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what transversely and irregularly torn below the summit, in such a 
manner that a portion of it very frequently, if not always, adheres 
to the operculum, and remains there till the capsule begins to 
decay. Ina young state it is tipped with a long hollow style, 
which soon falls off, and only a short mucro is seen to remain in ' 
a more advanced state. The internal part of the capsule is en- 
tirely filled with minute, brown, spherical seeds, except what is 
occupied by the columella, which is at first succulent and vascu- 
lose, but soon becomes dry and shrivelled. 
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CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS. 
Capsula quadrivalvis, valvarum apicibus operculo adnato. 
CHARACTER NATURALIS. 
Fruct. fem. terminalis statu juniore foliis perichætialibus omnind 
obtecta. | 
Pistilla numerosa, minuta, oblonga, viridia, quorum unum solum 
. maturescit, reliqua pedicelli ad basin restant. 
Pedicellus vix lineam vel sesquilineam longitudine superans, foliis 
- pericheetialibus paulüm longior, albus, succulentus, vasculosus, 
- cylindraceus, ad basin in bulbilli formam intumescens. 
Apophysis oblonga vel turbinata, fusca, substantia pulposä im- 
"pieta. -mig 
Capsula ovata, intensè fusca, cylindracea, demum oath cpt 
gularis, in quatuor valvas equales tr chup sme dehiscens, 
apicibus semper operculo connexis. 
Colunella capsule fere longitudine, oblonga; cylindracea, pallidè 
fusca, apice subacuminata. 
Semina numerosa, minuta, fusca, adamussim sphærica. 
Operculum minutum, conicum, capsule concolor in A. alpiná et 
“mwah, 
