SYNHYMENIUM. 



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ceum, per dimidium superum circiter hians, marginibus revo- 

 lutis basi clausafere globosa, pilis longiusculis (radiculis) his- 

 pidum. 



Capsula sessilis, basi reliquis. C. externae teniussimis, pe- 

 dunculum brevem terminantibus vestita, apice valvatim de- 

 hiscens, valvis initio mediante membrana e cellulis hetero- 

 morphis connexis, demum membrana rupta initio quadri-val- 

 vis, valvis cito bipartitis. Capsulae paries singulus, cellulis 

 valvarum brunneis fibrosis, oblongis, reliquis simplicibus, mi- 

 noribus, varie angulatis. 



Sporula fusco brunnea majuscula globosa, conspicue echi- 

 nata. 



Eiateres paucae, plures capsulae parietibus (valvis exceptis) 

 affixaB paucissimse liberae, fusco brunneae, fibra albida duplici. 



S. Aureo-nitens, PI. LXIX. D. 



1. Portion of a frond with two involucra viewed under. 



2. Capsule before dehiscence. 



3. Ditto after dehiscence. 



4. One of the valves tipped with a portion of the con- 

 necting membrane. 



5. Portion of the membrane. 



6. Portion of an elater. 



7. Sporula. 



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