48 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
tate border; capsule short, oval, pendulous; operculum short, conic-acute.— 
White Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes. 
ma, Schwegr. Stems }/-1/ high; the sterile branches 
diniack: decumbent or vig ken creeping ; ee Pr ng, obtuse, very short- 
apiculate, the thickened border obtusely dentate ; operculum rostrate, half as long 
psule; pedicels often 2-5 ee — Along woodland rivulets. (Eu.) 
9. M. cuspidatam, Hedw. Stems }/-1' high, closely tufted, radicu- 
lose, the sterile branches arcuate or bacco lower leaves obovate-acuminate, 
? 
the upper oval-acuminate with a narrowed base, the on border simply ser- 
rate; capsule oe PRT SRE soli operculum convex, scarcely apicu- 
late. — Woods, s: frequent. cog 17.) (Eu.) 
Tre XX. MEESIEZ. 
50. MEESIA, Hedw. (Tab. 17.) 
Calyptra small, cuculliform, fugacious. Operculum conic, Capsule apo- 
ph rect-cernuous, clay ith a set oblique mouth, very long-pedi- 
cellate, narrowly annu ome double; the exterior of 16 short obtuse 
late. Pe: 
teeth, with a medial line; the interior of 16 carinate cilia, much longer than the 
teeth, with a narrow Sianad membrane, florescence various: male flower with 
clavate ses. — Tall and striking species, inhabiting bogs and swamps, 
remarkable for their slender stems and long ack in habit Bryoid, in shape 
capsule allied to the Funaries ; leaves of a lanceolate outline, with a semi- 
amplexicaul and decurrent base ; the costa Plena areole small, compact, 
oblong. — (Named for D, Meese, a Dutch botanist.) 
- M. ee — ic etenctoon stems 3/-5/ high, tomentose ; 
n the m. 
margins, serrate, twist- 
ed when dry ; capsule aan incurved, the apophysis ee ae half 
its length (as in the other species); the exterior peristome more or less adherent 
to the interior; annulus rather persistent; operculum obtuse ; saabedls 4'-5! 
long. — Cranberry marshes, Northern Ohio. — A variety. cer in all its parts, 
occurs among the mountains of New England. (Tab. “Yn) Eu.) 
2. ME. tristic Br. & Distinguished from ee by its 
Sranked, wider, squarrose and denticulate leaves, and the dicecious inflorescence, 
ni: discoid male flower. — Grows in similar 
M. uligindsa, Hedw. tevin than No. 1 and 2, monecious and 
cients on the same plant; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 
with entire recurved margins and a heavy costa; operculum truncate. — White 
Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes: St. Paul, Minnesota, Lesquereux. (Eu.) 
Tre XXIl BARTRAMIEX. 
51. BARTRAMIA, Hedw. (Tab. 17.) 
Calyptra small, dimidiate, meniow: Operculam small, conic-convex. 
Capsule globular, cernuous, seldom erect or pendulous, exannulate, striated, 
