32 ICONES MUSCORUM. 



8YRRH0P0D0N TEXANUS, Sidlir. 



Tab. 20. 



Plaxt^e coes|)itos£e, inferne rufcscentcs, siipcrnc pallide vel 

 amoeiie virides. 



Caulis simplex, qnaiidoque iniiovatioiic ramosus, erectus vol 

 ad basin CTirvatus. 



Folia caulina, in sicco tortilia, humectata e hasi aniplectcnte 

 latioi'i erecto-aperta longe lineari-lingulafa, concavo-canaliculata, 

 niargine pellncido ccllulis linearibus iiTCgnlariter ciliato-dcntata ; 

 areolationc laminge basilaris e cellulis aniplis hj^alinis qnadratis 

 vel oblongis, superioris minntissima subqnadrata opaca papillu- 

 losa, costa valida tcreti percnrrente dorso spinulosa instrncta ; 

 pericliffitialia e medio lineari-subnlata, margine subintegra vel 

 undulato-serrnlata. 



Flores dioici ? Planta mascula ignota. 



Capsula in pedicello circiter pollicari subflexuoso- recto ru- 

 fescente ovato-cylindrica, gracilis, ore contracto ; operculo longe 

 sulmlato recto ; annulo prorsus nullo ; peristomii dentibus brevibus 

 robustis lanceolatis obtusis articnlatis ; calyptra cucullata ma- 

 jorcm partem capsulae tegente a medio ad apicem usque rugulosa. 



■Syrrhopodon Texanus, Sulliv. INIusc. et. Ilepat. United States, p. 103, 

 e spec, steril. 



Hab. San Marco, Texas, Wright, who first collected this 

 Moss, but only in a sterile state. North Carolina ; also in 

 Jacksonvile, Florida, and Donaldsonvillc, Alabama, in fertile 

 specimens, Carl Molir. 



The lamina of the leaves in this species is often greatly re- 

 duced, or even nearly obsolete, bearing at the apex a dense and 

 roundish cluster of numerous oval or oblong, six or seven-articu- 



