Macrohymenieae. 



Rhegmatodonteae Besch., Jaeger. 



Musci pleurocarpici, monoid; calypira dimidiata, laevis; cap- 

 sula in pedicello mediocriter elongato cernua inaeqaalis exannulata; 

 peristomium duplex, processus perist. interni denies longe superan- 

 tes basi membrana brevi conjuncti; cilia nulla; folia laevia, cellu- 

 lae eorum sine granulis chlorophyllaceis. 



Plantae parvulae vel mediocri magnitudine, Leskeaceis habitu 

 et vivendi modo similes, caespitosae rufo-virides, flavescentes vel 

 fuscescentes, cauli repente radicante, erecto, adscendente vel pro- 

 cumbente, subinde flexuoso vage ramoso. Kami breves teretius- 

 culi, crassiusculi. rarius filiformes, saepius apice subclavati, simpli- 

 ces vel parce divisi, erecti vel adscendentes, magis minusve curvati, 

 rare- stricti, saepius dense foliosi. Folia caulina ovata breviter 

 acuminata. 



Folia ramea dense, rarius laxe imbricata siccitate plerumque 

 dense appressa et praesertim in apice ramorum saepius subse- 

 cunda, madida erecto-patentia, patentia vel patula, ovata vel 

 oblongo-ovata acuminata basi saepius rotundato-angustata, con- 

 cava, margine reflexa, integerrima, rarissime apice serrulata vel 

 obsolete denticulata, laevia, costata vel ecostata. 



Areolatio foliorum ramorum prosenehymatica, cellulis in la- 

 mina angustis abbreviatis (2.0—4.3) ellipticis vel lanceolatis, pa- 

 rietibus incrassatis, utriculo sic dicto primordiali conspicuo praeditis. 



Florescentia monoica. 1 Flores axillares. Flores masculi inter 



