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tenues, utriculo primordiali contracto, in parietibus transversis 
porosæ, basales omnes rectangulæ, haud rubentes, 0.085 mm. 
longæ, 0.022 mm. latæ; ceteræ elongato-hexagonæ, 0.066— 0.08 
mm. longæ, 002 mm. latæ, apicales rhomboideæ, 0.09 mm. longæ, 
0015 mm. latæ, marginales in seriebus 3—4 vermiculares, cras- 
siores, limbum satis distinctum subluteolum sistentes; costa viridis, 
basi 0.08 mm. lata, in foliis inferioribus in vel cum apice dissoluta, 
in Superioribus medioeriter excurrens, Ssectione inferne biconvexa, 
superne rotunda; cellulis ventralibus 2—6, magnis, tenuibus, duci- 
bus medianis ca. 4, parvis, (lateralibus majoribus,) bene incrassa- 
tis, ut pæne substereideis et in parte folii dimidia superiore a sterei- 
deis vix discernendis, fasciculo comitum distincto in folio superiore 
inter stereideas penetrante, fasciculo stereidearum bi- vel tristrato, 
cellulis dorsalibus 6—10 mediocribus superne minimis crassisque 
composita. 
Inflorescentia polyoica; flores feminei et masculi gemmifor- 
mes nunc in diversis plantis, nunc in eadem, masculo paullo infra 
femineum sito vel una cum eo foliis comalibus incluso. 
Plante masculæ folia comalia ovato-lanceolata, sensim angu- 
Stata, costa excurrente longe cuspidata, tota longitudine margine 
reflexa, subintegra; folia perigomialia exteriora e basi late ovata 
concava triangularia, intima multo minora, squamiformia, lute- 
scentia, & basi rotundato-ovata excavata breviter cuspidata, margine 
plana, elimbata, costa infra apicem dissoluta. Amntheridia 12—20,. 
0.4 mm. longa, 0.1 mm. crassa, paraphyses numerosæ, longiores, 
hyalinæ. 
Folia perichætialia ovato-lanceolata, longiuscule cuspidata, 
elimbata, margine anguste reflexa, costa breviter excurrente; pistil- 
lidia pauca, 0.56 mm. longa, paraphyses paucissimæ. 
Vaginula purpurea, ovato-cylindrica, 1.2 mm. longa, 0.46 
mm. cCrassa. 
Seta 15—25 mm. longa, 0.18 mm. crassa, rigidula, apice 
hamata, fusco-rubra. 
Capsula nutans — pendula, sine operculo siccitate 1.5 mm. 
longa et 0.85 mm. crassa — 2.9 mm. longa et 1.45 mm. crassa, 
subregularis, clavato-pyriformis, sub orificio haud angustata, e collo 
