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II. Pseudo-Funaria Kindb. 

 13.Ph.Bolaenderi Lesquereux. — Entosthodon Lesq.; Sull. ic. m.; 

 Physcomitrium Kindb. 



Leaves from subobovate base abruptly narrowed to a short 

 subulate acumen, nearly entire. Capsule piriform; pedicel not 

 long; lid convex mamillate; calyptra with very long beak. — 

 Clay soil r. Amer. »U. S. Calif.: Bolaender*: Sullivant. 



146. Pyramidula Bridel. 

 ] .P.tetragona Bridel. 



Upper leaves ovate short-acuminate acute entire; cells larger 

 than in Pottia truncatula; costa us. excurrent. Capsule sub- 

 globose with short thick neck; lid short obtuse; calyptra verti- 

 cally splitting. Spores 0,04 — 0,07 m. m. Monoecious. — 

 Meadows princ. cloverfields in early spring. Eur. less r. 

 Sweden: Hartman. Germany: Huebner. Amer. r. »U. S.s: 

 Lesq. et Jam. 



147. Disceliutn Bridel. 

 l.D.nudum Dickson. — Bryum Dicks.; Discelium Brid. 



Leaves ovate-oblong or broadly ovate-lanceolate nearly hya- 

 line. Capsule oernuous very small; pedicel thin reddish. Pro- 

 tonema evolute in the autumn. Dioecious. — Wet sand viz. 

 by rivers r. Eur, Swedenl Norway: E. Nyman. Germany: Schera- 

 mann. Amer. »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. 



Fam. 32. BryacGSB. 



148. Leucolepis Lindberg. 

 l.L.acanthonenra Schwsegrichen. — Hypnum Schw.; Leuco- 

 lepis Lindb.; Bryum Menziesii Hooker; Mnium C. M. 



Leaves distant long-decurrent simply serrate not limbate. 

 Lower leaves squamiform hyaline, orange at base, gen. long 

 and ovate-lanceolate long-acuminate cuspidate. Upper stem- 

 leaves ovate short-acuminate or filiform-pointed. Branch-leaves 

 ovate-oblong or broadly ovate-lanceolate acute carinate; costa 

 dentate at back, not excurrent. Outer perichetial leaves long- 

 acuminate; costa long-excurrent. Capsule large Ifwmm-like 

 brown-red inclined or cernuous; pedicels long, often in pairs; 

 lid not seen. Tufts loose tomentose at base. Dioecious. — 

 Earth and logs in .woods. Amer. Pacif. distr. r. Can.: Macoun. 

 U. S.: Howell, com. Cardot. 



149. Rhizogonium Bridel. 

 l.R.spiniforme L. — Hypnum L.; Rhizogonium Bruch. 



Lowest leaves short; the others distant long sublinear short- 



