ICONKS MUSCORUM. 41 



BRAUNIA CALIFORNICA, Lesqx. 



Tab. 27. 



, Plants laxe caespitosae, brunnese vel fusco-luteae, robustoe. 



Caulis primarius decumbcns, vakle diverse ramosus ; ramis 

 erectis julaceis elongatis 2 - 3-pollicaribus apice iiicrassutis in- 

 fenie radiculosis simplicibus vel innovante ramosis, ramulis 

 brcvibus rarius flagelliferis. 



Folia in sicco appressa, humido aperta, refiexa, ad apicem ra- 

 niorum subsecunda, e basi semi-amplectente siibdecurrente ob- 

 longo-ovata lanceolata, pellucide acuminata vel acumine longiori 

 flexuoso laevi pilifera, enervia, margine reflexa ; areolatione basi- 

 lari marginali quadrata, raediana asquilaterali longiori oblonga, 

 superiori fusiformi elongata, utraque pagina praecipue externa 

 papillosa. 



Flores monoici : masc. et fern, crassiusculi, laterales : folia 

 perichgetialia ovato-lanceolata, acuta, breviora, raro pellucide brevi- 

 acuminata. 



Capsula in pedicello semipollicari pallide luteo dextrorsum 

 torto erecta, turbinata, apopliysata, vix dilatata, nuda, sicca 

 costato-plicata ; operculo conico obtusiusculo recto. 



Braunia Califoknica, Lesqx. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 13, p. 8; Sulliv. 



et Lesqx. Muse. Exsicc. Amer. (ed. 2), No. 226. 

 Hedwigia pilifeka? Mitten, Proe. Linn. Soc. (1864), p. 45. 



Hab. On metamorpliic rocks in tlie mountains of California ; 

 abundant on Monte Diablo up to 3,000 feet ; very variable 

 in aspect. Bolander. 



" This species does not fall naturally into any of the genera of 

 Schimper's Hedwigiacece, viz. Hedwigia, Hedwigium, and Brau- 

 nia. It resembles Hedwigia by the long diaphanous points of 

 the leaves ; it has the sliort plicate capsule of Hedwigium and 

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