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alis plantis affixus, subpinnatim ramosus, Rami remoti, divaricati, fle- 
xuosi, uti caules complanati et foliosi, apice paullo assurgentes. 
Folia hexasticha; lateralia imprimis siccitate recurvo-patentia, appro- 
ximata; antica et postica biserialia, magis remota, oblique erecto-ad- 
pressa; lateralia e basi semiamplexicauli oblique inserta complicata late 
ovata vel oblonga, breve cuspidata, flexuose recurvata; antica et pos- 
tica his minora et parum angustiora, apice magis erecto flexuoso; om. 
nia basi excepta evidenter serrulata, costata, costis binis divergentibus 
obscure viridibus basilaribus infra tertiam folii partem. evanescentibus ; 
areolatione valde laxa, pellucida, e cellulis hexagono-oblongis, margina- 
lium unica serie versus apicem folii linearibus angustis. 
Florescentia monoica. Flores utriusque sexüs gemmiformes, axillares, 
in eodem ramulo plures, intra foliorum basin reconditi. Flores masculi 
in gemmula minima, ovata, hexaphylla, fere clausa; folia perigonii duo 
exteriora minima, ovato-lanceolata, acuta vel cuspidata; duo media his 
triplo longiora, ceterum forma similia, erecta; duo intima latissime ova- 
ta, breviter euspidata, valde concava, convoluta, cuspide parum reflexa ; 
omnia integerrima, costa destituta, areolatione valde laxa et hyalina. 
Antheridia paucissima, stipitata, oblongo-cylindrica, paraphyses raras fili- 
formes longitudine subaequantia, — Flores feminei in gemma ovato- 
subulata, oligophyla; folia perichaetii exteriora duo minima, ovato- 
lanceolata, acuta; media ovato-lanceolata, sensim in cuspidem attenuata, 
erecto-patula, basi tantum vaginulam amplectentia; intima late ovata, 
cuspidata, cuspide dein magis recurvo; omnia integerrima, costis basila- 
ribus destituta vel earumdem vestigiis obsoletis tantum praedita. Arche- 
gonia pauca, minima, nonnullis paraphysibus filiformibus longiseptatis 
flexuosis breviora. 
Fructus lateralis, breviter pedicellatus, parvus. Pedicellus e vaginula 
cylindriea pallida erectus, apice curvatus, scaber, rigidiusculus, satis ro- 
bustus. Capsula horizontalis vel nutans, obovata, in pedicellum paullo 
attenuata, laevis, siccando vero basi rugoso-plicata parumper torta et 
infra orifieium contractiuscula, annulo destituta. Operculum  conico- 
rFostratum, rostro curvato subulato, dimidiam capsulae longitudinem fere. 
