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MUSCI. 



Hab : In arcnosis Bogapanne. 



Ceespitosum, totum rufescens. Caules ssepius pluries ramosi, 



ramis subfastigiatis, inferne nudiusciili. 

 Folia caulis primarii dense, ramorum laxiuscule imbricati, sic- 



citate adpressa, rigida, roargimbus subincrassatis, areolis 



distinctis subparallelogrammicis. 

 Flos faemincus terminalis, discoidius, cinctus foliis pericheetiali- 



bus ascendent!- paten tibus, concavis, craterum caulinis subsi- 



milibus. Paraphyses paucissimaD. Pistilla plura sub-octena. 

 Vaginula cylindracea. Seta vix semuncialis, rubescens, ob inno 



vationem pseudolateralis, sicca tortilis. Capsula erecta, 



utrinque attenuata, rubro-brunnea. Annulus ut in prflece- 



dente. 



Membrana interna libera. 



Sporula in aoervulo fusco-viridescentia, inEequalia, rotundata, 



iminersa diaphana. 

 Operculum subulatuin, rectum vel obliquum. obtusum, capsula 



subtriplo brevius. 

 Calyptra subulata ; dimidiata, ad medium fere fissa. 

 Variat statura et acumine imo foliorum seepe diaphano. 



1. Capsule and operculum. 



2. Ditto, ditto. 



3. Portion of capsule. 



4. Inner membrane separated, and long section of base of 

 capsule. 



5. Portion of annulus. 



6. Operculum. 



7. 7, 7- Leaves. — //. ass. 534 and 535. 



Hymenostoma encalyptroides Gr. PI. CIII. Fig. II. 



1 . Plant natural size, each stem is brached 2 or 3 times. 



2. Ditto enlarged. 



3. Leaf. 



3a. Tissue, of ditto 1-20, near the base. These densely tis- 

 sued forms, shew the greatest perfection such forms 

 of leaves can attain, i. e. the maximum of green matter. 



