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SPIRIDENS REINWARDTII. 



Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci. 





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

 ext. e dentibus 16, subulatis, spiraliter involutis : int. e ciliis \Q^ 

 remotiusculis, subulatis, linea media notatis atque apicem versus 

 perforatis. Calyptra dimidiata. 



Spiridens Remwardtii. (Tab. I.) 



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

 p. U4. /. 17. A. 



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

 Reimoardt. 



Caides subcaespitosi, basi densissinie ferrugineo-tomentosi, pedales et 

 ultra, erecti, ramosi ; ramis subsimplicibus non raro subsecimdis. 

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

 riora prsecipue, ovato-lanceolata, longe angusteque acuminata, 

 rigidiuscula, membranacea, substriata, basi amplexicaulia, mar- 

 gine incrassata, acute serrata. Perichatialia : exteriora erecta, 

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

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

 richastio immersa. Capsida obliqua, ovato-oblonga, fusca, laevis. 

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

 nico-subulatum, capsula dimidio brevius. Peristoma externi denies 

 sedecim, longi, lineari-lanceolati, fnlvi, transversim striati, madore 

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

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

 sim striata, linea media longitudinali notata, atque versus apicem 

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

 Columella subcylindracea, apice dilatata, massam spongiosum, re- 

 cvi ticulatam, ovato-acuminatam sustinens. Semina minutissima. 



sphaerica. 



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

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

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



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