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Stuntz: North American Species of Eleutera 



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1813. Daltonia petmata W. Arn. Disp. 54. 1825. Neckera Dis 



pennata 



238. 1827 



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Mus.: Vaill. 1. c; Dill. 1. c; Hall. 1. c; Hedvv. 1. c; Funck, 

 Jtsch. Moose, //. 34 . / i ; Schmied. Icon. PI. Man. 3 : pi. 5 8. 

 ; Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. //. io 9 ; Hooker & Taylor, Muse. 

 • Supp. //. 4.; Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. Eur. pi. 44 o ; Wilson, 



Pi- 34- /■; Sull. Muse. & Hep. U. S. pi. c; Lesq. & 



James, Manual, //. 



Exsic. : Drummond, Muse. Bor. Am. 161 ; Sull. Muse. Allegh. 



a 6 ' S "i L & ^ Sq ' MUSC " B ° n Am - ( Ed ! ) 266 ' ( Ed - 2 ) 39 2 ; 



2 55; Ren. & Card. Muse. Am. Sept. Exsic.' 



M 



Macoun. Can. M 



In 



Herbarium Umversity of Wisconsin, Sull. & Lesq. 266 and 392 

 of the different editions are the same, the number 392 being pasted 

 over the number 266 on the original packet. 



2a. Eleutera pennata oligocarpa (Bruch) nom. nov. 



Gametophytc small, delicate, pale green : primary stems short • 

 secondary stems 2-5 cm., slender, irregularly pinnate : branches 

 attenuate to apex, sometimes flagelliform: paraphyllia mme : leaves 

 hngulate, abruptly acuminate, deeply undulate, subserrate at apex ■ 

 costa short or indistinct: cells rhomboidal at apex, at base and 

 middle linear, at edges quadrate or rounded : outer perichaetial 

 leaves ovate-acuminate, inner narrow-acuminate, ecostate exceed 

 ing the capsule. Sporophyte : capsule small, reddish-yellow 

 calyptra large: lid orange, short-beaked: teeth lance-linear' 

 densely articulate : segments imperfect. (From Greek oli^os few 

 and karpos, fruit.) ' ' 



Type, European. 



Trees and rocks. Prince Edward Island, west to Lake Atha- 

 basca and the Rocky Mountains in British America, south to the 

 Catskills ; Santa Fe, New Mexico (Fendler). 



Syn. : Neckera pumila Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. 367. n. 653. 

 1 8 1 2 ; not N. pumila Hedw. Neckera oligocarpa Bruch, Mscr. in 

 Hartm. Skand. Ft 338. 1849. (5th ed.) Neckera pennata fi 

 tenera C. M. Syn. 2 : 50. 1850. Neckera intermedia Theden. in 

 sched. Neckera chlorocaulis Sull. & Lesq. Muse. Bor. Am. (Ed. 



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///us. : 



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Exsic. : Sull. & Lesq. Muse. Bor. Am. (Ed. 1) 268 fas N 



