MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 17 
nal on a short branch. — Minute terrestrial perennials, with mostly simple stems 
and > oe nh aecbn costate leaves of a loose oblong areolation 
2, el , compact and roundish. (Named after Bruch, a 
Sidi cotahed bye rahe 
1. B. flexuosa, ee Stems flexuose-erect, simple ; leaves distant, 
iapagie from an oblong base, long-subulate, channelled, denticulate at the 
apex; capsule obovate-oblong, exserted, abruptly passing into a rather long 
slender and flexuous eae Sorviesd for half its length by the calyptra. — Var. 
nigricans: Whole plant longer; leaves shorter, pi Areata spores larger, 
dark brown. — New England to Florida, and westward; the var. on Raccoon 
Mountains, Alabama, Lesquereux, and Cleaveland, Ohio, Prof. Cassels. 
Beyrichiana, Hampe. Has (according to Schwegrichen) the 
leaves and pedicel of No. 1, but a much shorter stem, and the calyptra entirely 
covering the oblong capsule. — Maryland, near Baltimore, Beyrich. -(Not since 
detected.) 
3. B. brévipes, Hook. Stems short; leaves as in No. 1, but erect, over- 
topping the globose-oval somewhat pyriform capsule ; 228 short; spores 
early twice as large as in the first species. — Louisiana, mmond. 
4. B. brevifolia, Sulliv. Size of No. 3; leaves much shorter, broader, 
erect, reaching only to the base of the sae obovate ciloby and short-pedi- 
celled age Nee as in No. 1.—(Bruchia Vogesiaca, var. 2, Hook §- Wils. 
in Drum. 2d Coll. No. 15 a ) — Louisiana, Drummond: South Carolina, Rave- 
nel: ae pans (Tab. I.) 
B. Bavenélii, Wils. mss. Almost stemless; leaves lanceolate-subu- 
late; costa excurrent and with a scabrous apex ; capsule globose-pyriform, o 
tusely apiculate, slightly exserted, short-pedicelled ; calyptra s ly papillose, 
8-10-lobed at the base. — South Carolina, Ravenel.— (Very near the Chilian 
B. Hampeana, C. Mull.) 
B. STEGOCARPI. — Capsule dehiscing by a deciduous operculum. 
fre Il. WE{SIEZX. 
6. GYMNOSTOMUM, Hedw. (Tab. 15.) 
Calyptra cuculliform. Operculum conic-rostrate. oT suboval, annu- 
am exserted. <i es none. Inflorescence dicecious nee spas — 
ly czxespitose species, 
tate aes of a close, wenn rather quadrate areolation. Oak hota: yupves, 
naked, and ordpa, a mouth ; no peristome.) 
1. G. curviréstrum, Hedw. Stems — branched ; capsule 
obovate, shining; operculum with a ri oblique rostrum. — nt, in dense 
cashines, on wet limestone rocks. : 
on ay patent ce Geliwier. Smaller than the last; capsule oval, ~ 
ical operculum. —In similar situations with No. 
seta nee B) (Ba) 
