76 MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
shorter. — On dry rocks. Var. seTOsum: branches more elongated and co aD 
leaver aitenuated, of a yellowish silky hue. — Base of trees, in dry pla 
* * Pedicels rough. 
9. HI. spe tess » L. Monecious; stems 3’-—5! lopz, prostrate or 
arcuate, with an irregular er Licenses ascending ; leaves pale green, 
broadly ovate ma ovate-lanceolate, os sa mE “ shining, substriate 
only when dry, costate above half-way ; capsule oval o ; annu- 
lus large; perichztial leaves re Sad vaginula seieelan pilose: a large 
species. — On the ground, in wet and springy places. (Eu u.) 
60. H. plumosum, L. (Bryol. Europ.) Monecious; stems 3/-4/ 
long, creeping branches ascending, ramulose ; meh yellowish-green or reddish- 
rown, ovate and deltoid-ovate, with a short rathes oblique ke serrulate above, 
icostate, estriate; capsule gibbous, oval, inclined; annulus narrow; only 
ae upper half of the pedicel scabrous. (H. cu pmon, Brid., Mull. ; 
also H. chrysostomum, Michx.) — Alleghany rheinseat (Eu.) 
61. H. popitleum, Hedw. Monecious ; stems 2/-3/ long, a 
branched ; branches ascending or arcuate ; bates gradually and narrowly lan 
olate, acuminate, serrulate above ; the costa continuous; capsules numerous, 
small, roundish-ovate, Jepacind a sm ao species, with yellowish silky Pine 
(H. reflexum, James i Penida cad. Philad., 1855. Peivrones and trunks 
trees, in hilly ‘eis (Eu.) 
. H. Féndleri, Sulliv. (Muse. Bor -Amer. No. 334.) Polygamous 
(staminate, pistillate, and herma: ermaphrodite flowers on the same plant); stems 
O- 
Pp ; 
1 -2' long, creeping; branches erect, simple or ramulose; leaves ovate-lance 
late, serrulate, semicostate ; capsule oval-oblong, suberect, rarely unequal and 
a ; ciliolae a6 the peristome rudimen ent; operculum conic, with 
se r m; pedicels slightly scabrous below, smooth above: resem- 
bles the 3 Bape a velutinum, Z. (Leskea Fendleri, 5100 in Mem, Amer 
ser. 4, p. 170, t. 1.) — Dry rocks, Santa Fé, New co, Fendler. 
63. fe refléxum, Starke. Monecious; stems procumbent, filiform, 2/- 
' long; branches crowded, slender, arcuate ; eaick rather distant, decurrent, 
broadly or ‘eit te, suddenly and nai Sarcouly lanceolate, spreading at their 
avily costate to the apex; capsule globose-ovate, horizontal. 
{H. subtenue, James, 1. c.) — Rocks, and base of trees, White Mountains of New 
Hampshire, Oukes, James. (Eu.) 
64. MI. Starkii, Web. & Motr. Monccious; resembles the last species, 
Pe is much larger, and has a slenderer costa extending about half-way up the 
leaf. — White Mountains of New Hampshire, Oakes. (Eu. 
65. HM. rivulare, Bryol. Europ. Distinguished from H. rutabulum by 
its eo ewhat — size, more rigid stems, firmer, wider, shorter, an su 
' leaves, with a ave costa, papillose pedicels (1/-14/ aes 
and essentially by its diwcious inflorescence. — Wet rocks, mountains of Ni 
England and of Pennsylvania. (Eu.) 
_ 66. i. Nova-Angliz, Sulliv. & Lesqx. (Muse. Bor.Amer. No. 338.) 
}; stems 14/-2! long, rather stiff; main divisions arcuate-ascending, 
