Anomodon. 5 



cylindrica, exannulnla, operculo rostralo, peristomii dentibus longis, lanceolato-subuîalis, processibus 

 longîs, ciliolis singuUs vel binatis brevibus interjectis, 

 Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. Skand. Flor. ed. 5, p. 339. 



Leskea allenuata Hed. Musc, frond. J, p. 33, Tab. xii. — Buid. Bryol. univ. II, p. 317. 

 Hypnum repens trichodes arboreum majus, caulicuHs ramosis: Dillen, ffist. Musc. p. 331, Tab. xlii, Nr. 66. 



Habit, lu neiiToiosis umbrosis ad aiboiuin radiées, ad saxa et terrain par Euvopam temperatam 

 et frigidiorem iiec non per Américain septentrionalein. 



Matur, Fructus rari sero auctuinno et primo vere maturescunt. 



Tab. H. Caespites longe lateque extensi, puldire virides vel lutesceiites, rigidiusculi. 



Plantae valde ramosae, rami bi — tripoilicares , geniculato erecti, faseiculato - ramulosi, ramulis 

 flagelliformibus vel obtusis apiceque iiicurvis, basi stoloniferi, stolones saepe longissimi, radicantes, 

 radiculis brunneis (fig. 1). 



Folia rainea plus minus evidenter ad ramorum latus inferius dejecta (fig. 3), siccitate laxe 

 iucumbentia, ovato-lanceolata, ex apice obtusiusculo apiculata vel pedetentim acuininata (4, 5, 6), 

 obsolete plicata, concava, utraque pagina et margine densissiine papulosa (6 x, x'), itreolatione minuta 

 valde chlorophyllosa (6 a, 6 b), costa subtereti ad apicem evanida C<» a), folia flagellorum a basi ad 

 apicein sensim minora, late lanceolata (7 — 10), folia caulis et stoloiium ovata, apiculata, imbricata, 

 ecostata, pallida; omnia prima aetate laete viiidia, tandem ochracea. 



Planta mascula femineae similis; flores brevi-gemmiformes , enneaphylli, albicantes (11), peri- 

 goiiialia ovato-lanceolata, ecostata, iaevia, rhombeo-areolata (12), antheridia paraphysata (13). Flores 

 feminei 12-phylli, perichaetiis fructiferis omnino siiniles, candidi. 



Fructus in solis ramis primariis. Perichaefiura polyphyllum, albidum, folia perichaetialia e basi 

 erecta concav apatula, membranacea, nitido-albicantia, costa tenui, areolatione, laxiore, echlorophyllosa 

 (15 — 17). Vaginula oblongo cylindrica , paraphysibus pallidis parce pilosa, margine superiore haud 

 raro radiculas rufas emittens (18). Calyptra totam fere capsulam obtegens, ad dextram torta (21). 

 Capsula in pedicello unciali et longiore rufo-purpureo erecta, cylindrica, subincurva, rufo-ferruginea, 

 collo brevi instructa, operculo conico, rostrato (19, 20, 23). Peristomii dentés longiores, basi con- 

 tluentes, e lanceolato-subulati (24), articulationibus confertis intus et extus prominulis (25), siccitate 

 iiicurvi (22), albicantes; processus e inembraiia carinata subulati, carinati, in carina hic illic pcrtusi, 

 dentés longitudine fere aequantes, pallide lutescentes, fugaces; cilia brevia vel omnino nuUa (24). 

 Sporae niinutae, virides (26). 



3. ANOMODON VITICULOSUS Hook. et Tayl. caule replante stoloniformi microphyllo ; ramis 

 ascendentibus pluries geniculatis, elongalis , simplicibus, dichotomis, rarius subfasciculatis, basi sto- 

 loniferis ; fuliis confertis, ascendendo- mnjoribus , secundis vel undique flexuoso-patentibus , ovato- 

 lanceolatis, obtusis, obsolete plicatis, margine subundulatis, tenuissime granulatis; capsula in pedicello 

 longiusculo oblongo-cylindrica , recta vel subincurva , rufo-ferruginea, vernicoso-nitente ; operculo 

 conico leviter incurva , annulo praecedentis , peristomii dentibus anguste lanceolatîs , remotius arti- 

 eulatis, processibus fîliformibus, irregularibus, membrana basilari angustissima. 

 Anomodon viticulosus Hook. et Tayl. Musc. Brit. éd. 2, p. 138, Tab. xxii. — Hartm. Skand. Flora, 



éd. 5, p. 339, 

 Neckera viticulosa Hicdw. Spec. Musc. p. 209, Tab. xlviii, fig. 4, 5. — Web. et Mohr. Bot. Tasch. 



p. 240. — Brid. Bryol. univ. II, p. 231. 

 Hypnum subhirsutum , viticulis gracilibus erectis , capsulis teretibus Dillen. Hist. Musc. p. 347, 

 Tab. xxxix, fig. 43. 



