680 (80) Musci. (mosses.) 



rhomboidal ; capsule suberect or oblique, oblong, tapering at the base, slightly 

 incurved, broadly annulate ; operculum convex-conic. — Alleghany Mountains, 

 on rocks and the ground. (Eu.) 



83. H. fulvtlin, Hook. & Wils. Habit, ramification, and size of No. 

 81, but the color is dark fulvous ; leaves longer-acuminated, -vvith a close, elon- 

 gated, linear, flexuous areolation ; the margins erect ; capsule strikingly small 

 for the size of the plant, short-oblong, oblique, moderately incurved ; operciilum 

 short-conic. — Sphagnous marshes ; Louisiana, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 110 : 

 Augusta, Georgia, Gray. — When immersed in warm water, it imparts to it a 

 beautiful saffron color. 



* * Liflorescence dioecious, 



84. H. sylvaticum, L. Eesembles very much No. 81, but, besides its 

 different inflorescence, distinguished by its somewhat larger size ; leaves more 

 elongated and less acuminated, with a wider and laxer areolation, the margins 

 not reflexed ; capsule cylindrical ; annulus narrow and simple ; pedicels pale ; 

 operculum much longer, and distinctly rostrate. — White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire, OaJces: rare. — Subject to varieties. (Eu.) 



85. H. Sullivautiae, W. P. Sch. Mode of growth upright ; branches 

 slightly compressed ; leaves closely imbricating, ovate, narrowly acuminate, 

 with a minute flexuous-linear areolation ; capsule erect, regular ; annulus large ; 

 pedicels coral-red ; operculum elongated-conic. — On rocks, in dense woods. 

 Central and Southern Ohio. 



86. H. elegaiis, Hook. Stems and branches prostrate, flat ; leaves plane, 

 ovate-lanceolate, with a slender and distantly serrulate point ; areolation as in 

 the last species ; capsule oval, more or less pendulous ; operculum conic-rostel- 

 late. — White Mountains of New Hampshire, James. — Eoliage retaining its 

 brilliancy when dried. (Eu. ) 



%* ADDITIONS TO MUSCI. 



To page 618. 



3. Selig^eria piisilla, Br. & Sch. In size and general appearance very 



like S. tristicha and S. recurvata; distinguished from the first by its leaves 



spreading every way (not 3-ranked), and from the second by its erect (not 



curved) pedicel. — St. Louis, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 35. (Eu.) 



To p. 627. 

 9. Barbula agraria, Hedw. Stems short (l"-2" high); leaves 

 tufted, oblong, shortly acuminate, concave, the margins not reflexed ; costa 

 strong, ceasing at the apex; capsule cylindrical, slightly curved, annulate, 

 ribbed when dry ; pedicel 4" - 6" high. — Apalachicola, Florida, Drummond, S. 

 Mosses, No. 64. — The sti-iking feature of this species is the ribbed capsule. 



10. B. miiraliS) Timm. Monoecious ; stems crespitose, short ; leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, subspatulate, the margins narrowly recurved ; costa cxcurrent 

 into a long and smooth pellucid hair-point ; capsule erect, oblong, symmetrical ; 

 teeth of the peristome much contorted, with a narrow basilar membrane. — New 

 Orleans, Drummond, S. Mosses, No. 63. (Eu.) 



