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7 vel 8; ceUuUe angulares magiife, sed paiicte, 7—12, brunneolse, quadratte, vix 

 incrassatfe, 0,025 — 0,022 mm. lougee et inter se plus minusve porosfe, ceterse 

 reetangulares, 0,022 — 0,020 mm. loiigse, summai apicales tarnen subquadratse, 

 0,016 — 0,013 mm. longa?, omnes O,oii — 0,oio mm. latœ, lievissimte et in parietibus 

 longitudinalibus dense crenatse lateqiie incrassatai et in crenulis unipunctataî, 

 marginales simillimfe, in ipso margine foliari tarnen magis incrassatte, ubique 

 unistratosœ, rarissime spatiis brevissimis et paucissimis in parte superiore folii 

 bistratosfc. Perichœtium semper apicale, octobracteatiim. Bracteœ ejus de- 

 crescentes, exteriores (6) foliis simillimae, basi tamen brunneo-purpurascentes, 

 brevius acutœ et obtusiores, margine minus revoluto, nervo angustiore et mi- 

 nus canaliculato, cellulis basilaribus vix vel non incrassatis, ceteris eisdem 

 foliaribus simillimis;, interiores (2) breviores, latissime vaginantes, erectœ, 

 hyalinse^ ovales, rotundato-obtusissimse, e medio, prœsertim tamen in apice, cre- 

 natae, margine nullibi recurvo sed piano, nervo tenni, subpiano, tres partes 

 bractese percurreute, cellulis inferioribus rectangularibus, superioribus ovalibus 

 angulatis vel rhombeis, omnibus laxissimis et Itüvissimis. Vagimda altiuscula, 

 oblongo-eylindrica, fusco-brunnea, infra medium pistillidia nonnulla sterilia ge- 

 rens; ochrea sat alta, tenuis, lacera. Seta 5 — 7 mm. alta, crassiuscula, Ise- 

 vissima, pellucida, brunneo-pallida, basi tamen brunnea, setate tota sat fusce- 

 scens, stricta et teres, sicca angulata et sinistrorsum torta ssepissimeque 

 hic illic distincte curvatula. Theca 1,-5 mm. alta et 0,75 mm. crassa, oblonga, 

 brunneolo-pallida, pellucida, sicca nitida, numquam plicata, sed semper Isevis- 

 sima, ore valde angustata et purpureo-brunnea, a quatuor stratis cellularum 

 aedificata; cellulai exothecii miuutiusculse, valde irreguläres, oblongse — ro- 

 tundai vel plus minusve angulatse, maxime incrassatcx% band inter se porosse, 

 planne, stomata 12 — 16, fere verticilli instar disposita in infima basi thecae, 

 in setam abrupte transeunte, superficialia, purpureo-brunnea, minutissima. An- 

 nulus altus et crassus, triplex, purpureus, diu persistens. Peristomiiim Sim- 

 plex, minutum, liumile et fugax, annulum vix vel semel superans, fulvo-pur- 

 pureura, irreguläre, membrana basilaris humillima, dentés 16, in ipsa basi 

 partiti in duo crura, intus pauUum nutantia, in^equilonga, stricta, filiformia, 

 subteretia, obtusa vel truncata, haud vel indistinctissime trabeculata, ubique 

 densissime papulosa, nonnulla ad basim rimoso-peiforata. Spori 0,oi mm., 

 minuti, globosi, brunneo-lutei, indistincte papillosi. Columella crassa et a 

 tela laxa, îetate corrugato-collapsa. Operculum e basi conica abrupte angu- 

 stissimum et aciculare, pungens, erectum, strictum, dimidia altitudine thecse, 

 pallidum, basi et apice summo purpureum, pellucidum, a cellulis angustissimis 

 suboblongis et incrassatis compositum. Calyptra perfecte mitrseformis, conica, 



