ICONES MUSCOIUM. 133 



FABRONIA WRIGHTII, Sulliv. 



Tab. 84. 



Plants perpusillae, delicatulse, in ceespitulis laxiusculis lscte 

 virentibus nitidis degentes. 



Caulis erectus vel decumbens, valde inordinate ramosus, 

 fragilis, stolonifer, longe radiculosus. 



Folia erecto-patentia, laxa, elongato-lanceolata, sensim subu- 

 lato-acnminata, concava, ad medium plus minusve distinctc 

 costata, margine serrato- interdum subciliato-dentata ; areola- 

 tione pulclira pellucida majuscula rhomboideo-elliptica, cellulis 

 angularibus numerosis minoribus opacis subquadratis : perichae- 

 tialia interiora oblonga, subito et brevius acuminata, ecostata, 

 superne grossius serrata. 



Flores monoici : masculi aperto-gemmacei ; perigonialibus 

 lanceolatis acuminatis. 



Capsula erecta, symmetrica, collo magno incluso oblongo- 

 pyriformis, extus e cellulis quadratis flexuosis composita ; pedi- 

 cello 1 - 2-lineari ; peristomio simplici, dentibus 16 per paria 

 approximatis elongato-deltoideis utraque facie planis remote 

 4 - 5-articulatis linea axili recta notatis aurantiaceis oblique 

 striolatis apice plus minus bifidis, humectis incurvis, siccis re- 

 flexis ; sporis diametro 2 sV o" unc - metientibus ; operculo conico- 

 apiculato ; calyptra dimidiata. 



Fabronia Wrightii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 61 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. 

 Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 251. 



Hab. San Marcos, Texas, Wright. 



Near the European F. octoblepharis : but that species has 

 a mamillate operculum, dark brownish-red peristomial teeth, 



