26 ICONES MUSCORUM. 



BRUCHIA RAVENELII, Wils. 



Tab. 16. 



Plants generis minimse, sparse vel in caespitulos aggregate. 



Caulis brevissimus, simplex, condensato-foliosus. 



Folia infima minutissima, media lineari-lanceolata erecta, 

 summa multo majora patentia, capsulam longe superantia, e lan- 

 ceolato sensim angustata, apice grossius dentata ; reti inferiore 

 laxo oblongo, superiore denso quadrato ; costa lata percurrente. 



Flores monoici : masculi in ramulis basilaribns terminales ; 

 perigonialibus elongato-lanceolatis. 



Capsula vix emersa, una cum collo lato brevi obovata vel 

 ovali-pyriformis, in pedicelluni perbrevem abrupte continua, bre- 

 vissime apiculata ; calyptra niitraeformi pluriloba papillis copiose 

 conspersa ; sporis luteolis papillulosis circa diametro ^\~^ unc. 

 metientibus. 



Bkuciiia Ravenelii, Wils. in litt. ad Ravenel; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, 

 p. 17; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 33. 



Hab. Banks of the Santee Canal, South Carolina, Ravenel. 

 The papillose calyptra is the leading character of this species. 



TAB. 16. — Buuciiia Ravenelii. 

 1, 2. Planta; naturali magnitudine. 

 3, 4, 5, 6. Plant*. 



7. Capsula cum periehaetiali. 



8. Folia comalia. 



9. Folia perichaetialia. 



10. Areolatio folii baseos. 



11. Eadem folii apicis. 



12. 13. Calyptrae. 



14. Spora. 



15. Flos masculus. 



16. Folia perigonialia. 



17. Antheridium. 



