﻿Williams: 
  Calymperaceae 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  389 
  

  

  Type 
  locality; 
  Guatemala. 
  

  

  ■ 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  locality 
  and 
  Deering 
  

   Hammock, 
  Cutler^ 
  Dade 
  County, 
  Florida, 
  1916, 
  /. 
  K. 
  Small. 
  

  

  4, 
  Calymperes 
  disciforme 
  C. 
  Miill, 
  Linnaea 
  21: 
  183. 
  1848 
  

  

  Calymperes 
  Wuljschlaegelii 
  Lorentz, 
  Moosst. 
  168. 
  1864, 
  

  

  In 
  dull 
  or 
  brownish 
  green 
  cushions 
  with 
  somewhat 
  branching 
  

   stems 
  up 
  to 
  1.5 
  cm. 
  high; 
  leaves, 
  when 
  dry, 
  tubuloseand 
  crispate 
  

   above, 
  on 
  lower 
  stem 
  about 
  2 
  mm,, 
  on 
  upper 
  stem 
  3,5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

   from 
  a 
  broad, 
  usually 
  obovate, 
  whitish, 
  clasping 
  base 
  narrowed 
  to 
  

   a 
  broadly 
  lingulate 
  or 
  linear 
  point 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  to 
  two 
  times 
  

   longer, 
  with 
  apex 
  broadly 
  acute 
  or 
  In 
  those 
  leaves 
  bearing 
  pro- 
  

   pagulae, 
  with 
  apex 
  more 
  elongate 
  and 
  narrowed; 
  leaf 
  -margin 
  

   finely 
  serrulate, 
  nearly 
  to 
  base, 
  thickened 
  above; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  

   percurrent 
  or 
  somewhat 
  enlarged 
  above 
  and 
  excurrent, 
  rough 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides 
  to 
  cancelHnae 
  or 
  smoothish 
  in 
  lower 
  part, 
  in 
  cross 
  

   section 
  showing 
  about 
  6 
  guide-cells 
  with 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  

   below 
  and 
  outer 
  cells 
  differentiated 
  on 
  upper 
  side; 
  leaf-cells 
  above 
  

   the 
  cancellinae 
  mostly 
  7 
  or 
  8 
  ^c 
  in 
  diameter, 
  slightly 
  or 
  not 
  elongate, 
  

   mamillose 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  papillae 
  on 
  upper 
  

   blade; 
  teniola 
  extending 
  to 
  above 
  middle 
  of 
  leaf, 
  about 
  8 
  cells 
  in 
  

   from 
  margin 
  in 
  upper 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  leaf 
  and 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  cells 
  in 
  from 
  

   margin 
  of 
  blade 
  above; 
  cancellinae 
  extending 
  one 
  third 
  to 
  two- 
  

   fifths 
  up 
  leaf, 
  broadly 
  angular, 
  often 
  rounded 
  above; 
  perichaetial 
  

   leaves 
  about 
  like 
  upper 
  stem-leaves; 
  seta 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  mm. 
  long; 
  calyptra 
  

   persistent, 
  striate, 
  very 
  rough 
  above, 
  [Fig, 
  4.] 
  

  

  w 
  

  

  Type 
  locality: 
  Surinam. 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  Santo 
  Domingo; 
  also 
  in 
  northern 
  South 
  

   America. 
  The 
  Florida 
  specimens 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  

   above 
  belong 
  either 
  to 
  C. 
  Richardi 
  or 
  to 
  Syrrhopodon 
  filigerus. 
  

  

  5. 
  Caly:mperes 
  Donnellii 
  Aust. 
  Bot. 
  Gaz. 
  4: 
  151. 
  1879 
  

  

  if^ 
  

  

  1895 
  

  

  Calymperes 
  Brittoniae 
  Besch, 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  VIII. 
  i: 
  278. 
  1895. 
  

   Syrrhopodon 
  Smithii 
  Besch. 
  in 
  Paris, 
  Index, 
  ed. 
  i, 
  1255. 
  1898. 
  

   Calymperes 
  portoricense 
  Ren. 
  & 
  Card. 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Bot. 
  Belg. 
  41*: 
  

  

  57- 
  1904- 
  

  

  In 
  extensive, 
  green 
  mats 
  with 
  stems 
  from 
  3 
  mm. 
  to 
  i 
  cm. 
  high; 
  

   leaves 
  incurved 
  or 
  crispate 
  when 
  dry, 
  the 
  lower 
  2.5-3 
  ^^va. 
  long, 
  

   the 
  upper 
  about 
  5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  from 
  a 
  mostly 
  slightly 
  broader, 
  more 
  

  

  