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HYPNUM FULVUM, Hook. 8r Wils. 



Tab. 125. 



Plantte raollcs, late laxissime depresso-ca3spitosac, fulvae, seri- 

 ceo-nitentes, aetatc brunneo-fuscae. 



Caulis prostratus, stolonifer, 4 - 5-divisus ; divisionibus elonga- 

 tis parce ramulosis interrupte latins et angustius complanato- 

 foliosis. 



Folta laxa, complanata, tenuia, flaccida, ovato-lanceolata, in 

 acumen longiusculum leniter serrulatum attennata, marginibus 

 plana vel recurva, ecostata vel obsolete gemello-costata ; reti an- 

 gustissimo flexuoso-lineari, angnlornm ampliato : perichaetialia 

 vaginnlam laxe amplectantia, interiora elongata sensim longe 

 acuminata. 



Flores monoici ; masculi gemmiformes ; antheridiis 8 - 12 ; 

 parapliysibns longioribns nnmerosis. 



Capsula pro plantae magnitudine parva, cernna, e collo dis- 

 tincto gibboso-ovalis, plagiostoma, exannnlata ; pedicello tenni 

 1 - 2-unciali ; peristomii aurantii dentibus lanceolato-subnlatis 

 crebre articulatis intus lamelligeris, ciliis in carina integris, cilio- 

 lis singulis brevioribus ; operculo turgido-conico breviter apicu- 

 lato. 



Hypnum fulvum, Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Mnse. Amer. Coll. 2, No. 110; 

 Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 80. 



Hab. Louisiana, Drummond. Spliagnous swamps near Au- 

 gusta, Georgia, Gray. 



The smallness of the capsule in proportion to the size of the 

 plant, the absence of an annulus, and the very long and narrow 

 cells composing the leaves, are the principal marks of this spe- 

 cies, readily distinguishing it from other Hypna of the section 

 Plag-iothecium. 



