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MUSCI. 



2. Brachymenium cuspidatum, Griff. PI. CII. Fig. L 



Caule brevi ramoso, ramis cylindraceis fastigiatis, foliis lau- 

 ceolatis acuminatis, integerrimis, vena excurrente cuspidatis, 

 marginibus simplicibus, capsula suberecta obovato-pyriformi. 



Hab, In sylvis Myrung. 



Caulis primarius brevissimus, innovationibus ramosus Rami 

 erecti, breviusculi, vix seraunciales, sicci filiformes, humore 

 squarrosuli. Folia siccitate adpressa, humore ascendenti-pa- 

 tentia, concava, valde acuminata, vena excurrente in cuspidem 

 brevcm subulatam paten tern praedita, aerolis fusiformibus. 



F. Perichaetialia magis acuminate oblongiora, marginibu3 sub- 

 incrassatis. Seta terminals, uncialis vel, ultra, flexuosula, ru- 

 bescens, sicca tortilis. Vaginula brevis, conico ovata, obsita 

 paraphysibus hyalinis filiformibus pistillisque numerosis. 



Capsula erecta vel paulum inclinata, cumapophysi longe obo- 

 vato-pyriformis, rufo-brunnea, — fere Br. contorti, sed minor. 



Peristomium exterius e dentibus 16, erectis, imis apicibius subre- 

 curvis ; trabeculars, linea longitudinati notatis, rubris, apicibus 

 opacis lutescentibus. 



Interius e membrana alta, sordide lutescente areolata, sedecis 

 plicata, plicis exeuntibus indentes breves irregulares, (inter- 

 dum in cilia,) fissis plerumque divaricatis et dentibus p. exter- 

 ioris opositis, sinubus sa?pius nudis. 



Sporula minuta, laevia immersa diaphana. 



Culumella inclusa, filiformis, truncata. 



Operculum conium, obtusum. 



Calyptra desiderata. 



An. B. bryoides, Schwaeg. Brid. Bryol, Univ. 1. 603. ? 



1. Plant. 



2. Two young plants, the simple one not fecundated, the 

 fecundated one branched by inovation. 



3. Some of the pistilia and paraphyses. 



4. Cauline leaf. 



5. Capsule. 



6. Apex of capsule, annulus almost detached. 



7. Mouth of ditto, outer peristome nearly removed. 



8. Tooth of outer peristome. 



