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  Williams: 
  Calymperaceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  

  

  L 
  

  

  scending 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  capsule, 
  scabrous 
  one 
  third 
  down 
  from 
  apex; 
  

   spores 
  minutely 
  punctate, 
  about 
  14 
  /k 
  in 
  diameter. 
  [Fig. 
  16.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality; 
  Texas. 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  Texas 
  to 
  Florida 
  and 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  17. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  ligulatus 
  Mont. 
  Syll. 
  47- 
  1856 
  

  

  'spus 
  

  

  1877. 
  

  

  Growing 
  in 
  compact, 
  brownish 
  green 
  tufts 
  with 
  mostly 
  simple 
  

   stems 
  up 
  to 
  1.5 
  cm. 
  high; 
  stem-leaves 
  with 
  conspicuously 
  white, 
  

   imbricate 
  base, 
  crispate 
  above 
  when 
  dry, 
  2-2.5 
  mm. 
  long 
  from 
  an 
  

   obovate-lanceolate 
  base, 
  entire 
  to 
  somewhat 
  serrulate 
  In 
  upper 
  

   part, 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  Ungulate, 
  grooved 
  point, 
  from 
  scarcely 
  

   as 
  long 
  to 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  times 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  

   rounded 
  apex 
  and 
  margin 
  crenulate-papillose 
  with 
  short 
  green 
  

   cells 
  except 
  in 
  lower 
  part, 
  where 
  a 
  narrow, 
  hyaline 
  border 
  of 
  

   elongate 
  cells 
  is 
  usually 
  present; 
  costa 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  percurrent, 
  

   slightly 
  serrulate 
  on 
  back 
  toward 
  the 
  apex, 
  smooth 
  below, 
  about 
  

   one 
  eighth 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  leaf 
  half 
  way 
  up, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  showing 
  

   toward 
  the 
  base 
  four 
  guide-cells, 
  in 
  upper 
  half 
  mostly 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   guide-cells 
  with 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  and 
  no 
  differen- 
  

   tiated 
  outer 
  cells, 
  the 
  upper 
  stereid 
  band 
  small, 
  often 
  of 
  only 
  three 
  

   or 
  four 
  cells; 
  cells 
  of 
  upper 
  blade 
  mostly 
  obscure, 
  not 
  elongate, 
  

   6-8 
  ju 
  in 
  diameter, 
  mamillate 
  and 
  densely 
  papillose 
  on 
  both 
  sides; 
  

   cancellinae 
  nearly 
  filling 
  the 
  enlarged 
  base, 
  mostly 
  broad 
  and 
  

   rounded 
  above; 
  perichaetial 
  leaves 
  about 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  stem; 
  

   seta 
  3-4 
  mm. 
  long; 
  capsule 
  ovate, 
  scarcely 
  i 
  mm. 
  long; 
  peristome 
  

   teeth 
  golden 
  brown, 
  projecting 
  well 
  above 
  the 
  mouth, 
  rather 
  

   rough, 
  with 
  indistinct 
  articulations; 
  spores 
  rough, 
  12-15^ 
  in 
  

   diameter; 
  lid 
  and 
  calyptra 
  not 
  seen. 
  [Fig. 
  17.] 
  

  

  Type 
  locality; 
  Guiana, 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  Florida, 
  Guadeloupe 
  and 
  Guiana. 
  

  

  18. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  parasiticus 
  (Svv.) 
  Besch. 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  

  

  yill. 
  i: 
  298. 
  1895 
  

  

  Bryum 
  parasiticum 
  Sw. 
  Prodr, 
  139. 
  1788. 
  

  

  Encalypta 
  paralitica 
  Sw. 
  Ind. 
  Occ. 
  1759. 
  1806. 
  

  

  Calymperes 
  parasitictim 
  Hook, 
  & 
  Grev. 
  in 
  Brewster, 
  Edinb. 
  Jour. 
  

  

  Sci. 
  i; 
  131, 
  1824. 
  

  

  Dioicous, 
  the 
  male 
  plants 
  with 
  often 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  rather 
  con- 
  

   spicuous, 
  scattered 
  buds, 
  the 
  inner 
  perigonial 
  leaves 
  very 
  short, 
  

   broadly 
  ovate-acute, 
  enclosing 
  numerous 
  antheridia 
  about 
  0.33 
  

   mm. 
  long, 
  without 
  paraphyses: 
  plants 
  scattered 
  or 
  in 
  loose 
  tufts 
  

  

  