90 N. BRYHN. [2nd arc. exp. feam 



Costa basi rubro 0.096 mm. crassa, superne attenuata, rubro-fus- 

 cescens, nunqvam excurrens. 



Folia innovationum sterilium concava, et sicca et humida appressa, 

 ovato-ovalia, breviter acuminata, margine piano elimbata, costa in apice 

 dissoluta. 



Folia perichaetialia e basi lato sensim in apicem elongatum attenuata, 

 margine piano elimbata. 



Inflorescentia heteroica, floribus bisexualibus numerosis et masculis 

 raris. Antheridia 0.32^0.35 mm. longa; pistillidia 0.57 mm. longa 

 numerosiora; paraphyses rufescentes, apice lutescenti. 



Seta 9 — 12 mm. longa, recta vel flexuosa, interne rufo-fusca, superne 

 luteo-fusca. 



Capsula horizontals vel nutans, deoperculata 1.5 — 2.25 mm. longa 

 et 0.72 — 0.9 mm. crassa, regularis obovata, maturitate virenti-lutea, aetate 

 fuscescens, siccitate rugosa, sub orificio, ut videtur, baud constricta. 

 Sporangium in coUum aeqvilongum defluens. 



Cellulae exothecii et sporangii et colli regulares, marginales in serie- 

 bus 3—4 qvadratse, ceterae breviter rectangulae et qvadratae, stomatibus 

 ovalibus, 0.044 mm. latis. 



Peristomium 0.29 mm. altum. Insertio rubro-fusca, inaeqvaliter 

 (0.022— 0"053 mm.) profunda, cribrosa. Denies exostomii irregulares, 

 aut singuli aut bini et terni connati, irregulariter fissi et perforati, mar- 

 gine late limbati, ad medium lineares colore aurantio, supra medium 

 plus minusve subito, etiam per intervalla, in apicem nodosum sublffivem 

 lutescentem angustati. Denies singuli basi 0.06, bini connali 0.088 ter- 

 niqve connali 0.12 mm. lali. Sculula perangusta, saepe vix ultra 0.0044 

 mm. lata, indistincte punctulata, suturis validis, mediana recta crassa, 

 transversalibus crassissimis ad latera excurrentibus et saepe cum illis 

 dentis vicini per lineam divisuralem connatis, aetate rubro-fuscis verru- 

 coso-papillosis ; lamellae 16—20 approximatae, crassae, in dentibus singu- 

 lis sepimentis obliqvis, in dentibus connatis sepimentis rectis per lineam 

 (suturam) medianam, margine arcus duos praebentes, inter se sporadice 

 conjunctee. 



Endostomium luteum, laeve; membrana 0.088 mm. alta, exostomio 

 adhaerens; processus liberi, parte qvarta — ^tertia breviores, cjvam exosto- 

 mium, anguste lineari-lanceolati, rimoso-perforali. 



Cilia rudimentaria vel nulla. 



Annulus 0.066 mm. latus, triplex. 



Operculum humiliter conicum, 0.54 mm. latum, obtusulum, capsulae 

 concolor. 



