ICONES MUSCORUM. 23 



BRUCHIA BOLANDERI, Lesqx. 



Tab. 14. 



Plants gregarige, caespitiilosjB, pallide virescentes. 



Caulis brevis, vix lineam metiens, basi radiculosus, simplex. 



Folia caulina laxe imbricata, minuta, lanceolata; comantia 

 erecto-aperta, e basi latiuscula lanceolata, brevi-subulata, costa 

 plana sub apice obscure et obtuse serrulato desinente, reti 

 basilari quadrato-elongato, apiciali angustiore distincto : folia 

 perichsetialia late ovata, amplectentia, tubulosa ; externa breviter 

 acuminata ; interna lanceolato-subulata, erecta, caulinis duplo 

 triplove longiora, reti laxiori. 



Capsula in pedicello robusto 2 - 4 lineas metiente subflexuoso 

 erecta vel subobliqua, e collo elongato pallide viridi oblonga, 

 angusta, virescens, in rostrum rectum pallidumque producta ; 

 calyptra tertiam partem capsulae obtegens, basi laciniata. 



Flores monoici : caule primario repente radiculoso masculas 

 femineasque gemmas radiculosas gestante ; floribus masculis cras- 

 sioribus ; foliis perigonialibus internis brunneis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acutis obsolete nervosis. 



Bruchia Bolanderi, Lesqx. Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1, p. 5. 



Hab. California, Bolander. 



The species is closely allied to Bruchia Vbgesiaca, SchwcEgr., 

 differing from it, however, by shorter stem-leaves and longer 

 and nearly tubulose perichsetial leaves, by the shorter beak, and 

 especially the longer collum of the capsule. The pedicel also 

 is thicker than in tlie European species, straight when moistened, 

 and only slightly flexuous when dry. 



