Musci. (mosses.) (25) 625 



leaves oblong, obtuse, apiculate, the costa vanishing near the apex; capsule 

 oval-oblong, erect or oblique ; operculum long-rostrate ; calyptra subulate from 

 a mitriform lobed base ; inflorescence as in No. 2. — On the roots of trees, in 

 swamps. (Eu.) 



# * Fruit axillary. 



8. F. Slibbasilaris, Hedw. Stems 5" -10" high, densely ctespitose, 

 radiculose, branched ; leaves elongated-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, eroded-dentic- 

 ulate at the summit, near which the costa vanishes ; capsule erect, oval-oblong 

 on a pedicel arising from near the base of the stem ; operculum long-rostrate ; 

 calyptra cucullifonn. — On decayed logs and trees, near the ground. 



9. F. taxifdlius, Hedw. Stems 5" -8" high, branched and fasciculate 

 from the base ; leaves elongated-oblong, minutely denticulate on the subpeUu- 

 cid margin, obtuse ; costa shortly excurrent ; capsule oblong or obovate, inclined 

 or horizontal ; operculum, calyptra, and origin of the pedicel as in the last : 

 monoecious ; male flower gemmiform at the base of the fertile stem. — "Woods, 

 in sandy soil. (Tab. I.) (Eu.) 



10. F. adiantoides, Hedw. Stems much branched, l'- 3' long; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, serrulate, 2 or 3 rows of the marginal cellules transparent ; 

 costa percurrent ; capsule oval-oblong, inclined ; pedicel from the middle of the 

 stem ; operculum and calyptra as in No. 8 ; inflorescence as in No. 5. — Shaded 

 moist places, on the ground, and on wet rocks. (Eu.) 



11. F. polypodioides, Hedw. Stems broad, 1'- 2' high; leavesovate- 

 or elongated-oblong ; costa vanishing at the subdenticulate obtuse apex ; capsule 

 obovate-oblong ; operculum subulate-rostrate from a large rather hemispherical 

 base ; pedicel short, flexuous, arising from the upper part of the stem ; calyptra 

 cucullifonn: dioecious. — Wet rocks, Georgia, Lesquereux. 



12. F. grandifrOElS, Brid. Stems erect, 2' - 3' high, sparingly branched ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, thick, composed of several strata of cellules, the costa 

 ceasing below the apex ; fertile flower gemmiform, axiUary, containing 30 - 60 

 archegonia; male flower and fruit unknown. — Niagara Falls (American side), 

 on the perpendicular faces of rocks, moistened by the spray. (Eu.) 



1§. COIVOMITRIUM, Montagne. (Tab. I.) 



Calyptra small, conic, nearly entire at the base. Operculum conic, long- 

 rostrate. Capsule obconic, short-pedicellate, terminal on short axiUary branches. 

 Peristome single : teeth 16, short, truncate, irregularly divided or perforated. 

 Inflorescence monoecious : male flower gemmiform, axillary. — Slender and 

 flexile plants, growing in water, with the habit of Fontinalis, but the leaves con- 

 structed as in Eissidens. (Composed of Kavos, a co-ae, and ^irpiov, a cap, or 

 calyptra.) 



1. C. Juliaiium, Mont. Stems 2' -5' long, filiform, floating, much 

 divided; leaves distant, linear-lanceolate, acute, costate to the apex; capsule 

 obconic, tapeiing into a short pedicel, the two together scarcely longer than the 

 operculum, whose rostrum only is covered by the calyptra. — Ohio and south- 

 ward, attached to stones in shallow brooks, &c. (Tab. I.) (Eu.) 

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