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ICONES MUSCORUM. 



ACAULON SCHIMPERIANUM, Sulliv. 



Tab. 9. 



Plants humillimse, annuae, sparsas vel subgregarise, ovoideo- 

 bulbiformes. 



Caulis brevissinms, simplex, 10-12-phyllus, basi radiculis 

 longis copiose instructus. 



Folia arete imbricata, superiora inferioribus ccostatis multo 

 majora, obovato-lanceolata, valde cymbiformi-concava, apice re- 

 curva, ibidemque utraque pagina papillosa, marginibus superne 

 recurvis eroso-dentata, laxe rhomboideo-areolata, costa valida 

 statim infra folii apicem oriente longius excedente cuspidata. 



Flores dioici : planta mascula minima, gemmacea, ad plan tat; 

 fructiferae pedem sita, 3-4-phylla; antheridiis 2-3 eparaphysatis. 



Capsula globosa, submutica, recondita, horizontalis, tenui- 

 membranacea, aurantiacea ; pedicello longiusculo cygneo ; ca- 

 lyptra conico-mitriformi minutissima. 



Acaulon Schimperianum, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 15, Sulliv. & Lesqx. 

 Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 26. 



Haij. San Marcos, Texas, Wright. Athens, Illinois, Hall. 



This species is distinguished by its papillose leaves destitute 

 of a costa except at their recurved apices. 



TAB. 9. — Acaulon Schimperianum. 



1. Plantae naturcdi magniludine. 



2. Fructifera cum gemma mascula. 



3. 4. 5, 6. Folia. 



7. Sectio transversalis folii. 



8. Pars folii areolationem demonstrans. 



9. Areolatio folii baseos. 



10. Capsula cum fol. perichsetiali. 



11, 12. Planta? foliis exsectis. 



13. Capsula disrupta cum sporis. 



14. Spora. 



15. Calvptra styligera. 



16. Gemma mascula. 



17. Folium perigoniale. 



18. Antheridia. 



