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MUSCI. 



2. Portion of capsule and both peristomes viewed internally. 



3. Calyptra. 



4. Cauline leaf. It. Ass. 586. 



4. Neckera lata, Griff. PI. LXXXVII. Fig.VII. 



Caule repente pinnatim ramoso, ramis complanatis, foliis lanceo- 



latis acutis integerrimis basi sospius bi-tri-striatis, capsula 



erecta cylindracea, operculo subulato. 

 Hab. Super arborem lapsam prope cataractas <! Moosmai." Loci 



editi Assamici prope Suddiyam et Negrogam. 

 Folia undique imbricata, antica posticaque adpressa, literalia 



disticha, ascendentia, concaviuscula, pallide viridescentia, 

 Flores masculi axillares, gemniifornies. Fol perigonialia exte- 



riora retundata. interiora oblongo acuminata, acumine pateute 



ascendente 



Parapliysas pauccc, hyalinae antherarum longitudine. Antherae 



plures, circiter decern, subsessiles, apicibus dehiscentes, in- 



conspicue saltern post deliiscentiam areolatae. 

 F. Perichsetalia acuminata, acuminibus exteriorum recurvis. 



interiorum ascendenti-patentibus. 

 Seta axillaries pallida, subuncialis, sicca tortilis. Vagitiula brevis 



pallida, ore rubro. Parapliysas hyalinae, filiformes. 

 Pistilla pauca, stylis longis, 



Capsula anguste cylindracea, basi solida, subfequalis, pallida 

 sub lente modice augente areolis quadratis reticulata, ore 

 laevi, rubro, exannulato. 



Membrana interna adnata. 



Peristomium exterius liuinore connivens, siccitate erectum, 

 breve; dentes biuatiiu compositi, subulati, rigidi, fragiles, 

 vix trabeculati, castaneo brunnei. 



Interius e ciliis totidem, subconcoloribus, solidis, brevioribus, 

 diaphanis, basi in metnbranaiu mediocrem sursum concolorem 

 cum peristomis exteriore leviter coha3rentem unitis. 



Columella filiformis, apiculo semi-exserto. 



Sporula subuniformia, lcevia, immersa subdiapliana. 



Operculum obliquiusculum, alatum capsula sub 5 plo-brevius. 



Calyptra profunde dimidiata, laevis, apice stylifera. 



