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IIYPNUM WRIGHTTI, Suttiv. 



Tab. 127. 



Plants stratum laxius implexum saturate viride aureo-rufes- 

 cente varicgatum efficientes. 



Caulis prostratus, subtus tota longitudinc radiculosus, inordi- 

 nate paucirarnosus ; ramis clongatis decurnbentibus laxe bifariam 

 foliosis. 



Folia complanata, e basi ovata caviuscula late oblonga, plus 

 minus obtusa, apiculata vel leniter acutata, superne obsolete ser- 

 rulata ; lateralia patentissima, basi obliquata uno latere inflexo, 

 antica et postica subappressa ; costa valida ultra medium pro- 

 ducta ; reticulo amoeno e cellulis rhombeo-ovalibus utraque 

 folii pagina leniter protumidis, angularibus permultis minoribus 

 quadratis transverse oblongisque griseis confertis : folia peri- 

 chaetii oligophylli laxa, erecta, semicostata, in acumen tenue dis- 

 tincte serrulatum educta. 



Flores monoici in caulibus ramisque, paraphysati ; antheridiis 

 numerosis. 



Capsula parvula, oblonga, erecta, gequalis, vel parum asym- 

 metrica leniter cernua, tenui-membranacea, basi in pedicellum 

 breviusculum rubellum attenuata ; vaginula emergente ; annulo 

 nullo ; peristomii pallide luteoli dentibus lanceolato-subulatis 

 dissitius articulatis, ciliis in carina fissis, ciliolis singulis brevi- 

 oribus ; operculo conico brevirostro ; calyptra angusta laevi uno 

 latere fissa. 



Omalia Wrightii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 65 : Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. 

 Bor.-Amer. Exsiee. (ed. 1), No.- 269. 



Hab. On roots of trees, San Antonio, Texas, Wright. Santa 

 Fe", New Mexico, Fendler. 



A very distinct species, not -easily confounded with any other 



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