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tenuiusculo pellucido cum folii apice desinentibus, lamina apicali 

 auriculae laminis subaequilonga, dorsali inferne peraugusta folii 

 basin tamen attingente, reti minuto hexagono sat opaco. Flos S 

 e radicellis rubris ad surculi fertilis basin ortus, tetraphyllus, foliis 

 internis praslatis concavis, apice brevi-laminatis ; antheridia sub 4, 

 paraphysibus nullis vel obsoletis. Flos ? terrainalis 3-4-gynus ; 

 bracteae foliis supremis conformes. Capsula in pedicello longiusculo 

 stramineo, supra basin saepe geniculata, erecta vel subinclinata, 

 tenuis ovali-cylindrica, e viridi olivacea, tenuissime annnlata. 

 Operculum dimidiam capsulam parum excedens, e b n conyexa 

 recte rostellatum obtusum. Calyptra capsular aequilonga strammea 

 anguste conica, pistillklio purpureo cuspidata, basi perfecte Integra, 

 demum operculum vix velans et supra eum diu persistens. Pen- 

 stomium ruberrimum papillosum; dentcs profunde (ad J) fissi, 

 crnribus filiformibus. Sporae minutre. Ped. 12-15 ; capsula -8 ; 

 operculum -5 ; calyptra 8 mm. longa. 



Hab. in terra arenosa prope pagmn Gelos Pyrenseorum occi- 



dcntalium. (R. S. a. 1845). . 



Obs.—Omnes calyptra? mibi visas integral erant, smeulla nssura 

 basali ; quo caractere a cseteris Fissidentibus europaeis omnibus 

 discrepat. F. dsmundwides, Sw., revera calyptra mitriformigaudet 

 basi autem plus minus lacera. Calyptra F. hjalnm, Hook, et 

 Wils. (Sullivant, Ic. t. 21), ex America boreali. cornea mtegra, 

 exacte ac in nostra, nisi multo brevior et latior est ; specie tamen 

 diversissima, foliis solum 3-jugis pradatis laxissime areolars supra 

 auriculam ecostatis. F. la.rifoli«s, Hscb. (e Cap. Bonae Spei) quoad 

 calyptram conico subulatam nostras simUis, ceteris caraeteribus 

 bene distinctus. F. prionodes, Mont., a meipso in Perima ad n. 

 Hu«lla„a, ripas lectus, calyptram longe conicam basi mtegram vel 

 bic illic fissam habet, foliis autem papdlosis serrulatis immargmatis 



a nostro longius distat. . nr««uM on<l 



Tins is the moss mentioned in my memoir on the Muse and 



Hepatic* of the Pyrenees under fugm* ""^J" ^21 

 terms • -" Ylon" with the usual state of tbe species at Gelos grows 

 a Scate form wbicb I am undecided whether or n« to regard as 

 a distinct species It has the calyptra *«fi*g^*£TZ 



barehi sheath hw the operculum. Hie anuieiiuid, aic 



.bud 2S2& from the base of the stem, P™=?*« * 'jf* 

 Him. I have not seen one terminating a branch, as in *. 



incurviis" 



Ewed examination has convinced -e /hat it^sperfe y 

 distinct from every ether ^^^^^LTSe^ 



related to several mrnut ^^ Safest, "eUher in habit or 

 Other Pyrenean Fis^nt worthy of notice are the follow- 



ing ; 



KIVU 



