No. 3] MOUSSES NOUVELLES. 17 
basales porosæ, rectangulæ, ca. 0.047 mm. longæ et 0.022 latæ, 
angulares majores, rectangulæ — subquadratæ, turgidæ, tenuissimæ; 
illæ folii ceteri rhomboideæ — rhomboideo-hexagonæ, 0.04—0.045 
mm. longæ, 0.017—0.02 mm. latæ, marginales elongatæ, fusi for- 
mes, incrassatæ, limbum triplicem magis minusve bene definitum 
formantes; costa basi 0.1 mm. lata, demum fusco-virens, in aristam 
flexuosam subintegram excurrens, subteres, cellulis ventralibus 2—3, 
ducibus medianis 4, fasciculo comitum distincto, vel ducibus con- 
tiguo vel in centro stereidearum sito, stereideis numerosis, cellulis 
dorsalibus ca. 10 distinctis composita. 
Folia inmovationum angustiora, toto margine reflexa. 
Folia perichætialia intima ovato-lanceolata, margine reflexa, 
"costa excurrente. 
Inflorescentia heteroica, floribus hermaphroditis et femineis; 
antheridia 0.4 mm. longa, 0.08 mm. crassa; pistillidia 0.48 mm. 
longa, paraphyses filiformes, longissimæ, hyalinæ. 
Vaginula convexo-conica, 0.8 mm. longa, 0.43 mm. crassa, 
fusco-purpurea. 
Seta 1 cm. longa, 0.16—0.11 mm. crassa, læte rubra, nitidis- 
Sima, subrigida, apicem versus in spiram aliquam sinistram versus 
ascendentem torta. 
Capsula nutans — pendula, curvata, clavata, sicca sine oper- 
culo 2.6 mm. longa, 0.74 mm. crassa, sub orificio haud — leniter 
angustata, luteo-fusca — fusca, coriacea, rugulosa, opaca; collum 
defluens, 1.1 mm. longum, siccitate plicatum, cellulæ epidermicæ 
bene incrassatæ, quadratæ, stomata in parte ejus Ssuperiore sita, 
late ovalia, 0.043 mm. longa, 0.03 mm. lata, poro elliptico; spor- 
angii cellulæ epidermicæ bene incrassatæ, rectangulæ — subirregu- 
lares, ad 0.056 mm. usque longæ, pleræque 0.02 mm. latæ, sub- 
marginales in 7—8 seriebus laxiores, hexagonæ, breviter elongatæ, 
marginales in seriebus duabus quadratæ. 
Exostomit dentes siccitate apice valde incurvi, remoti, e fundo 
aurantio 0.03 mm. alto subcompacto inferne linea transversa op- 
time definito anguste trianguli, 0.32 mm. longi, 0.053 mm. lati, 
inferne lutei, dimidio superiore lutescentes, indistincte limbati ; scu- 
tula punctulata, inferiora subquadrata, suturis granulosis, mediana 
9) 
