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A. ^^ x20 

 Fig. 13. Meteoriopsis ancistroides. 

 A. Folia ( X 20) ; B. Sporangia ( x 5). 



oblongae, in acumen subito 

 erectuni saepe flexuosura elon- 

 gatum angustum subpiliforme 

 sensim attenuatae, c. 1.6- 

 1.8 mm. longae et basi c. 

 0.56-0.7 mm. latae, margini- 

 bus in acumen argute serratis ; 

 nervo saepe indistincte, me- 

 dium evanido ; cellulis laevi- 

 bus, linearibus, c. 40-80 /^ 

 longis et c. 7-10/^ latis. 

 Vag inula cylindrica, c. 1.2 

 mm. longa et c. 0.48 mm. 

 crassa, lutescens apice fusca, 



valde pilosa. Seta c. 1.2-1.8 mm. alta et c. 0.16-0.24 mm. crassa, 

 apice crassiore, erecta, fusca, laevis. TJieca e perichaetio exserta, 

 erecta, symmetrica, ovato-oblonga, sicca deoperculata sub ore 

 paulum contracta, baud plicata, cum coUo c. 2.5-2.7 mm. longa 

 (collo c. 0.5mm.) et c. 1.1— 1.2mm. crassa, fusca, laevis; cellulis 

 exotheci hexagonis vel oblongo-hexagonis, c. 35-50 /^ longis et c. 

 20-30 /^ latis, ad orificium in seriebus c. 5 minoribus hexagonis 

 c. 15 ;" magnis ; stomatibus nuUis. Exostomii dentés basi paulum 

 remoti, lineari-lanceolati, c. 0.64 mm. longi et basi c. 0.084 mm. 

 lati, strato dorsali lutescenti, e basi ad medium transversim striatulo 

 inde laevi, linea media flexuosula, strato ventrali latiore, densissime 

 (c. 35-40) et alte lamelloso ; endostomium hyalinum vel fuscescens, 

 minute papillosum ; corona basilaris c. 0.13 mm. alta, horride 

 plicata ; processas c. 0.48 mm. alti, carinati in carina auguste 

 perforati, minute papillosi ; cilia nulla. Sporae c. 30-35 ,« magnae, 

 ferrugineae, laeves. Operculum e basi conica rostratum, c. 0.9 



