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Hab. Sylvee Myrung, ubi muscis aliis mixta viget Super pinum 



vicinitate Myrung frequentissima. 

 Arborea, ceespitosa. Folia, etiam sicca, patenti-ascendentia. 



plurifariara imbricata, marginibus subrevolutis. 

 Perichsetialia interiora recta, acumiuatissima. 

 Seta lateralis, rubescens, vix uncialis. 

 Vaginula arete. Paraphyses pistillaque pauca. 

 Capsula inclinata, sequalis, cylindracea, utrinque paullo atte- 



nuata, brunnea. exannulata. 

 Membrana interna adnata. 



Peristomium exterius siccitate apice inflexile, e dentibus 16, 

 binatim compositis, linea longitudinali notatis, trabeculatis, 

 subulato- setaceis, longis, apicibus opaciusculis. 



Interius. Cilia totidera alternantia, conniventi-erecta, angustis- 

 sima, opaciuscula illis paullo breviora : membrana basilaris 

 brevis basi peristoma exterioris cohserens. 



Columella inclusa, apiculata. 



Sporula inEequalia, rotundata, laavia, immersa diaphana. 

 Operculum e basi conica longe et oblique subulatum, 

 Calyptra dimidiata, lsevia. 



1. Capsule and operculum. 



2. Capsule. 



3. Portion of both peristomes seen internally. 



4. Calyptra. 



5. Operculum. 



6. Cauline leaf. 



7. Perichaetial leaf. It. Ass. 524. 



7. Neckera capillacea, Griff. PI. LXXXIX. Fig. III. 



Caule repente, ramis subascendentibus brevibus, folius undique 

 imbricatis lanceolato-acuminatis aveniis apicem versus minute 

 denticulatis, seta longissima capillacea, capsula erecta urceo- 

 lato-ovata, operculo conico subulato obliquo brevi. 



Hab. Super arbores sylvarum Surureem rara. 



Folia ascendenti-patentia, concava ; perichsetialia oblongo lan- 

 ceolata, acuminibus denticulatis. 



Seta 1J uncialis, pallida, flexuosa. 



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