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e cellulis laxis hyalinis parce chlorophyllosis rete rhom- 
beo-hexagonum uniforme efformantibus constructa, e- 
costata vel costa laxa viridi percursa, margine grosse 
serrata vel inciso-ciliata. Flores dioiei (monoici ?). Plan- 
iae utriusque sexus in eodem prothallio; masculae mini- 
mae 3—4-phyllae femineis approximatae, perigonium fin- 
gentes gemmiforme cum antheridiis paucis, minutis, ob- 
longis, eparaphysatis vel paraphysi una alterave instru- 
etis clavata; femineae paulo majores archegonia pauca 
erassiuseula, brevistyla, laxe texta ferentes. Columella 
nulla. Sporae haud numerosae, magnae, reniformes, gra- 
nulosae, rufo-fuscae. 
1. EPHEMERUM SERRATUM limpe. 
Plantae minimae prothallio denso velutino saturate vi- 
ridi insidentes. Caulis brevissimus radiculis longis instru- 
ctus. Folia erecto-patentia vel subsecunda; inferiora mini- 
ma et ovato acuminata, superiora multo majora elongato- 
lanceolata, margine grosse et irregulariter serrata vel 
subeiliata, ecostata. Capsula subsessilis, subglobosa bre- 
viter acuminata, rufo-purpurea, nitida. Sporae 50—100, 
ferrugineae. 
Ephemerum serratum lampe in Flora vel Regensb. botan. Zeit. 
1837, p. 285. — Br. et Schimp. Bryologia europaea 1, p. 
3, Tab. I — C. Müller Synopsis musc. frond. I, p. 34. — 
Schimper Synopsis Muscor. europaeorum p. 3. 
Phascum serratum Schreber de Phasco p. 9, Tab. 2. — Hedw. 
Spec. Musc. p. 23. — Bridel Bryolog. univ. I, p. 28. 
Habitat in terra argillosa subhumida praeprimis prato- 
rum, locis denudatis, ad talparum tumulos, ad fossarum 
margines; ager in sylva Petrolsky - Razumofsky ad ter- 
ram, Troitzkoe-Tolbuchino ubi Goldbach legit. 
Fruct. malurat vere. 
