BRUCHIA. 3 



Habit. In summo monte Hoheneck Vogesi ubi, rarissime tarnen, in praeruptis nivosis sub ste- 

 reore deget vaccino. 



Matur. Augusto, septembri. 4 



Tab. IL Planlae parvulae 2— 3lineares, simplices vel superne divisae, innovantes, basi proeum- 

 bente terraque sepulta radicantes. Folia caulina infima parvula, ovato-lanceolata varie curvata sae- 

 piusque reflexa , superiora majora bisce similia , summa pericbaetialia Iongîtudine fere aequantia, in- 

 ferne concava (4) apicem versus canaliculata (5) costa laxius contexta basi evanida in aristam Jongis- 

 simam laevem vel apice obsolete dentatam (6) excurrente instructa, patula vel cum perichaetialibus (3) 

 vaginantibus subfalcato-secunda ; areolatio omnium laxa (7). Pedicellus e vaginula (20) cylindrica an- 

 gusta 2 — 3linearis, inferne inclinatus , varie flexuosus siccitate vix sinistrorsum tortilis , pallidus, 

 sensiin in capsulae collum dilatatus. Capsula e collo elongato oblonga Iongius recte rostellata, pallide 

 fusca , sporangio ovali obscuriori translucente. Calyptra (13) totius capsulae tertiam partem obte- 

 gens, mitraeformis, longe rostellata, basi in lacinias plures dilacerata, pallida, persistens. Sporae (14) 

 majores, subglobosae, granulatae. Flos masculus in plantula gracili simplicique terminalis (15) gemmi- 

 formis, folia involucralia externa (16) caulinis similia, interna (17) breviora e basi luteola valde 

 concava latiuscula obtuse subulata ecostata, antheridus (1S) elongatis brevi-stipatis, paraphysibus 

 Iongioribus pallidis. Archegonia (19) haud copiosa stylo gracili, paraphyses filiformes superantia. 



-IÄ'^'BiIS 1 !. 



