10 ^ Hylocomiüm. 



7. HYLOCOMIÜM BREVlllOSTRÜM Nob. dioicum; caule longe proslrato novello assurgente, iub- 

 disliche fatciculato-ramoso etramuloso; folns caulinls squarroso-patulis, eordatis et obcordalis, 

 suhito acuminatis , decurrentibus , ramulinis patentihus oca/a-lanceolalt's , omnibus tenui-bicostatis, 

 argute serrulatis; paraphylUis minoribus; perichaetio squarroso ; capsula in pedicello solidiore sicci- 

 tate superne sinistrorsum torto horhontali , venlricoso-ovafo , operculo brecirostro apiculato ; annula 

 angusto. 

 Hypnum brevirostrum Ehrh. PL exsicc. Nio. 85, — Brid. Bryol. univ. II, p. 506. — Hook, et Tavl. 

 Muse. Brit. ed. 2, p. 182. — Hartm, Skand. Flor. ed. 5, p. 330. — De Notar. Muse. ital. 

 p. 38. — C. Müller Synops. II, p, 459. 

 Habit. In montosis sylvaticis rariiis in depressis ad saxa arboinitnque ladices caespitibiis viren- 

 tibus lüiige lateque exfensis, per totam Eiiropam tempeiatam. 

 Matur. Aiictumno. 



Tab. Vn. Caespites laxe iiitiicati, plus miiiu.s profiindi, e viridi lutescentes. ^ 



Plantae flexuoso-procumbentes fasciculato-ramosae et irregiilariter piiiiiatae, semipedales et lon- 

 giores (Fig. 1, 2). 



Folia caulina squarrosa (2b, 14), cordatü-ovata et obcoidata, subdecuiieiitia, brevi-acumiiiata 

 vel apiculata, obsolete bicostata, concava, late sulcata (,3, 4, 5); ramnlina aiigustioia, ovato-lanceo* 

 lata (6j 7), patentia (1 b), omnia uiargine seirulata laevia, nitida; areolatio minuta, lineari-hexagona 

 (5a, 5b); paraphyllia minuta, diversiformia (25, 26,27). 



Flores dioici; masculi in caule et lamulis (2, 2b), feminei in solo caule primario vel ejusdem 

 divisionibus , satis numeiosi; perigonil folia basi imbricata, apice attenuato patuia, ecostata, denti- 

 cuiata (9, 10, 11, 12), antheiidia numeiosa paraphysata (13). 



Frudus pro more aggregati. Perichaetium squarrosum (14); folia perichaetialia infima minuta, 

 suborbicularia, margine crenulata (15), media e basi lata concava angnstatata atque recurva (16), 

 summa et intima e basi elongato-oblonga subvaginante subito lanceolato-subulata atque horizonta- 

 liter vel reflexo recurva, ecostata, apice argute serrata (17, 18). Capsula in pedicello unciali in- 

 tense rubello horizontalis, ventricoso-ovata (19, 20,21), rufa, sicca late sulcata sub ore haud con- 

 stricta, pedicello superne sinistrorsum inferne dextrorsum torto (23). Operculum nitido-rubellum, 

 conicum , brevirostrum rostello suboblique atro-rubente ex apice obtuso apiculato (22). Annulas 

 angustus, e simplici ccilularum série compositus, longe persistens (24 a). Peristomium generis; dentés 

 rufi apice pallidiore scalariformi-denticulati, laete lutescente marginati, processus hiautes (24), cilia 

 ternata, subappendiculata. Sporae ferrugineo-virides. 



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