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SPIRIDENS REINWARDTII. 



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Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci 



Gen, Char. (Spiridens, Nees.) Seta lateralis. Peristomium duplex: 



extn e dentibus 16, subulatis, spiraliter involutis : iiiL e ciliis 16, 

 remotiusculis, subulatis, linea media notatis atque-apicem versus 

 perforatis. Calijptra dimidiata. 



Spiridens Beznxvardtii. (Tab. I.) 



Spiridens Reinwardtii. Nees von Esenheck^ in Nov. Act. Acad. voL 11. 

 p. 144. /. 17. A. 



Hab. In summo monte ignivomo Tidor^ Moluccarum minorum insula. 



Reiwdoardt. 



Cfl2^?^5 subcrespitosij basi densissime ferrugineo-tomentosi, pedales et 



ultra, erectij raniosi; ramis subsimplicibus non raro subsecundis. 

 Folia undique inserta, patentia, flavo-viridia, subsquarrosa, infe- 

 xlora praecipue, ovato-lanceolata, longe angusteque acuminata, 

 rigidiuscula, membranacea, substriata, basi amplexicaulia, mar- 

 gine incrassata, acute serrata. Perichcetialia : exteriora erecta, 



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ovato-acuminata, enervia; superiora longiora, convoluta, longe 

 cuspidato-acuminata, vix serrulata. Seta lateralis, perbrevis, pe- 

 richsetio immersa. Capsula obliqua, ovato-oblonga, fusca, lasvis. 

 Calyptra conico-acuminata^ hinc lateraliter fissa. Operculum co- 

 nico-subulatum, capsula dimidiobrevius. Peristoma externi denies 

 sedecim, longij lineari-lanceolati, fulvi, transversim striati, madore 

 erecti, siccitate basi reflexi, dein spiraliter involuti; interni cilia 

 his paulo breviora, erecta, conniventia, libera, subulata, transver- 

 sim striata, linea media longitudinal! notata, atque versus apicem 

 medio perforata, basi membrana reticulata, flava, exserta unita. 

 Columella subcylindracea, apice dilatata, massam spongiosam, 

 ticulatam, ovato-acuminatam sustinens. Semina mmutissima, 

 spha^rica. 



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My valued friend Dr. Nees von Esenbeck, has been so 

 obliging as to send me fine specimens of this most noble of 

 all Mosses, which he has ably illustrated both by figures and 



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