18 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
7% WEISIA, Hedw. (Tab. 15.) 
. Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum rostrate. Capsule oval, annulate, exsert- 
ed. Peristome single, of 16 linear-lanceolate ‘eteulans teeth, entire or perfo- 
rated, without a medial line. Inflorescence monecious or dicecious. — Small 
species, growing on the ground: stems more or less fastigiately branched ; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, contate, of a dense and somewhat quadrate areolation. — 
German cryptogamic botanist.) 
1, W. viriduila, Brid. Leaves very much involute on the margins, 
crisped when dry ; costa slightly excurrent.— Old fields, meadows, &c.: very 
common and variable. (Tab. 15.) (Eu.) 
8. RHABDOWEISIA, Br.& Sch. (Tab. 15.) 
Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum with a long oblique rostrum. 
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genus, from which it is oo. by the striated capsule (hence its name, from 
paBdos, a stria, and Weis: 
1. BR. ftigax, Br. & Sch. Leaves linear-lanceolate, carinate, costate to 
the apex, ens entire re vad ree crisped when dry, more or less papillose ; 
lation , larger, looser, and oblong below; teeth 
of the peristome subulate, fugacious. — White Mountains, New Hampshire, 
Oakes; rare. (Tab. 15.) (En) 
R. denticulata, Br.-& Sch. Very near the last, but rather larger; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, approaching to lingulate, coarsely serrate at the apex ; 
areolation larger; teeth of the peristome lanceolate, not ious. — Crevices 
of rocks, on high peaks of the Alleghany Mountains; not uncommon. (Eu.) 
Trize Ill. SELIGERIER. 
9 SELIGERIA, Br.&Sch. (Tab. 15.) 
alyptra cuculliform. Operculum ats obliquely rostrate. Capsule glo- 
bose-pyriform, exannulate, exserted, Peristome = teeth 16, a 
obtuse, without a medial line. "iaereces Moneecious: male flowe 
form, ee small, , growing on vig sai 
lanceolate-subulate, with a stout excurrent costa; the enclation dense, except at 
the base. (A olive name.) 
1. S. tristicha, Br. & Sch. Ce obtuse at 
the apex.—(Weisia calcarea, Muse. Alleghan., No. 142.) — Limestone rocks, in 
shaded ravines, Central Ohio. (Tab. 15.) (Eu. ) 
2. S. reeurvata, Br. & Sch. Resembles the last (and grows with it), 
somewhat ; leaves not 3-ranked, acute; capsule not so globose, 
lous on « lenght taieved pedicel, erect when dry. (Eu.) 
