460 



MUSCI. 



rum disticha apice fere pilifera. Variant angustatione, margi- 



nibus subinvolutis, venaque ultra medium evanida. 

 Flores monasci ; masculi axillares, gemmiformes, cincti foliis 



perigonialibus cancavis, ovato-lanceolatis, lanceolatisve acu- 



minatis, integris, aveniis, interioribus minoribus. Paraphyses 



pauciss'nnae, 2-3, filiformi-clavatse hyalinae. 

 Antherae paucae, subquinae, breviter stipitatse, apice dehiscentes, 



ore membranaceo irregulari, cellulis sine ordine dispositis, 



areolatae. 



Folia perichaetialia caulinis subeonformia, subintegra vel acu- 

 mine denticulata; interiora majora. capsulam subaequantia. 



Seta brevissima, vix linealis, crassiuscula, vaginula ovata, ore 

 brunneo, seta subduplo-brevior, paraphysibus fere expers. 



Pistilla pauca. 



Capsula suberecta, sequalis, exanulata, setam paullo excedens, 



fusco-brunea. 

 Membrana interna adnata. 



Peristomium exterius albidum ; dentes plano-subulati, longe 

 acuminati, acuminibus flexuosis, longitudinaliter obsolete 

 transversim magis conspicue notati, vix trabeculati, opaci 

 humore reflexo-crecti. Interius e ciliis totidem ejusdem lon- 

 gitudinis teniussimis, capillaceis, binatim compositis, solidis, 

 puntulato-opaciusculis, basi carinatis et unitis in membranam 

 brevem obsolete sedecies plicatam. 



Columella cylindracea, apiculata, inclusa. 



Sporula rotundata, immersa opaciuscula. 



Operculum lutescens, capsula vix duplo brevius. 



Calyptra mitrasformis, glabra, basi aliquoties fissa leviterque 

 inflexa, fissura una profundiore. 



Habitu praecedenti valde affinis. Variat statura et gracilitate, 

 capsulaque interdum exserta. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Portion of capsule ; with both peristomes seen inter- 

 nally. 



3. Operculum. 



4. Calyptra. 



5. Anther. 



6. Cauline leaf. It. Ass, 580. Var. 581. 



