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crassatis; folia quinquefaria, sicca laxe crispula, singula spira- 

 liter torta vel circinnatim involuta, liumida stricta, patentia, 

 carinato-concava, e basi adpressa, elongata, oblonga vel obo- 

 vato-oblonga sensim elongate lineari-lanceolata, acutissima, 

 apice saepe diffracta, c. 5 mm longa, in parte superiore basis 

 0,48 — 0,55 mm lata, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, lamiiia 

 ubique unistratosa, nervö tenni, basi c. 0,0 5 mm, superne 

 sensim angustiore, infra snmmum apicem evanido, viridi, lae- 

 vissimo, e stratis tribus cellnlarum incrassatarnm, nnifor- 

 minm composito, cellnlis laminalibus minntis, 0,0 o 7 — 0,oio 

 mm, rotundato-quadratis, cliloropbyllosis, basin versus brevi- 

 ter rectangularibns, basilaribus hyalinis, leptodermibus, elon- 

 gate linearibus, infimis brevioribus, omnibus laevissimis; jjen- 

 chaetia singula, in ramo brevissimo laterali, bracteis longis- 

 simis, tbecam longe superantibus, siccitate spiraliter crispn- 

 lis, madore strictis, erectis, e basi leniter plicata, longissima, 

 hyalina sensim lanceolato-subulatis, c. 15 mm longis, mar- 

 ginibus erectis, integerrimis, nervö et rete cellulari ut in 

 toliis; vaginula pilis numerosissimis, erectis, elongatis, plu- 

 ricellularibus, luteis obtecta; seta 3 — 4 mm älta, stricta, 

 siccitate dextrorsum torta, lutea, laevissima; theca erecta, 

 oblonga, in collum longiusculum sensim attenuata, cum 

 collo c. 3,5 mm longa, c. 1 mm crassa, sicca deopercu- 

 lata sub ore liaud constricta, profunde octies plicata, lepto- 

 dermis, fuscescenti-lutea, aetate fusca; exothecii cellulae irre- 

 gulares, rectangulares vel subquadratae, rarius subtrigonae, 

 incrassatae, ad marginem tliecae in seriebus pluribus multo 

 minoribus, valde incrassatis, lumine subrotundo; stomata in 

 collo tantum posita, sat crebra, plianeropora, rima ellijo- 

 tica; peristomium duplex, ad orificium thecae oriundum; ex- 

 ostomii dentes 16, alii per paria connati, alii inter se liberi, 

 siccitate reiiexi vel exothecio adpressi, liumidi erecti, conni- 

 ventes, lineari-lanceolati, obtusiusculi, c. 0,5 mm longi, c. 

 0,07 5 mm lati, linea mediana profunda plus minusve distincte 

 pertusi, anguste limbati, basi stellatim striolati, dein dense 

 papillosi, articulati, haud lamellati, rubescenti-lutei ; endosto- 

 mvum liyalinum; corona hasilaris liumilis, haud plicata, lae- 

 vissima; processus subulati, c. 0,4 mm longi, longitudinaliter 

 striolati, minute papillosi; spori 0,0 3 5— 0,o 4 o mm, rufi, minute 



