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Fijfidens vnus, nempe ftrumifer, et Pohlia elongata. Quoad apophyfis magnitudi- 

 nem, in nonnullis fpeciehus adeo eft exigua, vt vix difcerni poffit ; at in plerisque 

 ianto volumine ga inlet-, vt ipfam thecam magnitudine longe fuperet, et pro ea ab 

 incautis obferuatoribus habita fuerit. Nee forma colorue iJlius partis in omnibus 

 eadem. In Polytrichis plerisque annularis eft, nempe annuli purpurei inftar thecac 

 bafifuppofita; in Polytricho alpino turbinata ; in Splachno fphaerico rotunda, in 

 rubro hemisphaerica faturate rubra; in luteo vmbraculiformis lutea; in mnioide 

 et vvceolato obconica; in ampullaceo e bafi tenui apicem verfus, in ampullae for- 

 mam ampliata; in vafculofo ouata; in Dicrano ambiguo elongata; in Fiffdente 

 firumifero fcrophuliformis* ^hecae, quae apophyfi gaudent apophyfatae; quae ea 

 carent exapophyfatae dicuntur. 



Praeter apophyfin innumerae fere dantur thecarum figurae, quarum praecipuas 

 hie referre abs re non erit. Rotunda nobis occurrit in Bartratnia point fortni 

 (B); fubfphaerica in Mnio marchico, Mnio fotttano], Phascis plerisque y ouata, feu 

 e bafi latiore rotundata, apicem verfus diametro fenfim decrefcens, vt in Trichofto- 

 mis plerisque, Orthotrichis^ Leerfia lanceotata, Neckera pennata (F), Leskia feru 

 cea (H); obouata nempe ouatae oppofita, vt in Mnio caefpititio (B), Mnio pfeudotru 

 quetro> et fere in omnibus capfulis pendulis; pyriformis vel turbinata fcilicet ob- 

 ouata apicem verfus incraffata, vt in Webera pyriformi (M); conica, id eft ouata la- 

 teribus oppofitis linea fere recta conuergentibus, vt in Tetraphide pellucida (M); 

 Obconica feu obuerfe cornea, vt in Webera nutante] Cylindrical feu lateribus oppofi- 

 tis a bafi ad apicem vsque parallelo itinere progredientibus, vt in Splachnis non- 

 nullis, nempe Sphaerico, vafculofo et ampullaceo , absque apophyfi confideratis; 

 fubcylindrica, vbi tantum bafim verfus la tera in formam rotundam concurrunt, vt in 



Leskia attenuatd, Polytricho vndulato (B\ Leerfia vulgari (B exftinctorium), plu- 

 ribusque aliis; *) urceolata, feu e bafi rotunda in vrceoli formam leniter excurrens, 

 vt in Polytricho vrnigero> Polytricho hercynico; incurua, fi linea quae thecam axis 



inftar percurrere fingitur, infra perpendicularis apicem verfus fenfim incuruatur, vt 

 in Dicrano fcopario (B); recurua, ex: gr: in Buxbaumia 'aphylla, fi e bafijobliqua 

 fenfim erecta euadit; arcuata nempe lateribus duobus inaequaliter curuis, altero in- 

 teriori lineae rectae magis accedente comprehenfa, vt in Hypnis plurimis ex: gr: 



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*) Auctores plerique tales thecas cylindruas etiam dicunt, quamuis bafi rotundata. 



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