. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. -V 262 BRYACEJE. [Po'jonatum. shorter. — Bryol. Univ. ii. 122 ; Sulliv. Icon. Muse. Siippl. 57, t. 41. Pohjtrichum dentatum, Menz. Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 8(), t. 7, fig. 4; Scliwiiogr. Suj)j)l. ii. 2. 11, t. 155. Polijtrichuia C(qnllarc, var. OJL'^ Lindb. 1. c. 137. IIaij. Northwest ooa?5t (Ndaon, Menzics); Alaska {Jilschoff). From a comparison of specimens received from Ilampe of the trno P. d('nl(U(tiii, wlii(.'h exactly corresponds to Schwaegrichen's figures, it is eviclent tiiat this species is closely related to P


. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. -V 262 BRYACEJE. [Po'jonatum. shorter. — Bryol. Univ. ii. 122 ; Sulliv. Icon. Muse. Siippl. 57, t. 41. Pohjtrichum dentatum, Menz. Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 8(), t. 7, fig. 4; Scliwiiogr. Suj)j)l. ii. 2. 11, t. 155. Polijtrichuia C(qnllarc, var. OJL'^ Lindb. 1. c. 137. IIaij. Northwest ooa?5t (Ndaon, Menzics); Alaska {Jilschoff). From a comparison of specimens received from Ilampe of the trno P. d('nl(U(tiii, wlii(.'h exactly corresponds to Schwaegrichen's figures, it is eviclent tiiat this species is closely related to P. caijUUire, if not a mere form of it. — (Sdllicant.) 5. P. contortum, Losq. Plants large, gregarious or loosel)/ eesi)itose, glaucous-green above, brown below; stem sinijde or with an innovation from under the })erieha'tium, loosely and irregularly foliate its whole length: leaves erect, open, twisted when dry, the lower short, gradually longer upward, all linear- lanceolate, scarcely enlarged at base, sharply sen-ate to the base; costa percurrent, sj)aringly dentate on the back; jjerichietial leaves similar: calyj)tra covering the whole ca])sule : cajisule ovate, cylindrical or obovate, erect or somewhat curved, some- what constricted under the oritiLC when dry; pedicel long, flexuous ; lid convex at base, rostellate. — IMeni. Calif. Acad. i. 27; Sulliv. Icon. iNfusc. Suj)])l. 58, t. 42. Poh/tricJitnn cantor- t;nn, Mon/.. 1. c. 78, t. 7, fig. 2; Schwaegr. Su])pl. i. 2. 325, t. 9(3. Pogonrttum latcrale, IJrid. Bryol. ii. 111. P. deiitatuni^ Lescp 1. c, in part. II.\R. Alaska (KcUorir/); northwest coast (Menzies)', Columbia River (II(iH); clay banks in tlense shaded woods, near Crescent City, California (lirewrr); Hocky Mountains (Perry). <). P. atrovirens, ^litt. Stem simple and long: leaves spreading, subcrispate and incurved when dry, broadly lanceo- late, acute from an enlarged ajijiressed base, serrate on the bor- ders nearly from the base, dentate on the back: ca


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