2 I ICONES MUSCORUM. 



BRUCHIA BREVIPES, Hook. 



Tab. 14. 



Cum formis Bruchuc Jiexuosa humilioribus proximis saspc 

 commutata; distincta tamen foliis rigidioribus e basi latiore 

 teiicriore subito in subulam longiorem graciliorem totam costa 

 impletam productis, capsulamque breviorem pyriformem basi 

 truncatam acute apiculatam longe superantibus, ct sporis ma- 

 joribus diametro - i \-^ unciae metientibus. 



Bruchia brevipes, Hook. Ic. PI. Rar. 3, t. 231 ; Hook. & Wils. in Drum. 



Muse. Amer. coll. 2, No. 15, pro parte. 

 Bruchia Vogesiaca, j3. minor, Miill. Synop. 1, p. 20. 



ITab. Louisiana, Drummond. South Carolina, Ravenel. 



Not having seen Cape of Good Hope specimens, on which 

 B. brevipes was established, Hooker's figure and Drummond's 

 specimens, above cited, were relied on for the identification of 

 our moss with that of the Cape. 



According to original specimens from Hampe, Sporledera 

 Beyrichiana (Miill. Synop. 1, p. 18) is Bruchia brevipes in an 

 immature state: Schwaegrichen's Tab. 801 appears to be Bruchia 

 flexvosa in a similar state. 



TAB. 11. — Bruchia brevipes. 



1. Plantae naturali magnitudine. 



>. 3, i. Plantae. 



5, 6, 7. Folia. 



x. Apex folii. 



'■>. Basis folii. 

 in. 11,12. Capsular 

 13. Capsula verticaliter secta. 

 I l. Calyptra. 

 15. Spora. 



Flos masculus, antheridium, cl folium perigoniale, 



