. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. Barbula.] 129 § 6, Plants more robust: leaves longer^ Vnear- lanceohde, Jfexnons, clrr/tate-crispate ichen dry; basilar areohUion hose, hijaline: capsule thin ; basilar tiienibrane none or scarcely visible. 37. B. CSBSpitosa, Schwaogr. IMoiKTcions: plmis loosely ccspitosc, variable in size, soft: leaves long-linear, iiuicronate by the strong yellowish costa, more or less undulate: male flowers in axillary short pedieellate buds of two or threes leaves: capsule oblong-ovate, more or less ineurved, subeyl
. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. Barbula.] 129 § 6, Plants more robust: leaves longer^ Vnear- lanceohde, Jfexnons, clrr/tate-crispate ichen dry; basilar areohUion hose, hijaline: capsule thin ; basilar tiienibrane none or scarcely visible. 37. B. CSBSpitosa, Schwaogr. IMoiKTcions: plmis loosely ccspitosc, variable in size, soft: leaves long-linear, iiuicronate by the strong yellowish costa, more or less undulate: male flowers in axillary short pedieellate buds of two or threes leaves: capsule oblong-ovate, more or less ineurved, subeylindrieal, gil> hous at base, reddish, on a long flexuous j)edicel, twisted when dry; teeth very long, jmrple, twiee or thrice closely twisted; nnnulus none: spores minute, greenish, translucent, smooth.â Suppl. i. 120, t. 31; Sulliv. Mosses of U. States, 27. B. cir- rliata, Brid.; Bryol. Eur. t. 140. 7?. humilis, Iledw. Spec. Muse. 110, t. 25. Tortula humilis, Brid.; Lindb. Triehost. 251. Hah. IJoots of trees in grassy places; common, especially in the hills of the Southeastern States, and very variable. 38. B. tortuosa, Web. & 3Iohr. Dia'cious; in large, more or less compact tufts; stems generally long (two to four cm.), dichotomous, tomcntose-radiculose toward the base: leaves densely imbricate, twisted-crispate Avhen dry, spreading and ficxuous when moist, linear-lanceolate, undulate from a thin pale colored base, short-cuspidate by the stout excurrent costa; pericluTtial leaves erect, half-sheathing, narrowly acuminate, whitish: capsule ovate or oblong-cylindrical, more or less arcuate, soft, yellowish when fidl of spores, brown when old; lid narrowly conical-rostrate ; teeth very slender, much twisted ; onnidus none. â Bot. Tasch. 205; liryol. Eur. t. 151. Jiryuni ortuosum, Linn. Tortula tortuosa, Ehrh.; Lindb. Triehost. 253. riAn. Goat Island, Niagara Falls; Lancaster, and Alleghany Moun- tains, Pennsylvania; Ontario, Canada; New Ihuuswick, etc. 39. B. fragilis
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