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MUSCI. 



7, S. The filamentous or confervoid bodies, 550 M. 

 9. Apex of capsule and the operculum. 



10. Apex of capsule, operculum removed. 



1 1. Portion of the peristome magnified about 180 times. 



12. Sporula immature. 



13. Part of the male flower with a perigonial leaf. 

 Delt. e sice. H. B. C. April, 30th 1843. 



3 Barbula longifolia, Griff. PI. LXXIX. Fig. II. 



Caule simplice brevissimo, foliis erecto-patentibus linearibus 

 concavo-carinatis acutiasculis rauticis siccitate incurvatis mar- 

 ginibus valde involutis, capsula cylindraciuscula, operculo su- 

 bulato obliquo capsula duplo breviore. 



IIab. Ad Moflong parce legit D. McClelland. 



Caulis vix lineas quatuor metiens. 



Folia siccitate etiam subtortilia, humore patentia. inferiora stepe 

 recurva, integra vel apicem versus minute denticulata. per- 

 cursa vena subulata in mucronem brevera excurrente. 



Perichaetialia conformia, majora. 



Seta terrainalis. subuncialis, gracilis, fere capillacea, flexuosa, 

 rubro tincta. siccitote tortilis. 



Vaginula cylindracea, angusta, paraphyses pistillaque pauca 

 gerens. 



Capsula sequilateralis, subfusiforniis, os versus gradatim angus- 

 tata, brunnea, ore iucrassato rubro, annulo completo siccitate 

 inflexo cincto. 



Membrana interna basi libera, breviter stipitata. 



Peristomium capsula triplo-brevius ; dentes 32, an semper ? 

 basi per paria approximate capillacei, obliquiusculi, vel ut in 

 var : A semel tortiles, rubri, scabrelli, opaci, apicibus pallidi. 



Columella filiformis, apice truncata, inclusa. 



Sporula uniformia, lutescentia, ltevia, immersa diaphaua. 



Operculum conico-subulatum. Calyptra dimidiata, apice longe 

 stylifera. 



Affinis videtur Barbulee recurvatse, Hook. Muse. Exot. 7. t. 130. 

 Var. A. Peristomio semel tor to. 

 Has. Ad Bogapanee. 



