Austin-Musci Appalachiann

257. (Omalia gracilis.)

Homalia

James in Peck's Catal. N. Y. plants. (1869.)

Differt ab O. Sendtnericna, cui haud dissimilis, statura
minore graciliore, ramificatione copiosore, ramulis
filescentibus flexilibus subjulaceo-foliatis, foliis ram-
eis complanatis duplo brevioribus atque angustiori-
bus minus obtusis, cellulis paullum majoribus, inflor-
escentia (solum in planta masculina Nov-Cæsaren-
si observata) dioica, foliis perigonialibus (paucis)
ovatis longinscule acute acuminatis cellulis longiori-
bus sub-marginatis, etc.—Perigoniis paucis (2-4)
magis parce paraphysatis; fl. fœm. et fructu ignotis.

HAB. Under overhanging rocks, New Jersey; also Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, New York, *James Peck*.

Neckera gracilis (James) Kindb.

Yale University Herbarium

YU.230221