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4. Gymnostomum inconspicuum, Gr. 



Caule simplici vel apicem versus ramoso, foliis siccitate tortilibus 

 carinatis madore planiusculis patenti-ascendentibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis rigidis acutis integris, pericbsetiabbus conformibus, 

 capsula erecta cum apophyse cylindraceo obovata. 



Hab : Inveni mixtum parcissime cum Dicranis quibusdam in 

 rupibus madidis, Churra Punjee. 



Dense caespitosum. Caules unciales vel breviores, basi decum- 

 bentes, simplices vel apices versus innovationibus fastigiatim 

 ramosi. FoHa undique patentia raro recurvata, superiora 

 conferta lanceolato-linearia, marginibus basin versus recurvis, 

 inferiora oblongo-lanceolata subintegerrima, lsete lutescenti- 

 viridia, percursa vena intra apicem evanida, areobs densis 

 opaciuscubs punctiformibus. Periehsetialia carinata, intima 

 minora. 



Vaginula brevis cylindraceo -ovata. Paraphyses plures hyalinae 

 subfiriformes, brevissimffi. Pistilla pauca. 



Seta pallida lineas duas longitudine vix excedens. 



Capsula sub-insequi-lateralis, ovato-cylindracea, apophysin ob- 

 conicam terminans, ore parum angustato. Membrana interna 

 basi discreta, stipitata, ad collum capsulee breviter introflexa. 

 Columella subcybndracea apice paullo dilatata, planiuscula. 

 Sporula globosa laevia, immersa diaphana. 



G. longirostro, Gr. affine, diversum prsecipue setis omnibus 

 terminabbus, foliorum marginibus nullo modo involutis, form- 

 aque capsulee. 



Sect. II. — Hymenostylium. 



Capsulse os clausum columellae apice dilatato et membrana in- 

 terna introflexa. Operculum cum columellse apice secedens. 



5. Gymnostomum longirostrum, Gr. 



Caule innovationibus proUfero vel simpHci, foliis lanceolato- 

 linearibus acutis solidiveniis integerrimis marginibus involutis, 

 capsula erecta oblongovata, operculo longe et recte rostrato 

 capsulam excedente. 



