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caulina latiuscule ovato -acuminata, breviter et acute acu- 
minata, cochleariformi -concava, apice obscure denticu- 
lata, nervis brevibus, cellulis angustis pellucidis v. plus 
minus chlorophyllosis, alaribus valde granulosis, igitur 
obscuris, paucis, laxe quadratis; perichaetia tenuissima, 
foliis vaginantibus longe acuminatis erectis; theca in ped. 
perbrevi tenerrimo flavido minute. cylindraceo - ovalis. oli- 
vacea, operc. conico oblique acuminato; perist. dentes bre- 
ves densissime approximati, late lanceolati, in crura duo 
fissidentoidea, omnino fere secedentia tenuissima fissi, in- 
distincte trabeculati, aurantiaci, cilia tenuissima integra, 
dentes subaequantia concoloria. 
Entodon fissidens C. Müll. Bot, Zeit. 1844. p. 740. 
Patria. Brasilia, Serra dos Orgàos, ad rupes cu- 
jusdam catarractae: G. Gardner No. 76. 
Teneritate partium omnium facile discernibilis. Flos 
masc. angustus. : : 
b. Pedunculus purpureus. 
a. Glaber, 
47. N. Sullivanti C. Müll.; monoica; rigida angu- 
stissime complanata virescens nitida gracillima, ramulis 
tenuissimis subregulariter pinnatis; folia e basi parum 
coarctata fruncatä ovato-acuminata obtusiuscula, apice 
erenulato, irregulariter complicata , saepe profunde. con- 
cava, cellulis alaribus teneris planiusculis pellucidis, cae- 
teris angustissime linearibus vix conspicuis brevibus , vi- 
ridibus; perich. angustissime longe lanceolato - acuminata ; 
thecae in ped. saepe aggregatis tenuissimis longissimis 
purpureis angustissime elongate cylindricae, operc. te- 
nuissimis conicis rostratis rectiusculis; perist. d. ext. longi 
angustissimi pallidi, cilia interna tenuissima filiformia 
albida, | 
Leskea compressa Sulliv. Musc. Allegh. No. 64. 
Patria. Ad saxa in sylvaticis secus flumen French 
Broad Carolinae superioris: Sullivant. 
A JV. compressa notis cursive impressis longe dif- 
fert et habitu V. .Beyrichii proxima. 
C, Müller: Synops. musc, frond, 
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