ICONES MUSCOBUM. r >l 



SCHLOTHEIMIA SULLIVANTII, C. Mull. 



Tab. 38. 



Plants densissime cacspitosae ; caespitibus latis depressis com- 

 pacts e olivaceo-viridi rufo-fuscis. 



Caulis reptans, 1-2-unoialis, dense ramosus ; ramis assur- 

 gentibus brevissimis robustis fasciculato-ramulosis tomento ra- 

 diculoso inter se arete conjunctis. 



Folia confertissiina, recurvo-patentia, lingulata, breviter mu- 

 cronulata, basi subventricosa ibideraque plus minusve plicatula, 

 delrinc sulco medio angusto longitrorsum exarata ; alis supra 

 medium undulato-corrugatis ; costa apice expansa in apiculam 

 brevissimam exeunte ; cellulis minutis hexagono-rotundis pa- 

 chydermis transversim seriatis, basilaribus oblongis laxioribus : 

 pericbaetialia majora, lanceolato-oblonga, laxius texta. 



Flores monoici : masculi laterales, brevi-stipitati, aperto- 

 gemmacei ; perigonialibus ovatis acutis ; antheridiis brevibus 

 erassis brevissime pedicellatis parapbysatis. 



Capsula in pedicello 2-3-lineari erecta, cylindraceo-oblonga, 

 apicem versus angustata ; peristomii dentibus sedecem linealibus 

 runs hyalino-articulatis granulatis linea divisuriali lata pellu- 

 cida notatis siccitate revolutis ; ciliis totidem aurantiaceis punc- 

 tato-striolatis, membrana basilari vix ulla ; operculo e basi conica 

 longius subulato-rostrato ; vaginula oblonga basi sola arclie- 

 goniis et parapbysibus stipata apice membranula tubiformi 

 instructa ; calyptra eampanulata totam capsulam obtegente apice 

 scabra basi 5-6-lobata, lobis geiiiculato-coniiiventibus. 



Schlotheimia Sullivantii, C. Mull. Synop Muse. 1, p. 756 ; Sulliv. 



Mosses U. States, p. 35, t. 2 : Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. 



(ed. 1), No. 127. 

 Schlotheimia kugifolia, Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Muse. Anier. Coll. 2, 



No. 85; Sulliv. Muse. ALfeffhaa. No. 14G. 



