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2.L.Siilitliii Dickson. — Hypnum Dicks.; Leptodon Mohr. 



Leaves entire smooth obtuse oval-ovate recurved below middle; 

 cells gen. rotundate, inner near costa sublinear, basal suboval; 

 costa vanishing near or above middle. Inner perichetial leaves 

 long-acuminate. Capsule reddish yellow oblong; teeth pale; 

 segments rudimentary or wanting; calyptra and vaginula hairy. 

 Stem ascending or decumbent, its naked part short; branches 

 distant often flagelliferous; paraphyllia sublinear. 1?. fruiting. 

 — Trees and stones r. Ear. common in mediterr. distr. France: 

 Le Jolis; Husnot. Italy: Arcangeli. Austria: Berggren. Engl.: Da vies, 

 com. W. H. Pearson. 



17. Macouniella Kindb. in check-list of Eur. and 

 IM. Amer. mosses. 

 l.M.califoriiica SuUivant. — Antitrichia SuU. ic. m. 



Leaves not striate, with ovate-oblong base and denticulate 

 shorter acumen; lower cells lanceolate-oblong; costa reaching to 

 acumen. Perichetial leaves entire gradually narrowed to a fili- 

 form-pointed acumen. Capsule oblong-cylindric gen. long-ex- 

 serted; teeth pale; segments short with distinct longitudinal 

 line; lid rostrate. Stem pinnate suberect; branches julaceous. 

 Dioecious. — Trees r. Eur. Mediterr. cHstr. France: Renauld, 

 com. Gravet. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Mrs 

 Ames, com. Cardot. 



Fam. 7. MeteonaceaB. 



18. Papillaria C. Mueller. 

 l.P.nigrescens Hwartz. — Hypnum Sw.; Papillaria Sauerbeck 

 et Jfeger; Meteorium Mitt.; Lesq. et Jam. 



Leaves entire from cordate base long-acuminate, ventricose 

 in middle, faintly recurved below, involute-cucullate at apex, 

 faintly papillose; cells minute, angular suboval seriate, inner 

 basal sublanceolate; other cells oval-rhombic or rhomboidal. 

 Stem thin subpinnate; branches with naked or at apex foliate 

 flagellaj. » Capsule narrow-oblong; teeth white; lid rostellate»: 

 C. M. Syn. sEndostome as in Homaliai>: Lesq. et .Jam. — • 

 Trees r. Amer. U. S.: Sawyer, com. Cardot. 

 *P.Donnellii Kindb. n. subsp,; var. Donnellii Austin m. Apalach. 



Stem and branches thicker. Leaves not distinctly papillose, 

 abruptly short-acuminate. Capsules unknown. — Amer. r. U. 

 S. Florida: Donnell Smith, com. Macoun. 



19. Meteorium Bridel. 

 l.JI.penduluin Sullivant icon, muscor. 



