﻿Williams: 
  Calymperaceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  377 
  

  

  third 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  cylindric, 
  yellowish 
  or 
  hyaline 
  

   border 
  extending 
  all 
  round 
  and 
  entire 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  acute 
  or 
  some- 
  

   what 
  rounded, 
  dentate 
  apex; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  spiny-dentate 
  near 
  apex 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  showing 
  

   four 
  to 
  eight 
  guide-cells 
  with 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  cells 
  on 
  upper 
  side 
  and 
  usually 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  outer 
  cells 
  next 
  

   guide 
  cells 
  on 
  either" 
  side 
  below, 
  differentiated; 
  leaf-cells 
  rather 
  

   obscure, 
  often 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  about 
  6X6 
  fi-8 
  X 
  lo 
  /x, 
  with 
  

   thickened, 
  minutely 
  papillose 
  walls 
  on 
  both 
  surfaces; 
  cancellinae 
  

   ending 
  above 
  in 
  narrowly 
  acute 
  angles 
  or 
  sometimes 
  somewhat 
  

   obtuse, 
  nearly 
  filling 
  leaf-base; 
  perichaetial 
  leaves 
  scarcely 
  differing 
  

   from 
  upper 
  stem-leaves; 
  seta 
  slender, 
  erect, 
  red, 
  5-8 
  mm. 
  long; 
  

   capsule 
  oblong-cylindric, 
  scarcely 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  with 
  rostrate 
  

   lid 
  about 
  i 
  mm. 
  long; 
  peristome 
  teeth 
  lanceolate, 
  yellowish, 
  

   papillose, 
  projecting 
  above 
  the 
  mouth 
  about 
  lOO 
  ju, 
  with 
  often 
  

   indistinct 
  articulations; 
  spores 
  minutely 
  roughened, 
  about 
  12 
  /i 
  in 
  

   diameter; 
  calyptra 
  extending 
  two 
  thirds 
  down 
  capsule, 
  somewhat 
  

   rough 
  at 
  apex. 
  [FiG. 
  10.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality: 
  Trinidad. 
  

  

  b 
  ■ 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  throughout 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  northern 
  

   South 
  America 
  to 
  Mexico. 
  ■ 
  - 
  

  

  II. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  tenuifolius 
  (Sull.) 
  Mitt. 
  Jour, 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  12 
  

  

  117. 
  1869 
  

  

  Calymperes 
  tentiifolius 
  

  

  1861. 
  

  

  Flowers 
  and 
  fruit 
  unknown: 
  in 
  rather 
  loose, 
  pale 
  green 
  to 
  

   brown 
  tufts 
  with 
  stems 
  mostly 
  under 
  5 
  mm. 
  high; 
  stem-leaves 
  

   from 
  a 
  few 
  millimeters 
  up 
  to 
  over 
  4 
  cm. 
  long, 
  from 
  an 
  oblong- 
  

   linear, 
  entire 
  base 
  about 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  

   filiform, 
  somewhat 
  grooved 
  point 
  with 
  acute, 
  dentate 
  apex 
  and 
  

   hyaline 
  or 
  yellowish 
  border 
  of 
  stereid 
  cells 
  entire 
  below 
  the 
  apex; 
  

   costa 
  not 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  at 
  apex 
  somewhat 
  rough 
  to 
  spiny- 
  

   dentate, 
  below 
  on 
  back 
  mostly 
  smooth, 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  papillose, 
  

   often 
  to 
  cancellinae, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  showing 
  about 
  six 
  guide- 
  

   cells 
  with 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  accessory 
  cells 
  on 
  lower 
  side, 
  large 
  stereid 
  

   bands 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  and 
  outer 
  cells 
  differentiated 
  on 
  upper 
  

   side 
  only; 
  cells 
  throughout 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  leaf 
  obscure, 
  mostly 
  angu- 
  

   lar 
  and 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  5-6 
  fi 
  wide 
  and 
  6-8 
  /x 
  long, 
  covered 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides 
  by 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  compound 
  papillae; 
  cancellinae 
  filling 
  

   entire 
  base 
  of 
  leaf 
  except 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  border 
  above 
  of 
  green 
  

   cells 
  and 
  terminating 
  above 
  in 
  mostly 
  acute 
  angles. 
  [Fig. 
  ii.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality: 
  Cuba. 
  

  

  Distribution; 
  Cuba, 
  Jamaica 
  and 
  St. 
  Kitts. 
  

  

  