44 MUSCI. (MOSSES.} 
« Leaves narrow, elongated ; the costa ceasing below the apex. 
+ Inflorescence hermaphrodite. 
1. B. pyriférme, Hedw. Stems ri (3”-4!), simple ; leaves bright 
Pp 
shining green, spreading, linear-setaceous, subflexuous, slightly serrate at the 
apex ; capsule pyriform, pendulous, ay, yellowish-brown, of a thin texture; 
operculum convex, mammillate ; pedicel long. — Mostly on the ground in burnt 
woods, &c.; frequent. (Eu.) 
2. aidum, Schreb. Patches hae somewhat loose ; stems 
1/-92! high; lower iti oval-lanceolate, the terminal es , sub- 
flexuous, serrated at the apex; ee od tor or oblong, suberect or 
horizontal ; operculum as in No. 1.— White Mountains, New Ha mpshire, 
Oakes — Sometimes diccious. els 
+ + Inflorescence diacious: male flower gemmiform, terminal. 
Lescurianum, Sulliv. Loosely cxspitose, greenish-yellew, 
wit ith out any tinge of red; stems 4-6” long, subdecumbent ; lower leaves ob- 
long-lanceolate; the terminal much longer, linear, acuminate, serrate at the apex, 
ins reflexed at the middle; capsule short, pyriform, pendulous, when 
d r e@ 
open ges erect from a geniculate base, 7" - 8" long. — (Mem. Arvr. 
4, p. 171. aon egy: Ohio and sbieoneny Sere rare. 
. annétinum, Hedw. bly larger than the preced- 
ing 5 emule oblong- ays, with a long, ‘tapering reddish neck, and con- 
stri und when dry. — Mou of New England, Oakes — 
The sterile shoots sive: numerous axillary, Seana bulb-like gemma. (Fu-) 
+ + + Inflorescence monecious: anth t axillary 
elongitum, Dicks. Stems ee tee 10” high ; upper leaves 
dinikatunccitiin sotbinn. spreading, recurved on their lower margin, serra 
at the apex; capsule inclined or bist aiceas: eitibely clavate, the col- 
lum very long; operculum subrostellate; pedicel 1/-2' long. — Crevices of 
rocks, tops of high mountains in the Southern States. —Ciliole of the inner 
— often rudimen u.) 
nittans, ae. Stems about 1/ long; upper leaves linear-lanceo- 
a serrulate at the apex, the mergins below recurved ; capsule pendulous, oval- 
r elliptical, shes aickad: F Ghectadish apiculate; ciliole of the inner 
Sebteas in twos or threes, large, ec onealt age oor 1/-2' high, pale above. 
— Moist sandy soil, in hilly or us dist (Eu.) 
7. B. cuculihtam, Schwegr. An shies species, often confounded 
with alpine forms of the last species; its most reliable distinctive characters 
are the — capsule, with a small operculum, and the absence of the 
-ciliole of the inn peristome. — White Mountains of New Hampshire, Gray, 
Oakes. (Eu.) 
x % Leaves broad ; costa ceasing below the apex. (Diacious: male flower terminal.) 
Boog oe es sal apron a. Stems 1/-2! long, decumbent at the base 
