oia S£A MOSSES. 



Six inches high, and eight inch- '- the spread of 

 the froml. Hic general habil oi i;ruwlh is the same 

 as ihal of O. leptophytlus. 



Rising l>y a nuiened stem, which, two im hes 

 from the Uisc, widely forks, the l\v 

 fork three or four linnrs. 'l*he segments are nowhere 

 more than one-fifth of an inch wide, and all gi 

 ally ta,)er towards ihc end. the ultimate ones Uing 



long an<l slender. 



ITic fniitvesscls stand out Ukc hemispherical 

 warts, one-tenth to one-eighth of an inch in diam 

 ctcr. ujwn the flit «i«le of the frond. Color of the 

 pbnl a dark red; suUtimcc, thickish. cartilaginous^ 

 leathery. The general distnbuiion and hah.ui arc 

 the same as that of the other Pacj: ri 



the whole coast of California. 



Genus.— /f//A77:Z TIA* Ag, 



Ahsfeltia PUCATA,1 i .*. 

 This species U very common from New York 

 northward, and is also found sixiringly at some i>oints 

 on the west coast. It is extremely easy of idenufi- 



• AWclua NamcJ lor Ah««eli, • Carman ' . nt. 



