IC0NES MUSCORUM. 143 



CYLINDROTHECIUM CLADORRHIZANS, Schimp. 



Tab. 91. 



Plants speciosse, complanata?, compactc lateque depresso- 

 caespitosae, e viridi cum nitore sericeo aurescentes. 



Caulis bi-triuncialis, prostratus, parcc divisus, vage subpin- 

 natim ramosus, divisionibus ramisque subtus et ex apicc fascicu- 

 lato-radiculosis. 



Folia densius complanato-imbricata, e basi constricta ovato- 

 lanceolata vel ovato-oblonga, sensim vel subito brevi-acuminata, 

 superne leniter denticulata, basi striis costaeformibus brevissimis 

 praedita ; reti e cellulis tenuissimis elongatis exstructo, illis ad 

 basis angulos subquadratis pellucidis granulosis : perichaetialia 

 numerosa filiformi-attenuata, supra medium squarrosa et varie 

 flexa. 



Flores monoici, cauligeni : masculi aperto-gemmacei ; peri- 

 gonialibus elongato-ovatis ; antheridiis paraphysatis. 



Capsula cylindracea vel ovato-cylindracea, in pedicello unciali 

 et ultra rubello erecta ; peristoma parvi dentibus lineali-lanceo- 

 latis punctulatis, usque ad medium rufo-aurantiis dehinc palli- 

 dioribus inque linea divisuriali lacunosis, articulis 14-17 

 circumcirca prominulis, ciliis dentibus aequilongis flavidulis 

 perangustis carinatis ; annulo conspicuo composito facile de- 

 hiscente ; operculo conico breviter crasse rostrato ; calyptra 

 angusta dimidiata fere ad capsula? basin descendente. 



Neckera cladorrhizans, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 207, t. 47; Brid. Bryol. 



Univ. 2, p. 230; C. Mull. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 70. 

 Entodon cladorrhizans, C. Mull, in Linnasa, 18, p. 707. 

 Cylindrothecium Schleicheri, Bryol. Europ. 5. t. 464. 

 Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans (Hedw.), Schimp. Synop. Muse. Europ. 



p. 514 ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 64, t. 5. 



