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exeurrente instructa, media 1 
ovata in acumen elongatum plus minusve v -sillito angustata evidentius et altius serrata, costa longius exeurrente 
vel contigua lateralibus minora cordata vel cordato- 
praedita; areolatio foliorum e cellulis minutis pachydermis hexaédris acutangulis abbreviatis regularibus viridi- 
bus, in folii basi versus costam magnitudine multum auctis leptodermis elongatis diaphanis. Florescentia dioiea. 
Planta mascula minuta, flores in caulis dorso inter folia media radieulosá stupe affixos proferens. Flores 
masculi longiuseule pedicellati usque 8 basi conjuneti cespitulosi (Ephemerum quasi mentientes), pedicelli 
foliolosi sive simplices gemmulam apice ferentes, sive prolifero-ramosi gemmulas, praeter terminalem, laterales 
sessiles ferentes, gemmulae suborbiculares vel ovatae clausae turgidae minutae polyphyllae. Folia perigonii 
cirbiter 10, extima minutissima squamiformia ovata acuta, interiora parumper majora acumine elongato re- 
flexo, media et intima cordata acuminata, 
gerrima sive costa breviter excurrente instrueta sive serie cellularum obscurius tinetarum, costam simulente , 
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sensim i ia, cuneta concava tenerrima inte- 
notata, e cellulis parvis hyalinis teneris elongato-hexaédris contexta. Antheridia magna turgida ovato-elliptica 
breviter stipitata, paraphysibus apice saepe incrassatis pauciseptatis quidquam longiora. Flores feminei in caule 
ramorumve basi axillares in foliis lateralibus gemmiformes subsessiles ovati turgidi apice squarrosi. Folia pe- 
rigynii 8—10, extima orbicularia euspidata ecostata, media et intima ovata vel ovato-oblonga longissime 
acuminato-euspidata, costa in aristam flexuosam excurrente, basi arete imbricata, cuneta tenera integra e cel- 
lulis hyalinis elongato-hexaédris leptodermis, iis foliorum perigonii duplo fere majoribus, contexta. Archegonia 
brevia ampliata eylindrica, paraphysibus crassiusculis parumper longiora. Fructus in caule ramorumve basi 
sparsi solitarii vel approximati. Pedieellus e vaginula eylindriea deorsum inerassata fasciculis pilorum articulato- 
rum ornata, erectus strictus laevigatus rubro-fuseus 0,025'—0,050' altus. Pi ypl 
folia periehaetii laxe imbricata, extima cordata cuspidata, media intimaque late ovata acuminata, cuncta 
costa longiuscule excurrente flexuosa instructa undulata concava, margine hie illie minute denticulata, contextu 
foliorum caulinorum simili at laxiore. Capsula inclinata vel in pedicelli apice geniculato horizontalis cylindriea 
elongata sub orifieio oblique truncato levissime contracta , basi leviter strumulosa, sicca striata obtuse octogona 
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ferrugin ] helvolo-fusea. Opereulum concolor mediocre conicum, rostro plus minusve inflexo clongato 
gp osdpeh aue dimidiam longitudine aequans. Annulus completus latus. Calyptra pallida anguste conica 
li uno latere fissa, pilis erectis flexuosis elongatis parce obsessa, apiee obtusa sub- 
truncata. Pálicotiütuni duplex, externum e dentibus 16 validis basi non contiguis linearibus longius brevi- 
üsve attenuato-subulatis intus dense trabeculatis , linea media commissuriali notatis rufo-fuscis, internum e 
membrana carinato-plicata pallida ultra ?/, dentium longitudinem adscendente ibique in processus 16 breves late 
hiantes divisa, interjectis eiliis binis ternisve processibus longioribus tenerrimis appendiculatis flexuosis. Sporae 
globosae nebuloso-opacae. 
Tab. CXLIV. fig. 1 et 2. plantae, nat. magn.; 3. ramulus, quinquies auctus; 4, 5, 6 et 7. folia lateralia, 8 et 9. intermedia 
decies aucta; 10. cellulae e basi, 12. ex apice folii lateralis, centies, 1l et 13. eaedem, ducenties auctae; 14. segmentum. folii trans- 
versum, centies auctum; 15. flos femineus, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 et 21. folia perigynii, decies cucta; 22. cellulae e basi, 23. eaedem 
ex apice folii, centies auctae; 94. archegonia cum paraphysibus, quinquagies aucta. 
Tab. CXLV. fig. 1 et 9. plantulae maseulae, decies auctae; 3. plantula inqui; vicies aucta; 4. flos, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 et I0. folia 
perigonii, decies aucta; 1l. cellulae e basi, 12. ex apice, centies awctae; l3. folia perigonii extima, 14. intimum, vicies aucta; 
15. antheridia cum paraphysibus, quinqwagies aucta; 16. perichaetium , 17, 18, 19 et 20. folia perichnetii, 21 vaginula, decies 
qucta; 29. pili, centies aucti; 93. capsula eum opereulo, 24. eadem aperta, 25. eadem sicca, 26 segmentum ejusdem transversum, 
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