ICONES MUSCORUM. 81 



LESKEA AUSTINI, SulUv. 



Tab. 61. 



Plants mediocres, intricato-caespitosae, triste virides. 



Caulis irregulariter ramosus, ramis valde inaequalibus expansis. 



Folia humectata patiila vel subsqiiarrosa, ovata, longo tenui- 

 acuminata acuraine subintegro, ultra medium costata, papillosa, 

 cellulis crassiusculis marginis inferioris rotuu do-quad rati s seriatis, 

 mcdiis et apicialibus elliptico-rliomboideis longioribus areolata. 



Flores monoici, numerosi, paraphysati, ramigeni. 



Capsula in pedicello 5-10 lineas alto crecta, oblongo-ovalis, 

 microstoma, exannulata ; peristomii extern! dentibus 16 trian- 

 gulari-lanceolatis demisse insertis 16 - 20-articulatis utraque facie 

 planis papillulosis opacis, interni e membrana brunneo-lutea an- 

 nuliformi capsulce orem vix superante ; operculo brevi-conico. 



Leskea Austini, Sulliv. MSS. ; Austin, Muse. Appalach. No. 267. 



Hab. Stone fences, Sussex County, New Jersey, Austin. On 

 trunks of trees, Fulton County, Illinois, Wolf. 



The generic relation of this species is still uncertain, related 

 as it is by some characters to Leskea, by others to Hahrodon. A 

 specimen from a tree near Columbus, Ohio, bears, along with 

 OrthotricJmm strangulatum, some sterile stems of Leskea Austini 

 mixed with stems also sterile of Hahrodon Notarisii I 



TAB. 61. — Leskka Austini. 



1. Pars plantae 7jfl/ura/j 7na(7«i7uc?me. 7. Capsulse et operculum. 



2. Pars rami cum foliis et para- 8. Pars peristomii. 



phyllis. 9. S^ctio verticalis ejusdem. 



3. Folia. 10. Particula dentis. 



4. Areolatio folii baseos et apicis. 11. Gemma mascula, antheridium, 



5. Sectiones transversales folii. paraphysis, et folium perigoniale 



6. Pericliaetium. 



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