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Dioica? Flos masculus ignotus. Caulis brevis, vix i cm. altus, 

 simplex vel parce ramosus, inferne denudatus, radiculosus, pauci- 

 foliatus, apice rosulato-foliosus. Folia sicca valde crispata, nitida, 

 humore patentia, oblongo-spathulata. e basi contracta, decurrentia, 

 apice rotundata, apiculata, apiculo brevi, obliquo, marginibus planis, 

 inferne paulum reflexis, integris vel remote et obtuse denticulatis, 3 

 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata ; costa basi 120 fi, raptim attenuata, sub apicem 

 evanescente, in sectione transversali ut in genere ; cellulis mediis 

 hexagonis, cblorophyllosis, parietibus tenuibus, 60X 30 /*, marginalibus 



Fig. IS-— Tayloria tortelloidcs Ther. i, lower leaf; 2, comal leaf; 3, upper 

 cells at (2 ; 4, median cells at b ; 5, marginal cells toward c ; 6, basal cells ; 7, 

 young dry capsule; 8, moist capsule; 9, wall of capsule orifice; 10, fragment of 

 peristome. 



(2-3 ser.) elongatis, inanis, cellulis basilaribus rectangularibus, parce 

 cblorophyllosis. Folia perichaetialia similia, intima minora ; pedicellus 

 erectus, perbrevis, 1.5 mm. longus, laevis, pallidus ; capsula sub- 

 cylindrica, brevicollis, 2 mm. longa ; operculum obtuse conicum, colu- 

 mella inclusa, peristomii 16 dentes liberi, opaci, dense papillosi, 0.4 

 mm. longi ; sporae laeves, 15-18 yu, crassae. Calyptra? 



The extremely short pedicel and the entire leaves, rounded apicu- 

 late, broadly spatulate, and shrivelled when dry (like some Tortula), 

 readily distinguish this plant from the other species of the subgenus 

 Eittayloria. 



