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gemmaccus. ArtiBegouia (10 — 20) elongata, crassiiicnla, 

 brnnnoa, parapliysibud uiimerosis basi cdlnlosis, longe fili- 

 formibns cincta. Vaginnla lougc cjlindrica. Seta media snb- 

 flexUis, laGTiiiscuIa, brauoea, Capsnia ovalis vei ovato* 

 olliptica, ore partim coarctata, junior viridesccns opercnio 

 purpnreo iDstructa, seuior Iiruniiea, lacris, OpercQiiim co- 

 nico-obliquum, capsulae lougitudiiiia ^3 snpcrans, pnrpn- 

 ream, apjce obttisiasotiftim, Calyptva junior conica, latere 

 longe iissa, capsulotQ totam tcgcus^ baai aiiblacerala s* cre^ 

 niilata, bruunca, versus apiccm straminea, pilis erectiusciilis 

 loDgissimis na'ucis instrncta. Annulus imllus. Feriatomium 

 duplex. Hxtcrmi:iB» denies^ sedeoiitf Innceomti, latesceuti- 

 membranacei , basl fusoi, lateribii^ irregularibus, lalinscnlo- 

 paUido-trabccnlafi. Internum: cilia totulen;! cum denlibus ex^ 

 teniis altorna, fiHformiaj sttfenodOsa^ iJtos subaequautia, sca- 

 briuscula, alba. Columella conico-exscrta. Sporae mediae 

 brnimeo-fuscae. — Planta arborea. 



Species perpnlobra, quae liabitii oiita LesJaea ericoidc 

 Hook. (mnsc. exolic. tab, XXYIII.) comparari poiest. Affiiics 



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sunt: Leskea mollis UUvfg. et L* Jiea^ilis ei,, (Ht/pfmmSvt,. 

 Isothecium Brid., HboJ&eria Sra., Hypnum cochleaHfo- 

 tium'i se'c. Brid. Bryolog-. univ. Vol, I, p, 362.) De prima 

 jam supra verba facta sunt. In secimda jam peristomii slni- 

 dura distiuctissima, quura ibeskea fle^iUs X»esked vera 

 esse Tidcaitir sec. icoires Hoolcerianaff (loc, cit, lab. CX,)^ 



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