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ENTOSTHODON DRUMMONDII, Sulliv. 



Tab. 55. 



Plants subannuae, gregariae vel caespitulosae, c flavescenti 

 virides, sola basi radiculis instructae. 



Caulis 2-4 lineas altus, inferne subnudus, superne congesto- 

 foliosus. 



Folia subconniventia, lanceolato-obovata vel ligulato-lanceo- 

 lata, concava, raargine plus minus luteis cellulis promiuulis 

 subcrenulata ; costa sub vel cum apice evanida ; reti laxo folii 

 apicem versus elongato-hexagono, inferne ampliore rectangulo 

 hyaline 



Flores monoici : flos masculus in caule primario ramum fer- 

 tilem demum superantem exserente terminalis ; antheridiis bre- 

 viusculis ; paraphysibus apice oblongo-inflatis. 



Capsula brevi-pyriformis, symmetrica, in pedicello siccitate 

 omnino sinistrorsum torto flexuoso-erecto erecta, microstoma, 

 sicca deoperculata oblonga, ore ampliato ; peristomii dentibus 

 lineali-lanceolatis rufescentibus longitudinaliter granuloso-strio- 

 latis, articulationibus remotis opacis obscuris, linea divisuriali 

 nulla vel obsoletissima ; operculo depresso-convexo vix apiculato ; 

 calyptra vesiculoso-cuculliformi longe subulato-rostrato ; sporis 

 angulato-rotundis brunneo-fuscis papillulosis. 



Entosthodon Drummondii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 51, t. 4 ; Sulliv. 



& Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsiee. (ed. 1), No. 156 b . 

 Entosthodon obtusifolius, Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Muse. Amer. Coll. 



2, No. 36. 



Hab. Moist, clayey soil, Louisiana, Drummond. Near Mont- 

 gomery, Alabama, Sullivant. — Very rare. 



The short pyriform capsule and the long subulate rostrum of 

 the calyptra, besides other marks, readily distinguish this species 



