IC0NES MUSCORUM. 11/3 



ALSIA ABIETINA {Hook.), Sulliv. 



Tab. 72\ 



Plants speciosse, frondiformi-pinnatae, caespites extensos rigi- 

 dos laxos saturate virides formantes. 



Caulis secundarius e primario rhizomatoideo 2-5 uncias 

 longus, firmus, elasticus, inferne simplex, superne pinnato- rarius 

 bipinnato-ramulosus, frondiformis, siccitate circinatim retro- 

 curvus, itaque capsulas omnlno occultans, paraphylliis multi- 

 formibus. 



Folia ramulina quinquefariam imbricata, erecto-patentia, Ian- 

 ceolata, obtusiuscule acuminata, carinato-concava, dorso dimidii 

 superioris brevi-papillosa, papillis sursum directis, marginibus 

 inferne recurvis, superne serrulatis infraque apicem leviter in- 

 flexis ; costa sub apice evanescente ; retis pellucidi areolis minu- 

 tis, superioribus ovali-rhombeis, mediis longioribus, angularibus 

 quadratis numerosis densioribus: folia perichaetii elongati turgidi 

 imbricantia ; interiora oblonga seu obovato-oblonga, recurvo-api- 

 culata ; exteriora minora, late obovata, tenui-acuminata ; omnia 

 costse loco stria tenui flavescente quandoque excentrica ultra 

 medium instructa. 



Flores dioici: feminei brevi-paraphysati, approximati in soli 

 caulis dorso: masculi numerosi, conspicui, caulem ramulosque 

 occupantes ; antheridiis 15-20 copiose paraphy satis. 



Capsula ovato-oblonga, In pedicello perbrevi fere toto peri- 

 chaetialibus involuto erecta, leptoderma, primo olivacea ery- 

 tlirostoma, demum rutilans nitida, sicca prominenter costata ; 

 vaginula elongata membranula tubiformi adaucta ; peristoma 

 albescentis granulosi dentibus lanceolato-subulatis nodoso-ar- 

 ticulatis, ciliis firmis carinatis dentes a^quantibus, inter articu- 

 lationes prominulas plerumque pertusis, membrana basilari 

 plicata angustissima ; ciliolis nullis ; annulo composito revolu- 



