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  Williams: 
  Calymperaceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  

  

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  ■ 
  

  

  None 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  examined 
  show 
  propagula, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  St. 
  Kitts 
  and 
  Jamaican 
  specimens 
  are 
  found 
  young 
  plants, 
  one 
  

  

  to 
  three 
  on 
  a 
  leaf, 
  growing 
  from 
  radicles 
  scattered 
  along 
  the 
  leaf 
  

   point. 
  

  

  12. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  lycopodioides 
  (Sw.) 
  C. 
  Miill. 
  Syn. 
  i: 
  538. 
  

  

  1849 
  

  

  Bryum 
  lycopodioides 
  Sw. 
  Prodr. 
  139. 
  1788. 
  

  

  Dioicous, 
  male 
  plants 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the 
  fertile, 
  bearing 
  

   several 
  axillary, 
  scattered 
  antheridial 
  buds, 
  the 
  inner 
  perigonial 
  

   leaves 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  acute, 
  nearly 
  entire, 
  enclosing 
  numerous 
  

   antheridia 
  about 
  0.8 
  mm. 
  long 
  with 
  few 
  paraphyses: 
  in 
  loose 
  

   brownish 
  to 
  pale 
  green 
  tufts 
  with 
  somewhat 
  branching 
  stems 
  up 
  to 
  

   8-10 
  cm. 
  high; 
  stem-leaves 
  up 
  to 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  mm. 
  long, 
  from 
  an 
  oblan- 
  

   ceolate, 
  slightly 
  wider, 
  nearly 
  entire, 
  erect 
  base 
  rather 
  gradually 
  

   narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  spreading, 
  flexuous, 
  linear-lanceolate 
  point 
  with 
  

   acute 
  apex 
  and 
  bordered 
  all 
  round 
  by 
  a 
  thickened, 
  distantly 
  

   serrate 
  margin 
  of 
  brown, 
  elongate 
  cells 
  enclosing 
  a 
  small 
  band 
  of 
  

   stereid 
  cells; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  

   about 
  80 
  n 
  wide 
  one 
  half 
  up 
  the 
  leaf 
  and 
  one 
  fifth 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  leaf, 
  

   in 
  cross-section 
  showing 
  six 
  guide-cells, 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  

   below 
  with 
  outer 
  cells 
  differentiated 
  all 
  round; 
  cells 
  of 
  middle 
  and 
  

   upper 
  blade 
  smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  angular, 
  not 
  or 
  slightlv 
  elongate, 
  

   up 
  to 
  12-14 
  ^ 
  in 
  diameter, 
  in 
  lower 
  leaf 
  and 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  can- 
  

   ceHinae 
  often 
  very 
  irregular, 
  transversely 
  or 
  obliquely 
  elongate, 
  

   with 
  unequally 
  thickened 
  walls; 
  cancellinae 
  mostly 
  broad 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  rounded 
  above, 
  filling 
  one 
  half 
  to 
  two 
  thirds 
  the 
  erect 
  

   leat-base; 
  perichaetial 
  leaves 
  much 
  like 
  stem-leaves, 
  often 
  longer 
  

   and 
  extending 
  above 
  the 
  capsule; 
  pedicel 
  about 
  10 
  mm. 
  long; 
  

   capsule 
  ovate-oblong 
  or 
  somewhat 
  spindle-shaped, 
  when 
  dry 
  

   contracted 
  under 
  the 
  mouth, 
  about 
  3 
  mm. 
  long; 
  lid 
  with 
  slender 
  

   beak 
  about 
  two 
  thirds 
  capsule 
  in 
  length; 
  peristome 
  teeth 
  incurved 
  

   when 
  dry 
  and 
  not 
  projecting 
  above 
  the 
  mouth, 
  when 
  moist, 
  

   extending 
  about 
  80 
  }x 
  above 
  the 
  rim 
  of 
  capsule, 
  golden 
  brown, 
  

   very 
  irregular, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  divided 
  along 
  median 
  line; 
  spores 
  

  

  rough, 
  up 
  to 
  22 
  M 
  in 
  diameter; 
  calyptra 
  smooth 
  above. 
  [FiG. 
  

   12. 
  J 
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  Type 
  locality: 
  Jamaica. 
  

  

  _ 
  Distribution: 
  Jamaica, 
  Santo 
  Domingo, 
  Guadeloupe, 
  Mar- 
  

   tinique, 
  Trinidad 
  and 
  northern 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  Illustration: 
  Hedw. 
  Sp. 
  Muse. 
  Sunni 
  hi 
  \^ 
  

  

  