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FUNAUIA FLAVICANS, Mick*. 



Tab. 53. 



PlanttE annuae, raro bienncs, tcnerse, in caDspitibus laxis laite 

 viridibus degentes, basi radiculis intertextae. 



Caulis 3-10 lincas altus, inferne subnudus, supernc congesto- 

 foliosus. 



Folia inferiora remota minutissima ; superiora in gemmam 

 conniventia, magna, mollia, tenerrima, concava, late obovato- 

 elliptica vel oblongo-snbspathnlata, in acumen longiuscnlnm 

 subito exeuntia ; reti amplo laxissimo oblongo-hexagono ; costa 

 tenui subexcedente vel cum acumine finiente. 



Flores monoici terminales : nos masculus subdiscoidens in 

 caule primario ; feminens in innovations propria tandem praeva- 

 lente ; antheridiis oblongis ; parapliysibus longioribus numerosis 

 apice valde inflatis. 



Capsula subhorizontalis, una cum collo in pedicellum tenuem 

 lougissimum sensim attenuata, pyriformis, snbincurva ; peris- 

 fcomii dentibns rufo-aurantiaceis lanceolato-subulatis obliquatis 

 a[»ice appendiculatis, processibus dentibus oppositis luteis ; an- 

 il ulo specioso revolubili ; operculo plano-convexo vix apiculato ; 

 calyptra magna vesiculoso-cucullata longissime tenui-rostrata ; 

 sporis pallide luteis laevibus. 



Funaria flavicans, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 303 ; Schwaegr. Suppl. 

 t, 65 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsiec. (ed. 1), No. 158; Sulliv. 

 Mosses U. States, p. 50. 



IIab. Moist, sandy, and clayey ground, Middle and Southern 

 States. 



F. flavicans compared with F. hyg-rometrica, which in size and 

 general aspect it much resembles, is a paler-colored moss ; its 



