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IIYPNUM NUTTALLII, Wils. 



Tab. 128. 



Plants colore aureo-nitentc insignes, caespites late extensos 

 depressos formantes. 



Caulis prostratus, breviter fasciculato-radiculosus, 3-5 uncias 

 longus, parcius divisus, pinnato-ramulosus ; ramnlis confertissi- 

 mis brevibus 3 - 5-linearibus nunc expansis nunc homomallis 

 curvulis ascendentibus. 



Folia dense imbricantia, erecto-patentia, stricta, anguste ob- 

 longo-lanceolata, longe sensimque acuminata, plus minus sulcato- 

 striata, serrata, ad marginem basilarem recurvum grossius den- 

 tata ; costa alte in acumen v producta ; reti firino e cellulis lon- 

 gissimis angustis, illis acl basis angulos latioribus subquadratis 

 hyalinis : pericboatialia interiora erecta, elongato-oblonga, fili- 

 formi-attenuata, striata, obsolete costata, laxius texta. 



Flores pseudo-monoici (normaliter dioici ex eel. Wilson) : mas- 

 culi plantulae gemmiformes, basi radiculigerae, e sporis enatae in 

 plantis femineis parasitica?, sa^pius 2-4 aggregatas ; antheridiis 

 minimis ; parapbysibus nullis vel rudimentariis. 



Capsula elongato-cjlindracea, erectiuscula, curvula, sicca 

 arcuata, collo parvulo distincto ; pedicello valde exasperato 

 perbrevi capsulam paulum superante vel aequante vel ea bre- 

 viore ; annulo angusto ; peristomii dentibus lanceolato-subulatis 

 dense articulatis byalino-marginatis, ciliis in carina diremptis, 

 ciliolis subnullis ; operculo tumido-conico brevirostro ; calyptra 

 angusta dimidiata. 



IIypnum Nuttallii, Wils. Bryol. Brit, in adnot. p. 334, 339 ; Sulliv. & 



Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 338 b . 

 Camptothecium Nuttallii, Bryol. Europ. in adnot. 6, p. 6. 

 Leskea Californica, Hampe in Linnsea, 30 (1859), p. 460. 



Hab. On trees, Western Coast of Nortb America, Menzies, 

 Gairdner, Nultall, Big-elow, Bauer, Bulatuler. 



