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49. MNAUM,Br.& Sch. (Tab. 17.) 
Calyptra small, cuculliform, fugacious. Operculum convex at the base, apic- 
“ psule oval or oblong, not pyriform, mostly pendulous, 
ros 
long-pedicellate, annulate. Peristome as in Bryum. Inflorescence dicecious or 
hermaphrodite: male flower with clavate palapliyies —Nearly allied to the 
preceding genus, its species however larger and more showy, conspicuous for 
their broad, smooth, glossy leaves, with a spinulose-serrated thickened border, 
a percurrent costa, and large roundish-hexagonal areole ; stems innovating from 
near their base, stoloniferous ; growing on the ground or on rocks in shady situ- 
ations. (Mviov, an ancient name for 
* Inflorescence diwcious: male flower terminal, discoid. 
. M. affine, Bland. Stems tadiculien: 1/-3/ high; upper leaves large, 
cipioslong or ligulate-obovate, crowded, spreading, undulated or crisped 
when dry, their thickened border simply spinulose-serrate ; leaves of the pro- 
cumbent or arched shoots roundish, 2-ranked ; capsule oblong, large ; opercu- 
lum apiculate ; pedicels often 2-4 from the same pericheth. — On the e 
haded s in woo 
. M. hérnum, Hedw. Stems and barren shoots erect, 1/-3! high; 
leaves erect-patent, narrowly lanceolate, their thickened border doubly spinulose- 
serrate ; capsule oblong, tapering into the pedicel, horizontal ; um apico 
late. — White Mountains of New shire, Oakes. 
. M. orthorhynchu rid. Stems simple, 1'-1}’ high; upper 
ive sania ae subspatulate, the border as in the last species ; areola 
unusually small and opaque for the genus ; capsule horizontal, aa a 
incurved ; operculum conic-rostellate.— Wet pine-woods, near M 
ada East. (Eu.) 
4. MI. stellare, Hedw. Stems closely cxspitose, 1/-2' high; leaves 
oval-oblong, inclining to spatulate, without a thickened border, strongly serrate 
above, very brittle when dry ; ses roundish, rather small; capsule oblong, 
horizontal, gees incurved ; operculum simply hemispherical.— Margins of 
woodland brooks: fruig rare. — Foliage dark green with an indigo tinge, and 
acid to the taste. (Eu.) 
5. M. punctatum, Hedw. Stems }/-4' high, radiculose ; leaves large, 
cara roundish-obovate, narrowed at the base, scarcely pointed, with a thick- 
rm b 
ened order, not serrate; capsule rather pendulous, ovai; operculum conie- 
a — Wet places, on the ground, Alleghany Mountains. — Foliage with 
a reddi (Eu.) 
ce matic 
Brid. Stems }/-1! hi oosely czespitose ; leaves 
vase iaabaelate: the thickened border doubly innovate; capsule nearly 
horizontal, oval, gradually tapering into the pedicel; operculum short-rostel- 
argins of rivulets, in woods. — Among the smallest species. (Eu.) 
7. ME. mdii, Br. & Sch. Densely cespitose; stems about 1’ 
high ; leaves erect from an oblong narrow base, broad-ovate, shortly acuminate, 
scarcely crisped when dry, with a narrow, thickened, and simply spinulose-den- 
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