﻿370 
  Williams: 
  Cal\tvipeil\ceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  

  

  1835- 
  

  

  I. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  rigidus 
  Hook. 
  & 
  Grev. 
  in 
  Brewster, 
  

  

  Edinb. 
  Jour. 
  Sci, 
  3: 
  226. 
  1826 
  

  

  Calymperes 
  androgymim 
  Mont. 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  II. 
  3: 
  195. 
  

   Syrrhopodon 
  longisetaceus 
  C. 
  Mull. 
  Syn. 
  i: 
  535. 
  1849. 
  

  

  Dioicous, 
  male 
  plants 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  fertile 
  in 
  habit, 
  bearing 
  

   several 
  buds 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  leaves 
  rather 
  over 
  i 
  mm. 
  

   long, 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  broadly 
  ovate, 
  lanceolate-pointed, 
  

   serrulate 
  and 
  costate 
  perigonial 
  leaves, 
  enclosing 
  eight 
  to 
  ten 
  

   antheridia 
  about 
  0.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  with 
  few 
  paraphyses: 
  in 
  rather 
  

   compact, 
  dull, 
  brownish 
  green 
  cushions, 
  red-tomentose 
  within,, 
  

   with 
  stems 
  1-3 
  cm. 
  high; 
  stem-leaves 
  7-8 
  mm. 
  or 
  sometimes 
  up 
  

   to 
  12 
  mm. 
  long, 
  spreading 
  flexuous, 
  from 
  an 
  ovate 
  base 
  1-1.5 
  mm. 
  

   long, 
  with 
  margins 
  sharply 
  serrulate 
  or 
  somewhat 
  spiny-dentate 
  

   with 
  often 
  spreading 
  teeth, 
  rather 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  linear- 
  

   lanceolate, 
  acute 
  point 
  up 
  to 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  times 
  longer, 
  with 
  

   thickened, 
  doubly 
  serrate 
  borders 
  ; 
  costa 
  stout, 
  excurrent, 
  grooved, 
  

   enlarged 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  bearing 
  numerous 
  slender 
  propagula 
  with 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  cross-walls, 
  smooth 
  in 
  lower 
  part, 
  mostly 
  rough 
  

   above 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  or 
  rarely 
  nearly 
  smooth, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  about 
  seven 
  guide 
  cells, 
  large 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  

   and 
  outer 
  cells 
  differentiated 
  all 
  round; 
  cells 
  throughout 
  upper 
  

   part 
  of 
  leaf 
  distinct, 
  mostly 
  oblong, 
  6-8 
  ju 
  wide 
  and 
  12-16 
  /i 
  long, 
  

   mamillose 
  on 
  upper 
  side, 
  smooth 
  beneath; 
  cancellinae 
  not 
  filling 
  

   entire 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  leaf, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  golden 
  or 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  

   mostly 
  terminating 
  above 
  in 
  acute 
  angles; 
  perlchaetial 
  leaves 
  

   about 
  like 
  upper 
  stem-leaves, 
  but 
  the 
  inner 
  smaller; 
  seta 
  2-2.5 
  

   cm. 
  long; 
  capsule 
  oblong, 
  about 
  1.7 
  mm. 
  long 
  with 
  conical, 
  rostrate 
  

   hd 
  of 
  about 
  equal 
  length; 
  peristome 
  a 
  low, 
  yellowish 
  membrane, 
  

   when 
  moist 
  scarcely 
  extending 
  above 
  rim 
  of 
  capsule; 
  spores 
  rough, 
  

   up 
  to 
  about 
  22 
  n 
  in 
  diameter; 
  calyptra 
  nearly 
  smooth 
  throughout. 
  

  

  [Fig. 
  I.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality: 
  Trinidad. 
  

   ^ 
  Distribution: 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  Guadeloupe, 
  Martinique, 
  St. 
  

   Vincent, 
  Grenada, 
  Trinidad 
  and 
  northern 
  South 
  America. 
  

   Illustration: 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  II. 
  3 
  : 
  pi. 
  j, 
  /. 
  2. 
  

  

  2. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  Bernoullii 
  C. 
  Mull. 
  Bull. 
  Herb. 
  Boiss. 
  5: 
  

  

  189. 
  1897 
  

  

  Syrrhopodon 
  Pittieri 
  Ren. 
  & 
  Card. 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Bot. 
  Belg 
  41M 
  54. 
  

   1905- 
  

  

  Dioicous, 
  male 
  plants 
  stout, 
  branching, 
  with 
  often 
  abundant 
  

   axillary 
  flowers, 
  the 
  pengonial 
  leaves 
  mostly 
  golden 
  brown, 
  the 
  

  

  