74 N. BRYHN. [2nd arc. EXP. FRAM 



Caulis 0.2 mm. crassus, rufus. 



Folia caulina non decurrentia, siccitate adpressa, apice torta, humi- 

 ditate erecto-patentia ; infima in tomento occulta remota, minuta. lanceo- 

 lata, margine piano, seriebus cellularum duabus limbato, costa sub apice 

 evanida, supra mediam innovationem subito majora, comam polyphyllam 

 formantia; comalia inferiora ovata, concava, breviter acuminata; superiora 

 ad insertionem vinoso-rubra, sensim longiora longiusqve acuminata, 

 ovato-lanceolata, 2.2 mm. longa et 0.9 — 1 mm. lata, apice acuto, mar- 

 gine late revoluto cellularum seriebus qvatuor limbato. 



Celiulae foliorum basilares rectangulae, 0.05—0.07 X 0-02 — 0.025 mm. 

 magnee, angulares ovales fuscescentes, illse folii superioris hexagonae, 

 margines versus sensim longiores et angustiores; parietes cellularum 

 valde incrassatae, collenchymaticee, trigonis maxime couspicuis. 



Costa foliorum mediocriter valida, basi fusca, ceterum viridi-lutea, in 

 foliis supremis in cuspidem integram fuscescentem summo apice hyalinani 

 excurrens. 



Folia innovationum caulinis minora, adpressa, brevius cuspidata, 

 costa baud excurrenti, margine plana elimbata. 



Folia perichsetialia e basi lato sensim lanceolata, externa costa 

 excurrente cuspidata, intima minora semicostata, omnia margine plana 

 et elimbata. 



Inflorescentia synoica. Archegonia pauca; antheridia numerosa, 

 0.4 mm. longa, rosea; paraphyses numerosse, roseolae, apice lutescentes. 



Seta tenuis, rubro-fuscescens, 9 — 12 mm. alta. 



Capsula subregularis, pendula, deoperculata 3 mm. longa et 1.5 mm. 

 crassa, obovata, fusca, opaca vel subnitens, sicca longitudinaliter rugu- 

 losa et foveolata, sub orificio baud angustata. Gollum duas tertias cap- 

 sulae longum, curvatum, contra setam sensim attenuatum, siccitate plica- 

 tum et contra sporangium constrictum. 



Celiulae exothecii irregulares, marginales in seriebus 2 — 3 parvse, 

 pachydermaticae, rotundatae, transverse rectangulae vel qvadratae, sub- 

 marginales in seriebus nonnuUis majores multangulae et qvadratae, ceterae 

 qvadratae, rectangulae, trigonae vel ovales, parietibus sinuosis et irregula- 

 riter incrassatis; etiam illae colli irregulares, qvadratae, rectangulae, trans- 

 verse rectangulae vel trigonae, Stomata ovalia, 0.04 mm. magna. 



Operculum conicum, fuscescens, 0.32 mm. altum. 



Annulus duplex— triplex, 0.09 mm. latus, revolubilis. 



Exostomii dentes approximati, e fundo aurantio-badio, rotundato, 

 0.32 mm. longi, basi 0.08—0.09 mm. lati, siccitate erecti apicibus obtusis 

 incurvis, firmi, badii, summo parte tertia iutescenti, luteo-limbati, limbo 



