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BRUCHIA BREVIFOLIA, Sulliv. 

 Tab. 15. 



Plant.e perhumiles, cscspitulosac. basi radiculis instructae. 



Caulis brevissimus, subsimplcx, ercctus, dense foliosus. 



Folia congesta ; inferiora minuta, ovata et ovato-acuminata ; 

 superiora majora, vix mcdiara capsulam attingentia, late ovata, 

 amplexantia, in acumen latum ejusdem longitudinis subitius 

 producta ; cellulis inferne oblongis laxis, superne subquadratis 

 densis ; costa lata complanata ad apicem perdu ran te. 



Flores monoici : masculi gemmacei, polyphylli, terminales. 



Capsula pro plantse exiguitate permagna, obovato-oblonga, 

 basi truncata, subito apiculata pedicello perbrevi ; calyptra mi- 

 traeformi basi lobata ; vix tertiam capsular partem obtegente ; 

 sporis luteolis scrobiculatis diametro yoVo unc i £e metientibus. 



Bruchia brevifolia, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 17. 

 Bruchia Vogesiaca var.. Hook. & Wils., op. cit., No. 15, partim. 



Hab. Louisiana, Drummond. South Carolina, Ravenel. Tex- 

 as, Wright. 



The broad, short leaves, the capsules very large for the size of 

 the plant, and the spores minutely pitted (not papillose, as is 

 usual in the genus), furnish decided characters for this species. 



TAB. 15. — Bruchia brevifolia. 



1 . Planta? naturali maynitudine. 



2, 3, 4. Planta?. 

 5, 6, Folia. 



7, 8. Areolatio folii apicis et baseos. 

 9, 10. Capsular 



11. Sectio verticalis capsula-. 



12, 14. Sporae et calyptra. 

 15, 16. Flores masculi. 



17. Folium, perigoniale, et antheridium. 



