MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 61 
broad reddish rim; teeth of the peristome not nodose; inner peristome better 
a the short carinate cilia quite evident ; gat leaves yellowish. 
—Dry, sandy and hilly ground, in thin seseeing never — Southern 
States, vais 
69. MYURELLA, Bryol. Europ. (Tab. 19.) 
Calyptra cuculliform, narrow. Operenlum convex-conic, obtuse, lange. Cap. 
sule oval or obovate-oval, with a short and tumid erect collum, pedicellate, an- 
nulate. Peristome er constructed a in Hypnum ; the ciliole, oe very 
Gen often absent — Small, subalpine, glan ny 
densely tufted ae ;: wit h erect, sparingly divided, julaceous, lone 
stems ; and close cating, subrotund, ecostate, more or less papillose leaves, 
composed of asec Saar cellules 
1. ME. Careyama, Sulliv. Stems slender, branched by innovations, 
leaves very concave, with a short filiform point, strongly papillose on the back, 
and ciliate-dentate on the margins; perichztia orange-red,. leaves smooth, nar- 
rowly poutine filiformly acuminate, the margins at the upper end of the lami- 
na fringed. — High enero % , New England, J. ; Carey: ier dean Les- 
ots of this genus, M. julacea and M. apiculata, were dplinceed in ees 
America by Drummond. (Tab.19.) 
Tre XXIX. FABRONIER. 
70. FABRONIA, Raddi. (Tab. 18.5 
tra cuculliform. wa gh asiare conic, acuminate. Capsule pyriform, erect, 
YP , 
pedicellate ; its mouth wide. ingle (in No. 4 absent); the exterior 16 
linear-lanceolate teeth SA AONE in pines, when dry reflexed. oe nce 
moneecious. — Minute ‘ies, uniform in habit and size, with pro: 
erect crowded ii aE branches ;. leaves shining, ss cavsansions 
filiformly acuminate, dentate or ciliate, semi-costate ; the lax, pellu- 
cid, the cellules at the basal angles quadrate, elsewhere larger and rhomboidal, 
with conspicuous primordial utricles : reticulation of the capsule-wall quadrate. 
flexuous. (Named after Fatroni, an Italian botanist.) 
1. FE. Wrightii, Sulliv. (Musc. Bor.-Amer., No. 251.) Capsule oblong- 
pyriform ; operculum conic-rostellate; teeth of the t golden-yel- 
low; the vaginula concealed by the gradually acuminated perichztial leaves. 
San Marcos, Texas, Wright. — Near the pasate F. octoblepharis ; but that 
species has a mamellate operculum, dark brownish-red peristomial teeth, leaves 
with more numerous quadrate alar cellules, ae an emergent: 
2. FP. Raveniélii, $ (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 252.) —. of a 
cen coy baci. entire on the margins, or occasionally 
with a few teeth; istinct, extending beyond the middle; perichetial 
cvs mmr, denen real y acuminate a eel teeth of 
n dry rocks, 
Carolina, Ravenel. (Tab. 18.) 
