[CONES MUSCOHUM. 



14f, 



CYLINDROTIIECIUM SEDUGTMX, (Hedw.) Schimp. 



Tab. 92. 



Plants late dcprcsso-casspitosse, virides, in apricis aurcscentes, 

 nitida3, maxime fertilcs, capsulis onustte. 



Caulis 2-3-uncialis, procumbens, plus minus pinnato-ramu- 

 losus ; ramis ramulisque inaequalibus tercti-foliosis radiculosis ; 

 radiculis atropurpureis fasciculatis. 



Folia arctius julacco-imbricantia, oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, 

 brevissime apiculata, profundius concava, plus minus striata, 

 superne lenissime scrrulata, tenuia, firma ; costa debili gemella 

 brcvissima ; reti compacto e cellulis miiiutissimis linearibus, 

 illis ad angulos basilares numerosis brevioribus latioribus sub- 

 quadratis : pericha3tialia laxius areolata ; inferiora late ovata, 

 patentia ; interiora elongato-oblonga, arete vaginantia ; omnia 

 brevius tenui-acuminata, subecostata. 



Flores monoici cauligeni : masculi substipitati aperto-gemma- 

 ceoe ; perigonialibus ovatis ; antheridiis parapby satis. 



Capsula elongato-cylindracea, e basi sursum lenissime angus- 

 tata, in pedicello rubello unciali erecta, leptoderma, longitudina- 

 liter substriolata : annulo lato frustulatim labente ; peristomii 

 duplicis dentibus remote nodoso-articulatis ; operculo conico 

 brevius longiusve rostrato, rostro crasso obtuso ; calyptra longa 

 anuusta dimidiata. 



Neckera seductrix, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 208, t. 47 ; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2, 



231 ; C Midi. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 72. 

 Cylindrotiiecium seductrix, Bryol. Europ. ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, 



p. G4. 



Hab. On logs, in moist shaded places. Affects more humid 

 situations and fruits more copiously than the last species. 

 — Not uncommon. 



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