46 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
lanceolate, spreading, subdecurrent, somewhat margined, slightly serrated at the 
x; capsule pendulous, ee: Aiea ee and operculum rather large; 
inner peristome perfect. f trees, on the borders of swamps; 
Ohio. (Tab. 18.) (Eu.) 
17. B. intermédium, Brid. Densely cxspitose ; stems short (3!’-6" 
high); leaves ovate-acuminate and ona imbricated, erect, their 
margins reflexed, the excurrent portion of the costa sometimes ORY cap- 
sule somewhat pendulous, oblong-pyriform ; inner sie pe revices 
of shaded peeenee cliffs, Ohio ; and on brick walls, near ena pitas Canal, 
South Caro Eu.) 
18. B. torquéscens, Br. & Sch. Much like the last; but distinguished 
by its leaves contorted when dry, and its larger, clavate-obconic, somewhat 
pendulous capsule, eles incurved. — Texas, Wright. (Hu.) 
+ + Infl 
male flower gemmiform, terminal. 
9. B. capillare, Hedw. Stems 4/-1 long, rather went tufted; 
sae strongly contorted when dry, narrowly margined, the lower ovate-oblong, 
apiculate ; the upper obovate-oblong with slender points ; capsule rather pen- 
dulous, variable, oval-pyriform, oblong-clavate, or short-obovate ; opercalam 
red. — rocks, road-sides, mountains of Pennsylvania, Lesquereux 
variable code (Eu.) 
Tufts compact; stems 4/~—1/ long ; leaves 
eta when dry, ovate-acuminate and ovate-lanceolate, the margins reflexed; 
capsule usually itieike or pyriform, pendulous ; operculum yellow. — 
On the ground, rocks, &c., in dry places : pean (Eu.) 
21. i sori tichnieclaruanis Web. & Mohr. Smaller than the last ; stems 
densely crowded ; te and ovate-lanceolate, erect-patent, concave, 
conse on the margins ; capsule pendulous, dark purple, peer’ not pyti- 
form, the neck abrupt passing into the pedicel; operculum wider than the 
mouth of the capsule. — Sandy soil, among the Lookout Terns Alabama, 
Lesquereux. (Eu.) 
. 
sanguineum, Ludwig. Distinguished from the last species, 
which it much resembles, by its leaves more elongated, longer-cuspidate, plane 
on the margins, and serrate at the apex; capsule deep blood-red, oblong-pyti- 
form, the neck pase tapering into the pedicel ; Pin optecstutn more point- 
ed.— With No. 21. (En.) 
+ + + Inflorescence monecious: male flower gemmiform, terminal on proper brane 
23. B. uligindsum, Br. & Sch. Caspitose ; stems short (3/'-7” high), 
radiculose ; leaves oval-lanceolate, the margins plane above and with narrow cel- 
lnles ; capsule pendulous, clavate, not pyriform, irregular, gibbous on the back 
‘jear the small oblique mouth ; cilia of the inner peristome wanting or rudimen- 
tary. — Wet woods, Northern Ohio , Lesquereur.~ Foliage green. (Eu.) 
4. B. palitecens, REIN i Stems 1/-2' high, compactly tufted; 
— Ovate-lanceolate, the margins reflexed ; capsule oblong-pyriform, sy 
pilge init slows ; cilia of the inner peristome presen t and appendiculate — 
Central Ohio: very rare — Lower leaves with a reddish tint. (Eu.) 
