344 BOTANY. 



branched stems, and loosely spreading, imbricated leaves; the subcylindri- 

 cal, exserted capsule striated; calyptra hairy. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, on rocks ; rare. 



Orthotrichum Texanum, Sulliv. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, on shaded rocks. 



Orthotrichum speciosum, Nees ab Es. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, on trees; not rare. 



Encalypta rhabdocarpa, var. — This variety is distinguished by its 

 papillose, piliferous leaves and its apophysate, striate capsule, without a 

 peristome. It is probably a new species. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, under shelving rocks. 



Encalypta ciliata, Hedw. 



Hob. — Twin Lakes, on rocks and shaded ground. 



Tayloria* splachnoides, Hooker.— Loosely ca?spitose; lower leaves 

 oblong, upper obovate, acuminate, elongate-lanceolate, strongly dentate 

 from the middle; capsule on a long, slender, pedicel, oblong subcylindric; 

 neck rather long and narrow; operculum long conic; peristome very long 

 and tortuous, and when dry reflexed. 



Hal). — Twin Lakes, in damp situations shaded by rocks. 



Physcomitrium latieolium, Drum. — This species is diminutive, and 

 is distinguished by its broad and short concave leaves, short nerve, its ser- 

 ratures not so sharp ; capsule oblong, neck long on a short pedicel, oper- 

 culum conic and shortly apiculate. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, on the bare ground. 



Aphanorrhegma serrata, Sulliv. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, on the bare surface of the soil 



Funaria hygrometrica, Hedw. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes and Arizona; common. 

 Leptobryum pyriporme, Schp. 



Hab. — Twin Lakes, in moist places under shade. 



"Tayloria — Csespitose; stem radicnlose; innovations dichotoiuose ; leaves soft, erect, spathulate, 

 and ovate-acuminate, coarsely serrated at the apex; areolation lax, diaphanous; nerve thin, ending 

 below the apex. Capsule on a long pedicel, erect or inclined, when dry contracted below the mouth; 

 apophysis clavate. Peristome single, inserted below the mouth ; teeth 1G or 32 — in pairs, very long, 

 linear-lanceolate, hygroscopic, and wheu dry reflexed. Operculum conical or conico-rostellate ; calyptra 

 conico-mitriform or split on one side. Inflorescence inonoicous; male organs capituliform. 



