﻿Williams: 
  Calymperaceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  371 
  

  

  inner 
  ovate, 
  acute, 
  not 
  quite 
  entire, 
  the 
  outer 
  longer 
  with 
  pale, 
  

   lanceolate, 
  serrulate 
  point, 
  enclosing 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  antheridia 
  a 
  little 
  

   over 
  one 
  half 
  mm. 
  long 
  with 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  paraphyses: 
  in 
  

   large, 
  not 
  very 
  compact, 
  greenish 
  brown 
  tufts, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   curved, 
  branching 
  stems, 
  tomentose 
  below, 
  up 
  to 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  cm. 
  high; 
  

   stem-leaves 
  spreading-flexuous, 
  up 
  to 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  mm. 
  long, 
  from 
  an 
  

   oblong-ovate, 
  mostly 
  golden 
  brown 
  base 
  about 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

   slightly 
  crenulate 
  or 
  serrulate 
  on 
  borders, 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  

   linear-lanceolate 
  point, 
  tubulose 
  when 
  dry, 
  with 
  thick, 
  doubly 
  

   serrate 
  margins 
  and 
  acute 
  apex; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  

   serrulate 
  on 
  back 
  toward 
  apex, 
  smooth 
  below, 
  one 
  half 
  up 
  about 
  

   one 
  sixth 
  the 
  w^idth 
  of 
  leaf, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  showing 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  

   guide 
  cells, 
  large 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  and 
  outer 
  cells 
  

   differentiated; 
  leaf-margin 
  in 
  cross-section 
  triangular, 
  showing 
  a 
  

   stereid 
  band 
  surrounded 
  by 
  rather 
  large 
  outer 
  cells; 
  cells 
  through- 
  

   out 
  upper 
  leaf 
  mostly 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  the 
  median 
  about 
  6 
  ju 
  wide 
  

   by 
  7-8 
  IX 
  long; 
  cancellinae 
  filling 
  a 
  rather 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  leaf-base, 
  

   mostly 
  broad 
  and 
  rounded 
  or 
  truncate 
  above; 
  inner 
  perichaetial 
  

   leaves 
  scarcely 
  smaller 
  than 
  outer; 
  seta 
  10-18 
  mm. 
  long; 
  capsule 
  

   ovate-oblong, 
  srhall-mouthed, 
  about 
  2 
  mm. 
  long 
  with 
  a 
  slender- 
  

   beaked 
  lid 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long; 
  peristome 
  teeth 
  projecting 
  above 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  about 
  75 
  /x, 
  often 
  united 
  to 
  near 
  apex, 
  rather 
  pale, 
  with 
  

   often 
  numerous, 
  golden 
  brown, 
  wart-like 
  projections 
  over 
  the 
  

   outer 
  surface; 
  spores 
  rough, 
  18-24 
  ju 
  in 
  diameter; 
  calyptra 
  rough 
  

  

  near 
  apex. 
  [Fig. 
  2.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality: 
  Guatemala. 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  Guatemala 
  to 
  Panama 
  and 
  in 
  Guadeloupe 
  

   {Phe 
  Dtiss 
  6ji). 
  

  

  3. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  floridanus 
  Sull. 
  in 
  Gray, 
  Man. 
  ed. 
  2, 
  631. 
  1856 
  

  

  Dioicous: 
  in 
  compact 
  cushions, 
  greenish 
  brown 
  above, 
  rusty 
  

   brown 
  within, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fasciculate 
  branching 
  stems, 
  

   somewhat 
  tomentose 
  below, 
  up 
  to 
  3 
  cm. 
  high; 
  stem-leaves 
  incurved 
  

   or 
  crispate 
  when 
  dry, 
  the 
  upper 
  4.5-5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  from 
  an 
  ovate 
  

   base 
  about 
  i 
  mm. 
  long, 
  somewhat 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  nearly 
  linear 
  

   point 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  to 
  four 
  times 
  longer 
  with 
  incurved, 
  

   doubl}^ 
  serrulate-lamellate 
  borders 
  and 
  broadly 
  acute 
  or 
  obtuse, 
  

   serrulate 
  apex; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  about 
  80^ 
  wide 
  half 
  

   way 
  up 
  the 
  leaf, 
  mostly 
  densely 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  from 
  the 
  

   middle 
  to 
  the 
  broadened 
  base 
  of 
  leaf, 
  with 
  high, 
  almost 
  spine-like, 
  

   papillae; 
  leaves 
  in 
  cross-section 
  near 
  middle 
  showing 
  a 
  terete 
  

   costa 
  with 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  guide-cells, 
  large 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  

   below 
  and 
  outer 
  cells 
  differentiated; 
  leaf-blade 
  with 
  cells 
  highly 
  

   mamillose 
  on 
  upper 
  side, 
  nearly 
  smooth 
  or 
  somewhat 
  mamillose 
  

  

  