58 ICONES MUSCORlJr. 



. POGONATUM CONTORTUM, Mcuzlcs. 



Tab. 42. 



Plant.e plus mimisve clatae, 1 -6-pollicarcs, grogariae vel 

 laxe cffispitantes, glauco vii'ides, infcrne fusco-brunnea?, sola basi 

 radicantes. 



C.vuLis simplex vel sub pericluctio innovans, laxe foliosus, 

 crcctus. 



Folia erecto-patcntia, sicca tortilia, liucari-lanceolata, concava, 

 toto marginc cum basi supcriori vaginantc argute serrata, ucrvo 

 obscuriori ad apicem perdurante crassiusculo dorso superne parce 

 dcntato : folia pcricha^tialia caulinis similia. 



Flores dioiei : planta? mascula3 e floiis centro prolificautes, 

 perigonialibus late ovatis acuminatis ; paraphysibus filiformibus. 



Capsula in pediccllo elongato subflexuoso ovato-cylindrica, 

 sul)curvata, erectiuscula, vacua sub ore coarctata ; peristomii deu- 

 tibus e mcmbrana basilari valde emersa oriundis ; operculo e basi 

 convexa rostellato ; calyptra capsulae basin tegente. 



PoGONATUM CONTORTUM, Menzies, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1797; SilnvjEgr. 



Suppl. 1, 2, p. 325, t. 96. 

 PoGONATL'M DEXTATUM, Lesqx. in Mom. Cal. Acad. 1, p. 27, non Monz. 



Hab. Pine woods of N. W. America, Menzies. Clay banks in 

 dense ^liade of Redwoods near Crescent City, Brewer (1800), 

 wlio rediscovered it for the first time since Menzies. Oregon, 

 E. HalLlHll. 



TAB. 42. — POGOXATUM CONTOUTUiM. 



1. Plant£e mascu'ae et Rniiuca' nalu- 7. Capsulie operculatJe. 



rail viagniludine. 8. Capsula vacua. 



2. Pars planta; cum foliis i-iccitate 9. Sectio transversalis capsnlaj. 



tortilibus. 10. Pcristomiuni. 



3. Folium cauliiuun et ejusdeni areo- 11. Sectio longitudinalis oi is capsular. 



latio basilaris. 12. Dentes peristomii. 



5. Areolatio aj)icialis fblii. 13. Calyptra. 



G. Ejusdcm sectiones transversales 14. Flos masculus, anthcridium, et 



cum lanudlis. paraphysis. 



