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geinmacon3. Arrhcgouia (10 — 20) elougata, crassiucula, 

 brnnnea, paraphysibns miracrosis basi cellnlosis, longe fili- 

 formibus ciocta. Vaginnla longo cjlindrica. Seta media snb- 

 ilexilis, lacvluscula, bruuuea. Capsula ovalis vel ovato- 

 elliptica, ore pariim coarctata, junior viridescens operculo 

 purpnreo instrncta, senior brunnea, laovis. Opercaliiin co- 

 nico-obliquiim, capsulae longitiidinis 2/3 snperans, purpii- 

 renm, apice obtiisiasciilnni. Calyptra ji'wmor conica, latere 

 longe lissa, rapsalam totam tegcns, basi sublacerata s. cre- 

 niilata, brunnea, versns apicem stramiuea, piljs erectiusciilis 

 longissimis pancis instrncta. Annulus nullus. Peristomium 

 duplex. Extcrnnra: dentes sedecim lanceolati, lutescenti- 

 membranacei , basi fusci , latcribns irregularibus, latiuscuio- 

 pallido-trabccnlati. Internuni: cilia totidem cum dentibns ex^ 

 ternis altorna, filiformia, subnodosa, illos snbaequantia, sca- 

 brinscula, alba. Colnmella conico-exserta. Sporae mediac 

 branneo-fuscae. — Planta arborea. 



Species perpnlchra, qnae hahitu cum LesJcea ericoide 

 Hook. (mnsc. exotic. tab. XXVIII.) comparari potest. Affines 

 sunt: Leskea mollis Hdwg. et Li» flejcilis ^\, {H^pnutn^v!.^ 

 Isothecium Brid., HooJceria Sm., Hypnum cochlearifo- 

 liuml see. Brid. Bryolog. nniv. Vol. I. p. 362.) De prima 

 jara snpra verba facta sunt. In secnnda jam peristomii strn- 

 ctura distinctissima, quum LesTcea flexilis Ltcskea vera 

 esse vidcatnr sec. icones Hocke rJanas (loc. cit, tab. CX.). 



