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Sclilptlitimia 3» ^(tdrtfidtt. ^ 

 capsulae ovatae operculo coiilco, calyptra quadrangxdari 



J basi in quatuor kcinias aequalcs fissa. Brid. suppL musc^ 

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c Orthotrichum angulosurnj caule brevi; surculls brevibus. 



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ereclis, subdivisis; foliis latU, 



acumine longo 



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terminatis^ costa Integra notatis; ft6ril>us axillaribus ; ca- 

 lyptra fusca, brevi, quadrangtilari, ad basim lacinias qua- 

 tuor aequalibus fimbriata. Tubo pyxidis longissimo. Pali-* 

 sot BeauV, Aetheog. p. Qo. 



' In insula Franciae, Borboniae, Tristan d'Acunha legit clar. 



Aiibert du Petit Thouars. 1^. 



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Radix basilaris tomentosa. Caulis unclalis, erectus, parce 



et simpliciter rarhoSus, foliis utrdiqtte tectus. Folia sparsa co- 

 piosissima, erecta, siccitate parum tortilia, oblonga, per nervum 



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validum, emergentem cuspidata, e viridi ant fusco brunnea : re- 

 ticnli areolis niinintis, circtilaribiis, in infxnia tanttini basI pa- 



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rallelogrammis. Pericfiaetiwn feniineian sublat^ralc; folia si- 



minima et eiusdeni magnitudinis. t^aginula ova^a, brevissima, 



' fusco -brunnea. Seta erecta, uncia paullo loTjgior, paruni tor- 



tilis, fusco -rubra. Tlieca subcylindrica, ore linea impressa 



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cmcta, erecta, laevis, bruniiea. Operculum e convexo subula- 



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turn, thecae tenia parte minus, briinneuni, basi rufescens. Fiin- 

 hria nulla, , purist omii externi dentes lineari-lanceolati, emar- 

 ginato-truncati, sulco medio longitudinali exarati, trabiculati, 

 siccitate rcvoluti, brunnei* Ferlstomii interioris membrana rigida 

 reticulata, in lacinias dentiformes irregulariter iissilis, lutescens. 



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