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CRYPTOGAMIA. 16: 
ristomium patulum. Dentes 32 ; obtusi, bre- 
ves, basi connexi, sanguinei. : 
Fariatio in locis alpinis freqvens nana, mi- 
nus divisa, immo simplex, folis & setis 
brevioribus & sporangiis fere ovatis; di- 
gnoscitur tamen foliis acutissimis rigidis & 
setis lateralibus. 
33. POLYTRICHUM aoides Hedw.: surculo 
subsimplici; foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis ser- 
ratis rigidis; sporangio cylindraceo obliqvato. 
—Hedw. St. 1. 39. t. 14. Sp. 9. "Meriz. 1. .c. 
70. Turn. hib. 38. Web. & Mohr Fl Cr. 
226. Sturm. 4. Funck. Cr. Ess. 
P. nanum Lightfoot Scot. 7o:. Huds. Angl, 
P. aloés folio serrato, capsulis oblongis. Dill 
- HUM. ag. t. 55. £5: 
Mnium polytrichoiles B. Linn. Sp. Pl. T. 
1. p. 1577. 2). 
Hab. in ericetis & viis cavis pr :eruptis are- 
nosisque argillosis Euvopw totius. 
Descr. Surculi ut plurimum simplices, duas l. 
tres lineas longi, rarius divisi l. apice inno- 
vantes. "oa lineari-lanceolata, obtusiu- 
scula, rigidula, in. siccis ad pressa, subincur- 
va, involuta, madore patula .plana, leviter 
carinata , margine toto ]. tantum versus 
apicem cartilagineo- serrulata, dorso obsole- 
te Bentibüldfay fusco-viridia.  Se£t subun- 
ciales, infra sporangium torliles. Sporan- 
eium. oblongo-cylindraceum , infima basi an- 
gustatum, inilio rectum, demum  obliqua- 
35) Posonat. aloides Pal. Beauv. Prodr. p. 84. Did. 
Ii Tp 
Editor. 
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