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- 56 mm. longa; antheridia 4—8, 043 mm. longa et 0.10 mm. 

 crassa; paraphyses numerosse, dilute ochraceæ, pistillidiis æqui- 

 longæ. 



Vaginula convexo-conica, 067 mm. alta, 0'42 mm. crassa, 

 fusco-rubra. 



Seta 1 cm. longa, basi rubra et 0*19 mm. crassa, apice 

 hamato pallescens et 0*13 mm. crassa, inprimis superne flexuosa. 



Capsula nutans — pendula, luteo-fusca, opaca, cum oper- 

 culo humida 2 - 4— 2*9 mm. longa et 1 mm. crassa, sicca tota 

 contracta denseque scrobiculata, anguste pyriformis, sub orificio 

 vix angustior; Collum e seta ægre definiendum, ca. Va longitu- 

 dinis sporangii, fuscum, in sicco profunde sulcatum; cellulæ ejus 

 epidermidales quadratæ — breviter rectangulæ, 0*04 mm. latae; 

 stomata numerosa, 0'06 mm. longa et 0'043 mm. lata, cellulas 

 vicinas partim tegentia, rima elliptica; sporangium crasse ovale, 

 exothecii cellulæ leptodermes, plurimæ rectangulæ, 0*066 — 0'09 

 mm. longæ et 003 mm. latæ, circum orificium in seriebus 3 — 4 

 latiores quam longiores. 



Exostomii dentés remoti, e fundo superne saturate, inferne 

 e luteo aurantio 0'08— 0'09 mm. alto lanceolati, supra medium 

 paullo citius angustati, ad basin 008 mm. lati, 0'37 mm. longi, 

 obtusiusculi, saturate lutei, apice hyalini, latiuscule limbati; 

 scutula papillulosa vel indistincte striolata, apicalia papulosa, 

 basalia rectangula, 0'014 mm. alta, suturis latis, sed paullum 

 conspicuis, mediana recta; lamellæ 15 — 18, inter se liberæ, mar- 

 gine medio impressæ, non perforatæ. Endostomium exostomio 

 non adnatum, pæne hyalinum, sparse punctulatum, membrana 

 0*11 mm. alta; processus anguste lanceolati, dentibus æquilongi, 

 in carina late elliptice pertusi; ciliorum rudimenta bina. 



Annulus duplex, 0*12 mm. altus, spiraliter dissiliens. 



Operculum - 4 mm. altum, conicum, siccitate haud raro 

 infra medium circulariter impressum, obtusiusculum — obtusum, 

 luteo-fuscum, apice purpureo-rubrum, basi subnitens, ceterum 

 opacum, margine integrum. 



