62 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
3. F. Caroliniama, Sulliv. & Lesqx. (Muse. Bor.-Amer., No. 253.) 
“sae operculum, peristome, and perichgtium nearly as in the last species ; 
sporules smaller.— On decayed logs, near the Santee Canal, South Carolina, 
Ravenel. 
4 F. gymnéstoma, Sulliv. & Lesqx. (Musc. Bor.-Amer., No. 254.) 
Leaves Ss a elliptical-lanceolate, dentate-ciliate; costa reaching half- 
way or obsolete; perichetial leaves few, short, obovate, suddenly subulate-acu- 
minate ; capsule broad-oval, shortly much oueiad = peristome none. — Santa Fe, 
New Mexico, Fendier. 
71. ANACAMPTODON, Brid. (Tab. 18.) 
Calyptra SEARS CR Operculum ion osha Capsule oval, 
erect, pedicel te. Peristome double; the exterior 16 narrowly lanceolate teeth 
smooth on ek surfaces, approxim aid in pairs, ile dry reflexed (hence the 
name); the interior 16 slender cilia, without a basilar membrane. Inflorescence 
moncecious. — Low, cespitose, with irregularly branched stems, and spreading 
ovate-lanceolate semi-costate leaves, of a rather loose and pellucid rhombic areo 
lation. (Name from dvaxaynra, to bend back, and ddr, a tooth.) 
1. A. splachnoides, Brid. Cilia of the inner peristome always erect, 
capsule when dry much constricted below the mouth; foliage deep green. — In 
the forks and open hollow knots of partly decayed trees: rare, though its range 
is extensive. (Tab. 18.) (Eu) 
Trine XXX. PYLAISEHEAR. 
72. PYLAISZEA, Bryol. Europ. (Tab. 18.) 
Calyptra cueulliform, rostrate. Operculum conic, more or less rostellate. 
Capsule oblong, erect, pedicellate. Say Pe narrow, simple. Peristome double: 
the exterior 16 linear-lanceolate teeth i sagen bel oid the saath bid the he tool: 
the interior as in Leskea, but with the ci 
or a membrane anagicd to and bordering the teeth ; ciliole rudimentary of 
none. Inflorescence wecious: male flower gemmiform, axillary. — Small 
species, fruiting saicudiilcy, with glossy, concave, elongated, closely linear- 
areolated and ecostate leaves, their alar cellules oes small, quadrate, and 
opaque. (Named for B. de la Pylaie, a French botanist.) 
1. P. denticulata, W. P. Sch. Grows in ee entangled mats ; 
branches crowded, short, ascending ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, slightly den- 
ticulate at the apex ; capsule oblong-cylindrical ; pultonls 3-5" high; opereu- 
lum with a rostrum about as long as the conic base; inner peristome firm, yel- 
low, much as in Leskea, the cilia or processes o chen aplit along the keel, the 
basilar membrane broad ; sporules bright yellow, smooth, about gig of # line in 
diameter. — Bark of trees, Columbus, Ohio ; very rare 
2. P. imtricata, Bryol. Europ. i ak ade el ema 
the last ; branches short, recurved; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 
