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METEORIUM PENDULUM, Sulliv. 



Tab. 73. 



Plants filiformes, ramosissiraae, longissimae, pendulae, laxe 

 intricate, fiavo-virides. 



Caulis basi brevius subpinnatim ramosa repcns, debinc in 

 ramos 8-10-unciales distanter brevi-ramulosos tenuissimos flex- 

 iles dependentes divisas. 



Folia baud conferta, undique erecto-patentia (ilia ramorum 

 baseos majora complanata), lineari-lanceolata, sensim filiformi- 

 attcnuata, rectiuscula, firmula, opaca, dorso papillosa, margine 

 serrulato leniter recurva, ad medium usque costata, minute line- 

 ari-fusiformi-areolata ; areolis ad baseos angulos amplioribus sub- 

 quadratis: folia pericliaetii parvula laxa vaginulam longipilam 

 vix tegentia, laxius texta, ceteroquin rameis similia. 



Flores dioici ? masculi ignoti ; feminei prope ramorum et 

 ramulorum basin positi. 



Capsula minuta, ovalis, in pedicellum paulo longiorem deflu- 

 ens ; peristomii duplicis dilute aurescentis dentibus deltoideo- 

 linealibus remotius nodoso-articulatis plus minus perforatis vel 

 in linea divisuriali disruptis, ciliis paululum brevioribus carinatis 

 e membrana plicata latiuscula ortis, ciliolis omnino nullis ; oper- 

 culo conico oblique brevirostro ; calyptra juniore elongato-conica ; 

 sporis majusculis. 



Metro rium tendulum, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 81. 



Hab. On trees and bushes, Western Louisiana, Teintarier, 

 Riddell. 



Infertile specimens of another species of this genus (probably 

 M. nigrescens, D. Sf M.~) have been recently found in Florida. 



