ANHYMENIUM. 



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1 . Plant magnified. 



2. Cauline leaf. 



3. Perichaetial leaf. 



4. Capsule. 



5. Portion of capsule and of both peristomes. 



XXIV. Anhymenium, Griff. 

 Rhegmatodon Brid. Plerogonium s\v. 



Seta lateralis. Peristomium duplex, exterius e dentibus 

 16, (brevibus) interius e ciliis todiem alternantibus 

 (maximis) carinato convolutis, basi angustatis ; mem- 

 brana basilari brevissima. Capsula subaequalis. Ca- 

 lyptra dimidiata. 



Muscus Leskioideus, pusillus, dense csespitosus. Flores 

 monoici. 



1. Anhymenium pohjcarpon, GrifT. PI. XCVI1. Fig. I. 

 Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. Vol. III. p. 275. t. xvi. 



H.\b, In Buddleae specie arborea ad marginem sylvae. Mum- 

 bree copiose legi. 



Caules repentes, ramossimi, ramis ascendentibus, siccis clavato- 

 cylindraceis, ramosis, rarius simplicibus. 



Folia dense undique imbricata. siccitate adpressa, madida paten- 

 tia, ovata, breviter acuminata, integerriraa, percursa vena 

 ultra medium paullo evanida, marginibus leviter recurvis 

 areolis subconspicuis oblongis angulatis ; inferiora adpressa 

 brunneo tincta. 



Flores masculi laterates, gemmiformes, setae basi approximati, 

 ovati. 



F. Perigonialia rotundata ovatave, avenia concava, interiora 

 majora, Paraphyses copiosae, longitudine variae, filiformes vel 

 subclavatse, hyalinae. Antherae oblongae, obliquae, apice de- 

 hiscentes, areola. 



Perichaetialia interiora subconformia, majora acuminibus sub- 

 patulis, vena obsoleta apiceui infra evanida. 



