52 ICONES MUSCORUM. 



MNIUM VENUSTUM, Mitten. 



Tab. 36. 



Plantje elatsB, formosae, superne dense foliosae, amoene pallide 

 virides. 



Caulis erectus, rigidus, bipollicaris, simplex vel semel dicho- 

 tome ramosus. 



Folia humectata patentia vel comalia erecto-patentia, late 

 elliptica, acuminata, nervo valido excurrente cuspidata, margine 

 argute dentata ; perichastialia cuspidata, interiora angusta, lan- 

 ceolata. 



Flores synoici, terrainales ; antheridiis crassioribus et para- 

 physibus filiformibus. 



Capsula in pedicello elongate ultrapollicari inclinata vel sub- 

 pendula, oblonga, macrostoma, papillosa, basi poris pluribus cellu- 

 lis intensius coloratis circumductis quasi apophysata ; operculo 

 plano-conico brevi acuminato ; annulo lato simplici. 



MxiUM VENUSTUM, Mitten in Hook. Jour. Bot. 8, p. 231. 



Hab. West coast of North America, Douglas. California, 

 Bolander. 



In size, color, and general appearance, tliis species is like 

 M. cuspidatum ; but the leaves are more acuminate and more 

 rigid, the capsule longer, with a band of colored stomata at its 

 base, resembling an apophysis. 



TAB. 36. — Mnium venustum. 



1. Planta nalurali magnilwline. 7. Particula peristomii. 



2. Planta 8. Antheridium, archegoniuin, et 



3. 4. Folia. apophysis. 



5. Areolatio folii. 0. Operculum. 



6. Capsulae. 



