Ord. V. Tribe II. MUSCI VAGINULATI OLOCARPI. 913 
l-i840 Stems short, Lvs. lin. lane. : marg. serrat. principally at extrem. as well as summit of keels, Theca nearly 
[erect subglobose 
148il Leaves ovate much lengthened out and diaphan. at points : those of perichaetium laciniated at extremity 
14S42 Leaves ovato-acuminate colored at the points : those of the perichstium serrated at the extremity 
14843 Fruitstalks terminal, Perichsetial leaves resembling the cauline ones 
14844 Like the last, but theca drooping 
14845 Fruitstalks lateral, Perichaetial leaves ovate slightly convolute pointed 
14845 Fruitstalks radicular, Perichjetial leaves ovate sheathing involute pointed 
14847 Leaves closely imbricated ovate-cordate acuminate striated, Theca oblong 
14848 Leaves nerveless for the most part complicato-carinate 
14849 Leaves nerveless plane or very slightly concave 
14850 Leaves furnished with a nerve slightly concave 
14851 Lvs. ov. acum. serrul. : the nerve disappear, below point. Fruits*, twice as long as perichfetium, Theca ov. 
14852 Leaves ovato lanceolate obtuse entire : the nerve reaching to the point, Fruitst. very long, Theca cylind. 
14853 Lvs. ovato-acura. slightly cone. : marg. recurv. Fruitst. scarcely longer than perichaet. lvs. Theca oblon.-ov. 
14854 Leaves oblong acuminulate transversely rugose, Fruitstalks much exserted, Theca ovate 
14855 Lvs. bifar. ov. lane, transversely undul. serrul. at point, Theca ovate subsess. shorter than perieheetial lvs. 
14856 Leaves oblongo-lanceolate, Fruitstalks long, Calyptra fimbriated at the base 
14857 Leaves broadly ovate acute, Theca sessile impressed, Calyptra nearly entire 
14858 Leaves broadly ovate entire obtuse nerveless 
14859 Lvs. ov. acuminul. margin, very obscure, serrat. at extrem. with 2 nerves nearly reach, their whole length 
14860 Lvs. broadly seymitar-shaped serrat. at point : nerve reacli. to middle of leaf, Theca ovate erect. Lid rest. 
14861 Leaves oblong apiculate entire nerveless, Theca ovate erect, Lid rostrate 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
it is employed by the Swedes to fill up the spaces between the chimney and the walls, and thus, by excluding 
the air, to prevent the action of fire. 
224:6. Ano?>2odon. So called by the authors of Muscologia Britannica, on account of the peculiar nature of 
the peristom.e, whicli has narrow fringed processes arising from the very same range, and from between the 
teeth ; ctvof/,!};, irregular, and oda?, a tooth. The stems are dark, almost blackish green, long, cylindrical, and 
straggling. It is not uncommon on the wilds of Dartmoor. 
2247. Neckcra. Named after N. J. Necker, a German botanist, who published in 1791, his Elements of 
Botany, a work which contained more useful imformation than many of his detractors have been })leased to 
allow. Beautiful mosses, found in woods and upon trees and rocks. N. crispa has more the appearance of 
some fine tropical moss, than of those of our own country, where it is far from uncommon in mountainous 
districts, frequently covering a great extent of surface upon the trunks of old forest-trees. 
2248. Baltoyiia. Named in honor of the Rev. James Dalton, a skilful English muscologist. The mitriform 
calyptra separates this from Neckera. D. splachnoides has only been found by the side of a streamlet on the 
Secawn mountain, near Dublin, where it grows s])aringly in pale green tufts. 
2249. Hookcria. This beautiful Hypnum-like genus was named by Sir James Edward Smith, in honor of 
Dr. William Jackson Hooker, F. R. S., &c. professor of botany in the university of Glasgow, one of the most 
distinguislied of modern cryptogamic botanists, and a gentleman whose public reputation is only exceeded by 
his private excellence. The Hookera of Salisbury, must give way to this on every account. H. la^te-virens 
has hitherto been discovered only in a bog near Cork. 
2250. Leslcea. N. G. Leske was an obscure German botanist, of whom little is known, except tliat he gave 
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