DIDYMODON. 



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2 Didymodon squarrosus, Hook. PI. LXXX. Fig. II. 



Muse. Exot. 16. t. 150. Trichostomum squarrosum, 

 Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1. 498. 

 Hab. Arbores pinetorum Moflong, ubi rarus. 

 Caules interduni simplices. Folio-ruin niargines a medio deor- 

 sum recurvi. 



Capsula exannulata. Peristomii dentes breviusculi, e ciliolis se- 

 taceis, articulatis, vel arete cohaerentibus, vel ope substantias 

 aspectu gelatinosaa seraiopacae annexis. 



Operculum capsula duplo fere brevius. 



Figura Hookeriana citata articulationes dentitim non ostendit 

 ^ineaquo junctionis nimis regularis videtur. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Portion of capsule and peristome seen internally. 



3. Sporula. 



4. Operculum. 



5. Perichaetial leaf. 



6. Cauline leaf. It. Ass. 526. 



3. Didymodon longifolius Griff. PI. LXXX. Fig. IV. 



Caule shnpliee flexuoso, foliis patentissimis spuarrosis lanceolato- 

 linearibus carinatis subintegerriuiis, capsula cylindracea, pe- 

 ristomii dentibus sedecim, operculo louge subulate 



Hab : Ripae Surureem. 



Caulis vix semuncialis. Folia siccitate marginibus involuta, 

 tortilia, humore patentissima vel patenti-recurva, superiora 

 ascendenti-patentia, raro subsecunda, e basi anguste lanceo- 

 lata linearia, longa, concavo-carinata, sub lente fortiter 

 augente minutissime crenulata, percursa vena in apiculo dia- 

 phano brevi sub excurrente ; areolis minutis quadratis. 



F. Perichaetialia conformia, majora, ascendentia. 



Seta terminalis, capillacea, angusta. Paraphyses paucae. Pis- 

 tilla plura, stylis longis. 



Capsula anguste cylindracea, bruunea, sicca irregulariter sul- 

 cata; os incrassatum, rubro-coccineum. 



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