MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 75 
branches spaxingly ramulose; cauline leaves subcomplanate, decurved at the 
apex (those of the branches secund-falcate), ovate-lanceolate, sieasaly serrulate 
above; capsule cernuous, incurved-oblong ; operculum convex-conic. — Wet 
rocks on the ground, forming loose spongy masses, New York: rare. — Resem- 
bles No. 50, and large forms of No. 47; but its ramification and mode of zrowih 
are quite different. (Eu.) 
§ 16. coe bec Sulliv. — Stems prostrate; the main divisions robust, rigid, 
arcuate ng, irregularly pinnate, with short subuncinate branchlets: leaves 
ana MRE! sine. often secund and Siege undulate-rugose, semicos- 
tate; areolation compact, linear, fleruous : Pi “— indrical, arcuate-horizontal : 
operculum conic, shortly rostellate: calyptra 
54. Hl. rugosum, Ehrh. pala stems erect, 2/~3! high; foliage 
yellow or fulvous. — Grows in large elastic cushions, mostly in exposed places, 
on limestone rocks : not uncommon ; but extremely rare in fruit. (En.) 
417. BRACHYTHECIUM, Bryol. Europ. — Stems prostrate, rarely suberect , 
ramification profuse, irregular, occasionally subpinnate: leaves erect-patent, usually 
ovate or Creienraar more or less acuminate, the margins below recurved; areo- 
rboidal, more or less elongated ; costa ceasing half-way, or continuous : 
herec pedi 
cme ovate or emeg bie cernuous or suberect: operculum convex-conic : 
* Pedicels smooth, 
Hi. nitens, $ Moneecious; stems tomentose, suberect, 3/-5! 
lon, interruptedly and tig ramulose; leaves yellowish-green, shining, 
gated-lanceolate, ert: strongly sulcate-plicate ; costa light, ae! 
nous ; capsule oblong, cernuous; operculum short, convex-conic, apiculate ; 
nulus large; pedicels 1’- v rts — Sphagnous oe Northern and Midate 
States. (Eu.) 
56. Hi. salebrosuma, Hoffm. Moneeions ; stems 3! - Fed long, prostrate, 
gularly branched ; Jeaves moderately acuminated from a rounded base, sub- 
seatalate slightly striate ; areolation broader and more lax near seins base; costa 
slender, vanishing about midway; capsule gibbose-ovate, turgid, cernuous ; an- 
nulus small; pedicels 6//- 10” tins perichetial leaves subsquarrose. — On 
ground, decayed logs, rocks, &c.; common and variable. — Foliage yellowish- 
green and shining. (Tab. V.) (E 3 
57. i. lietum, ier thes like — —_ ee Bae iy 56; 
Bus more slender, with a' 
rescence. — Similar situations. 
08. H acuminitum, Bes Dicecious ; resembles the last species ; 
but is every way smaller; stems pani dandy entangled ; the branches 
crowded, ascending ; eaves slightly spreading, ovate-lanceolate, serrulate near 
i y 
the point, costate the middle, the mi : 
cylindrical, nearly regular, erect, or slightly curved; annulus none; ciliole of 
the inner peristome present or absen nata, Hedw.)—On the 
_ and decayed logs, in moist, shady places. -Prominent among its many 
leaves shorter ; branches subjulaceous ; capsule 
