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  Williams: 
  Calympeil^ceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  

  

  6000 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  9. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  Husnoti 
  Besch. 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  VI. 
  3: 
  195. 
  

  

  1876 
  

  

  ^ 
  Flowers 
  and 
  fruit 
  unknown; 
  in 
  loose, 
  brownish 
  green 
  tufts 
  

   with 
  slender, 
  fragile, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  branching 
  stems 
  up 
  to 
  4 
  cm. 
  

  

  high; 
  stem-ieaves 
  irom 
  a 
  conspicous, 
  white, 
  imbricate, 
  oblong- 
  

   Imear 
  or 
  oblanceolate, 
  entire 
  base 
  about 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  somewhat 
  

   narrowed 
  to 
  an 
  abruptly 
  spreading 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  setaceous, 
  

   'more 
  or 
  less 
  twisted 
  point 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  to 
  three 
  times 
  longer, 
  

   with 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  cylindric 
  border, 
  entire 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  dentate, 
  

   acute, 
  or 
  somewhat 
  rounded 
  apex; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  

   smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  denticulate 
  apex, 
  one 
  half 
  up 
  

   leaf 
  one 
  third 
  to 
  one 
  fourth 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  leaf, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  

   showmg 
  four 
  guide 
  cells, 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  with 
  

   outer 
  cells 
  not 
  differentiated; 
  cells 
  of 
  upper 
  leaf 
  rather 
  obscure, 
  

   papillose 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  the 
  median 
  about 
  6 
  /x 
  Avide 
  and 
  8-10 
  n 
  

   long; 
  cancellinae 
  nearly 
  filling 
  leaf-base, 
  terminating 
  in 
  mostly 
  

   acute 
  angles. 
  [Fig. 
  9.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality: 
  Guadeloupe. 
  

  

  Martiniq 
  

  

  Syrrhopodon 
  FLAVESCENS 
  C. 
  Mull. 
  Syn. 
  i: 
  541. 
  1849 
  

  

  P' 
  

  

  1849. 
  

  

  Syrrhopodon 
  Schwaneckeanus 
  C. 
  Mull. 
  Bot. 
  Zeit. 
  13: 
  763. 
  1855. 
  

  

  Mitt. 
  J 
  

  

  1869. 
  

  

  Syrrhopodon 
  calymperidianus 
  Besch. 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  VI. 
  3: 
  19 
  

  

  1876. 
  

  

  Syrrhopodon 
  siibviridis 
  Besch. 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  VI. 
  3: 
  196. 
  1876. 
  

   Syrrhopodon 
  scaher 
  var. 
  breviUgulatus 
  C. 
  Mull. 
  Hedwigia 
  37: 
  

  

  235- 
  1898. 
  

   Syrrhopodon 
  hreviUguIafus 
  C. 
  Mull. 
  Gen. 
  Muse. 
  370. 
  1901. 
  

   Syrrhopodon 
  Dussii 
  Broth. 
  Symb. 
  Ant. 
  3: 
  422. 
  1903. 
  

  

  Dioicous: 
  in 
  compact 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  to 
  pale 
  green 
  cushions 
  

   with 
  branching 
  stems, 
  mostly 
  1-2 
  cm. 
  high, 
  bearing 
  radicles 
  at 
  

   their 
  base 
  and 
  often 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  easily 
  separating 
  branches; 
  

   stem-leaves 
  when 
  dry 
  erect-spreading, 
  flexuous, 
  5-12 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

   With 
  an 
  oblong-hnear 
  base 
  1-1.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  rather 
  gradually 
  nar- 
  

   rowed 
  to 
  a 
  linear 
  point 
  three 
  ^todghtWsJongerand 
  about 
  one 
  

  

  Type 
  specimens 
  not 
  seen 
  but 
  belonging 
  here 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  description. 
  

  

  