[CONES MUSCORUM. L89 



HYPNUM FENDLERI, Suttiv. 



Tab. 117. 



Plantte tcnelloc, late denseque implexo-caDspitosac, e pallide vi- 

 ridi lutcscentcs, nitidae. 



Caulis prostratus, radicans, subuncialis, divisus, confertc ramu- 

 losus ; ramulis insequalibus 2-4-linearibus tenuibus tereti-foliosis. 



Folia undique erccto-incunibentia, stricta, ovato- vel elliptico- 

 lanceolata,longius tenuiter acuminata, concava, estriata, margine 

 toto fere scrrulato recurva ; reti tenuissimo lineari, illo ad basis 

 angulos quadrato ampliore ; costa paulo ultra medium evanida ; 

 perichaetii basi radicantis folia solute vaginantia, erecta ; interiora 

 oblonga, subito longius filiformi-acuminata, ante acuminis basin 

 grosse dentata, subecostata. 



Flores monoico-polygami, pro more synoici ; antberidiis et 

 arcbegoniis quandoque sejunctis ; parapbysibus copiosis. 



Capsula oblonga, nunc aequalis erectiuscula, nunc altero latero 

 paululum longiore convexiore lenissime inclinata, nunquam hori- 

 zontalis, platystoma, leptoderma ; annulo biseriato revolubili : 

 pedicello 5-6-lineari purpurascente basi sola asperulo ; peristo- 

 mii dentibus flavidis lineali-lanceolatis dense articulatis anguste 

 byalino-marginatis, ciliis dentium longitudine carinatis hie illic 

 pertusis, ciliolis singulis binisve brevissimis vel subnullis ; oper- 

 culo magno altius obtuse conico in medio leniter constricto. 



Hypnum Fendleri, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 76 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. 



Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 334. 

 Hypnum velutinum, var. microcarpum, C. Mull. Synop. Muse. p. 400. 

 Leskea Fendleri, Sulliv. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 4, p. 170, t. 1. 



Hab. On rocks near Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fendler. 



From the nearly related Hypnum velutinum, L., this species is 

 distinguished by its smaller size, its inflorescence usually synoi- 



