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Capsule long-cylindraceous, nearly symmetrical, sub-erect, tapering 

 gradually into the pedicel ; mouth slightly oblique. Peristome pale 

 yellow, with two ciliolae. Annulus double, large. Operculum conic- 

 rostrate, erect. Calyptra cuculliform. Yaginula conic-oblong, with- 

 out paraphyses. Dioicous : male gemmae paraphysated. 



The smaller size of the whole plant, and the differently shaped cap- 

 sule, separate this from the preceding species, which in other respects 

 it closely resembles. 



Plate 14, B. — Hypnum Eudom : male and female plants, of the 

 natural size. Fig. 1. Portion of a branch, with leaves. 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Leaves. 6, 7, 8. Portions of a leaf, showing the reticulation. 9, 10. 

 Capsules. 11. Peristome, annulus, and portion of capsule. 12. Por- 

 tion of double peristome. 13. Operculum. 14. Perichsetium. 15. 

 Perichaetial leaf. 16. Male bud. 17. Perigonial leaf. 18. Anthe- 

 ridium and paraphysis. — Details enlarged. 



33. Hypnum berteroanum, Mont. 



Hypnum Berteroanum, Mont, in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1845, p. 89; Mull. Synop. Muse. 

 Frond. 2, p. 243. 



Hab. Vicinity of Valparaiso. 



34. Hypnum politum, Hook. fil. & Wils. 



Hypnum politum, Hook. fil. & Wils. in Lond. Jour. Bot. 3, p. 553 ; Flo. Antarct. p. 

 .3, t. 154, f. 2. 



Hab. Orange Harbor, Fuegia. 



Sec. 7. Tamariscina : caulis prostratus elasticus villosus dense bi-tri~irin- 

 natim ramosus ; folia late cordato-ovata subcontinuo-costata. 



•j" Folia papillosa. 



35. Hypnum cymbifolium, Doz. et Molhh. 



Hypnum cymlifolium, Doz. & Molkb. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1844, p. 306; Mull. Synop. 



Muse. Frond. 2, p. 485. 



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