SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



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oblongo-acuminata, acuta, elimbata, marginibus planis, integris, 2 mm. 

 longa, 0.7 mm. lata, costa tenui, percurrente ; rete pellucido, cellulis 

 vesiculosis, quadratis vel breviter hexagonis, superioribus longioribus. 

 Pedicellus erectus, 15-25 mm. longus, capsula inclinata, oblonga, 

 arcuata, asymmetrica, macrostoma, collo brevi attenuata, profunde 

 sulcata ; operculum plano-convexum ; peristomium duplex, dentes 

 papillosi, baud striati, 0.5 mm. alti, processus papillosi ; sporae sub- 

 laeves, 20-24 jx crassae. 



Fig. 3. — Funaria orthopoda Ther. i, 2. 3, leaves; 4, apical cells; 5, basal 

 areolation ; 6, capsule ; 7, fragment of peristome. 



Belonging to the group of F. hygromctrica (L.) Sibth. Distin- 

 guished from that species and its numerous forms or subspecies by a 

 straight not hygroscopic pedicel, a suberect capsule, and larger spores. 



FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA (L.) Sibth. and var. CALVESCENS 

 (Schwaegr.) Bry. Eur. 



Apparently very common in Mexico, as elsewhere. There are more 

 than 25 numbers in the collection. I think it useless to enumerate them. 



FUNARIA CONVOLUTA Hampe 



Puebla: (7958). Morelia : Loma del Zapote (4638, 4639) ; Bosque 

 San Pedro (4576). 



The species is surely close to F. hygromctrica var calvescens; never- 

 theless it may be recognized by the form of the capsule, the large size 



