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MUSCI. 



Capsula siccationo sulcata, brunuea, ore laevi rubro-brunneo. 

 Membrana interna discreta. 



Peristomiurn, quod imperfectum solum vidimus, fugacius, e den- 

 tibus 16 siccatione erectis, humore fere horizontaliter conni- 

 vientibus, brevibus, latiusculis, binatira compositis (ciliolis in- 

 terdum facile solubilibus) rarius simplicibus, solidis vel longi* 

 tudinaliter perforatis, apice emarginatis, aliquand oper paria 

 approximatis diaphanis, pallide fusco-lutescentibus. 



Columella cylindracea, inclusa, apiculata. 



Sporula fusco-ochroleuca, oblonga, lsevia, immersa opaca. 



Operculum non visum. 



Calyptra dimidiata, per totam fere longitudinem fissa. 

 Affinis praesertim forma capsulee, W. pomiformi, Hook. Muse, 

 exot. p. 7 t. 131. 



1. Dry capsule. 



2. Wet capsule. 



3. Long section of capsule. 



4. Portion of the peristome. 



5. Sporula. 



6. Calyptra. 



7. Leaves. — It. Ass. 563. 



3. Weissia Maclellandii, Griff. PI. LXXVIII. Fig. IV. 



Caule simplice, foliis siccitate tortilibus e basi lanceolata longe- 

 linearibus carinatis sursum argute serrulatis carina apicem 

 versus serrulata, capsula erecta anguste cylindracea. 



Ha.b : In arbore lapsa prope Myrung parcissime invenit D. 

 McClelland. 



Caules erecti, vix uncialis Folia siccitate involuta et tortilia, 

 humore oblique patentia, acuta vel obtusa, percursa vena so- 

 lida, dorso inferne scabrelia superne serrulata, marginibus 

 leviter incrassatis, areolis inconspicuis. 



F. Pericheetialia conformia longiora. 



Capsula fuscescens, ore rubro lucido. 



Peristomiurn e dentibus 16, minutis, simplicibus. infra os capsu- 

 lse exsertis, horizontaliter conniventibus, aurantiaceis. 



