72 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
82. ‘eis Sdearesaancne Turner. (Muse. Bor.-Amer. No. 305.) D 
ste d branches extended ; leaves varying from ovate-lanceolate to 
sae Gina ore or less contorted, concave, falcate, striated ; 
costa single or forked, extending to the middle; capsule annulate, oval, incurved, 
with a short erect collum. (H. caulescens, Sulliv. g Lesgx. ined.) — Mountains 
of New England, Oakes, Eaton, Frost, James. (Eu.) 
33. H. montanum, Wils. in James, Enum.1.¢. (Muse. Bor -Amer 
No. 306.) Not unlike the last in general aspect; but a smaller species, with 
monecious ore ; differing from H. palustre by its broad annulus ; and 
fro tre by its tees longer and more suddenly acuminated from a 
aieskcienss oase, subsquarrose, more or less falcate-secund, with reflexed and dis- 
asia aap margins, a shorter costa, and a looser reticulation, (H. rivulo- 
v. & Lesgx. ined.) — White Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes, James. 
$11. seetioate Sulliv. — Stems erect, ascending ; the divisions few, simple 
or subpinnately branched, terete, turgid: leaves more or less closely indi 
ovate and oblong, seat ly concave, not striate; membranous, shining ; eetules 
minute, linear ; costa variable: capsule oblong, unequal, horizontal: opercutum 
convex-conie : rather oie, species, en Sound in wet places. 
34. WH. cuspidatum, L. Dicci srt stems 5’-7? long; main divisions 
simply es and, like the branchlets ate ; leaves pale ett 8 
oblong-ovate or oblong, obtusely pointed; aes bicostate ; cellules at the 
angles large, subquadrate and pellucid; capsule gradually tapering into = 
pedicel, shortly operculate, and broadly annulate. — Grassy marshy places. (Eu.) 
35. H. Schréberi, Willd. Diccious; much like the preceding, but 
easily known by its bright red stems, visible through the pale green or fulvous 
foliage, obtuse branches, perichztial leaves not striate, and the absence of an 
annulus. — On the ground, in moist woods. ay 
36. H. cordiféliuma, Hedw. Monecious ; stems 6/- 8! long; divisions 
simple or very sparingly branched ; leaves lr sailor distant, spreading, ovate- 
blong, obtuse, costate nearly to the apex, decarrent ; basal cellules large, pel- 
lucid ; caps elk oo oblong, exannulate. — essa (Eu 
) 
oecious ; stems robust, 7'-10! long, flexu- 
bien: broadly ovate, obtuse, flaccid, ecostate; the margins above usa ally 
inflexed, — and springy places. (Eu.) 
38. Hi. stra tum, Dickson. Diccious; stems 6/-8’ long, very 
slender, erect, pres simple ; leaves straw-colored, ovate-oblong, obtuse, not 
crowded, costate beyond the m ; annulus absent. —Sphagnous swamps, 
Eng’ 
39. Hi. trifariam, Web. & Mohr. Dicecious; closely resembling the 
last, but a larger species, very brittle when dry; leaves brownish-green, some- 
what 3-ranked, more closely imbricated, not so long, broader and more obtuse, 
and only semicostate ; capsule more turgid, and broadly annulate. — Cranberry 
marshes, Northern Ohio. (Eu.) 
