SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. XVU 



XXX. ELACHISTA.* 



59. fucicola; tufts pencilled ; filaments long, attenuated upwards ; articulations 

 once or twice as long as broad. (Tab. CCXL.) 



60. flaccida; tufts pencilled ; filaments long, flaccid, much attenuated at the 

 base, the lower articulations half as long as broad, the upper of equal 

 length and breadth. (Tab. CCLX.) 



CI . curta ; filaments very short, club-shaped, rather rigid, rising from a tubercle ; 

 articulations as long as broad; spores pear-shaped. (Tab. CCCXXX1I.) 



62. stellulataj tufts very minute, stellate; filaments tapering at the base, 

 slightly clavate, obtuse; articulations twice as long as broad, uniform. 

 (Tab. CCLXI.) 



63. scutulata; filaments short, rising from an oblong, convex, shield-like tu- 

 bercle, composed of densely packed, dichotomous fibres ; articulations 2-3 

 times as long as broad; spores oblong. (Tab. CCCXXIII.) 



64. pulvinata; tufts very minute, globose; filaments much tapered to both 



ends, the basal joints 3-4 times, the middle li, the apical as long as 

 broad. (Tab. XXVIII. A. E. attenuate.) 

 05. velutina; spreading in thin, indefinite velvety patches; filaments very 

 minute, filiform; spores elliptical, pedicellate. (Tab. XXYIJI. B.) 



WYI. MYEIONEMA. 



66. Btrangnlans ; patches convex, confluent ; vertical filaments clavate, densely 



set ; spores obovate, on short stalks, rising from the decumbent filaments. 

 (Tab. CCLXXX.) 



67. Iieclancherii j patches orbicular, thin at the edges, convex in the centre ; 

 spores on long pedicels. (Tab. XL1. A.) 



68. punctiforme ; patches globose ; spores affixed to the vertical filaments, near 



their base. (Tab. XLI. B.) 



69. clavatumj very minute, rather convex; filaments clavate, mostly bifid; 

 spores obovate, pedicellate, affixed to the filaments. (Tab. CO( XI. \ Til.) 



Order 6. ECTOCABPACEJ3. 



XXXII CLADOSTEPHUS. 



70. verticiiiatus j branches Blender; ramuli mostly forked, sabdistant, regularly 



whorled. (Tab. XXXIII.) 



71. spongiosus; branches thick and clumsy j ramuli mostly simple, irregularly 



uh -rled and densely imbricated. \\\ 111 



WXIJI. SPHACELABIA. 



72. fiiicina ; shaggy at the base ; Btem Blender, irregularly divided; branches 



lanceolate, erecto-patent, bi-tri-pinnate ; pinnaB erect; pinnules multifid; 

 all the axils verj acute and narrow. (Tab. (\l.ll.) 



73. Sertulariaj slightly BUSggy at the base : Btem weak and -lender, imu r ularl\ 



divided; branches linear, horizontally patent, tripinnate; pinna- divaricate; 

 pinnules multifid ; all the axils very obtuse and wide I \I.MI 



74. scoparia; cuaM' and of large sue, shaggy al the base; upper branches 

 once or twice pinnated ; pinnaB erecto-patent, awl-shaped! the Lower en 

 pinnulate. (Tab. WW II. I 



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