 long. — Cranberry marshes. Northern Ohio. — A variety, smaller in all its parts, 

 occurs among the mountains of New England. (Tab. HI.) (Eu.) 



2. M. tl'isticlia, Br. & Sch. Distinguished from the preceding by its 

 3-ranked, wider, squarrose and denticulate leaves, and the dioecious inflorescence, 

 with a temiinal discoid male flower. — Grows in similar places. (Eu.) 



3. M. uliginosa, Hedw. Smaller than No. 1 and 2, monoecious and 

 hermaphrodite on the same plant ; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 

 with entire recuiwed margins and a heavy costa; operculum tmncate. — White 

 Mountains, New Hampshire, Oaies ; St. Paul, Minnesota, ies^ruerei^a:. (Eu.) 



Tkibe XXI. BARTKAMIE^. 



51. BARTRAMIA, Hedw. (Tab. IH.) 



Calj'ptra small, dimidiate, fugacious. Operculum small, conic-convex. 

 Capsule globular, cernuous, seldom erect or pendulous, cxannulate, striated, 



