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seta solitai-ia, ad 5,5 cm usque alta, erccta, stricta vcl 

 flexuosula, sicca nitidissima liaud torta, inferoe crassa, rufo- 

 purpurea. apice multo tenuiore, pallida; theca e collo brovi 

 elongato-subcylindrica, 7 mm loiiga et 0,75 mm crassa, 

 horizoutalis, pallida, deopereulata nitidiuscula, nutans, rufes- 

 cens, sicca lacvis, sub ore baud constricta; annulus 0,12 mm 

 latus; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentcs lanceolati, 

 obtusiusculi, dense tiabeculati ctpapillosi, lutci, 0,74— 0,7Gmm 

 longi et 0,17 mm lati; endostomium albidum, papillosum; 

 corona basilaris ad medios dentes producta, Integra, processus 

 carinati, perforati, cilia quaterna, longa, filiformia, nodulosa; 

 spori 0,012—0,015 mm, ochracei, minute papillosi; oper- 

 culum 0,9 mm ahum, alte conicum, pallidum, apiculo brevi, 



plus minusve obtuso, rubro. Calyptra el planta mascula 

 ignotae. 



Patria. Oregon: Mount Hood, ad rivulum glacialem, 

 7000 ped. alt., c. fr. (1082). Wasbington: Cascaden, Easton, 

 c. fr. (648), Weston, c. fr. (486), Rigi ad Clealum 

 Lake, c. fr. (914), Kalichess Lake, c. fr. (818). 



_ Species pulcherrima, distinctissima, thecae forma Rbodo- 

 bryis nonnullis simillima, sed peristomio Mnii. Notis supra 

 expositis ab omnibus spcciebus generis facillimc distinguitur. 



M. affine Bland. (Syn. Astrophyllum cuspidatum 



[L., Neck.] Lindb.) 



Illinois: Chicago, ster. (1800a). Washington: Caseaden, 



Easton, c. fr. (643). Wyoming: Nat.-Park (1521). 



M, insigne Mitt. 



Washington: Cascaden, Easton, ster. (647), Enumclaw, 



c. fr. (394). Vancouver Island; Victoria, c. fr. (68, 69). 



M. serratum Schrad. 



Illinois: Chicago, Argyle, ster. (1799a). Wyoming: Yellow- 

 stone National- Park, c. fr. (1522). Montana: Rocky 

 Mountains, S. Ignatius pr. Ravalli, c. fr. (1284—85), 

 Deer Lodge, ster. (1389). 



M. spin ulo sum Br. cur. 



Washington: Cascaden, Easton, c. fr. (641,642), Weston, 



c. fr. (487). 



M. punctatum L. 

 Oregon: Mount. 



shington 



nt. Hood, 5000 ped. alt, ster. (1083). Wa- 

 : Cascaden, Easton, c. fr. (643 a, 649), Enum- 

 claw, c. fr. (391, 393), Kahchess Lake, ster. (816), 

 Tacoma, c. fr. (196). Oregon: Astoria, c. fr. (281), 

 Vancouver Island: Victoria (71, 72). 



