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rectangularibus; seta superne sensim anguste obceonica, nigro- 
purpurea; hypophysi demum explanata, pallida, cellulis mag- 
nis, rectangularibus, stomatibus sat parvis, paucissimis; theca 
elliptico-ovata, sieca medio valde elepsydreformi-constrieta, 
fusco-purpurea; dentibus angustis; operculo STEN eonico; 
-calyptra euecullata 
Spl. luteum var. 8. melanocaulon Wahlenb. in Mag. Ges. Nat. Freund. 
Berlin, V, p- 294, n. 1 (1811). C.-M. Synops. I, p. 147 (1848). 
— — var. a. melanocaulon Bed Mant. p. 108 (1819). 
=— — forma B.8S. Br. eur. fase. 23 et 24, rg P- 13, in obs. (1844). 
Schimp. pe p- 311. in obs. (1860). 
— — var. pygmeum Norrl. in Not. FE. fenn. förh. ra P- 300 (1873). 
Spl. RR äckrite Suppl. II, P. II, fase. 1; p. 28, n. 2 (1823 
Brid, Br univ... p. 261, n. CS (1826). föra in Journ. FÅ 
Soc. VIII, p. 22 (1864). 
Delin. 
Schwegr. Suppl. t. 109. 
Hab. in fimo ad Kätkesuanto Lapponizee muonionensis, in reg. 
abiet. unum merum czespitem 16 Julii 1867 legit J. P. Norr- 
lin. — Preeterea in Kamtschatka deteeta a beat. Tilesius 
et in Rocky-mountains Americee borealis. 
Folia e basi angusta et brevi late rhombeo-ovalia, abrupte 
acuminata, subplana et in marginibus planis jam ex infra 
medium densiuscule dentata, acumine serrato, sat brevi, la-' 
tiusculo, acuto et canaliculato-carinato; cellule quadruplo 
minores, laxe, rhombeo-rectangulares, marginales in serie 
simplici rectangulares, limbum valde indistinetum formantes. 
Seta brevis vel brevissima, supra basin rubram nigro-pur- 
purea, superne sensim crassior, ideoque anguste obeonica, 
suleata et late fistulosa, superne sinistrorsum torta. Hypo- 
physis parva, semiglobosa, demum explanata, pallida, cellulis 
magnis, laxissimis, interioribus (ad centrum) rectangularibus, 
rectis, stomatibus in facie superiore sat parvis, paucissimis 
vel fere nullis. Theca majusceula et longa, elliptieo-ovata, 
sieca medio valde clepsydreformi-constrieta, fuseo-purpurea; 
cellulce exothecii subtriplo minores, irregulariter quadratee, 
Parietibus valde flexuosis. Peristomium: dentes angusti, extus 
fissuram medianam indistinetam et papiilas minutissimas osten- 
