No. 3] MOUSSES NO U VELLES. 1 1 



tenues, utiiculo primordiali contracto, in parietibus transversis 



porosæ, basales omnes rectangulæ, haud rubentes, 0.085 mm. 



longæ, 0.021* mm. latæ; ceteræ elongato-hexagonæ, 0.066—0.08 



mm. longæ. 02 mm. latæ, apicales rhomboideæ, 0.09 mm. longæ, 



015 mm. latæ, marginales in seriebus 3—4 vermiculares, cras- 



siores, limbum satis distinctum subluteolum sistentes ; costa viridis, 



basi 0.08 mm. lata, in foliis inferioribus in vel cum apice dissoluta, 



in superioribus mediocriter excurrens, sectione in ferne biconvexa, 



superne rotunda ; cellulis ventralibus 2 — 6, magnis, tenuibus, duci- 



bus medianis ca. 4, parvis, (lateralibus majoribus,) bene incrassa- 



tis, ut pæne substereideis et in parte folii dimidia superiore asterei- 



deis vix discernendis, fasciculo comitum distincto in folio superiore 



inter stereideas penetrante, fasciculo stereidearum bi- vel tristrato, 



cellulis dorsalibus 6 — 10 mediocribus superne minimis crassisque 



composita. 



lufiorescentia polyoica; flores feminei et masculi gemmifor- 



mes nunc in diversis plantis, nunc in eadem, masculo paullo infra 



femineum sito vel una cum eo foliis comalibus incluso. 



Plantæ masculæ folia comalia ovato lanceolata, sensim angu- 

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stata, costa excurrente longe caspidata, tota longitudine margine 



reflexa, subintegra; folia perigonialia exteriora e basi late ovata 

 concava triangularia, intima multo minora, squamiformia, lute- 

 scentia, e basi rotundato-ovata excavata breviter cuspidata, margine 

 plana, elimbata, costa infra apicem dissoluta. AntJieridia 12 — 20, 

 0.4 mm. longa, 0.1 mm. crassa, paraphj^ses numerosæ, longiores, 

 hyalinæ. 



Folia perichætialia ovato4anceolata, longiuscule cuspidata, 

 elimbata, margine anguste reflexa, costa breviter excurrente; pistil- 

 lidia pauca, 0.56 mm. longa, paraphyses paucissimæ. 



Vaginula purpurea, ovato-cylindrica, 1.2 mm. longa, 0.46 

 mm. crassa. 



Seta 15 — 25 mm. longa, 0.18 mm. crassa, rigidula, apice 

 hamata, fusco-rubra. 



Capsula nutans — pendula, sine operculo siccitate 1.5 mm. 

 longa et 0.85 mm. crassa — 2.9 mm. longa et 1.45 mm. crassa, 

 subregularis, clavato-py ri formis, sub orificio haud angustata, e collo 



