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MUSCI. 



Seta lateralis e babi ramorum plerumque excerta, horum fere 

 longetudene et subtri linealis, apicem versus curvata, rubra. 



Vaginula oblongo-cylindracea, paraphysibus hyalinis filiformi- 

 bus pluribus pistilisque paucis obsita. 



Capsula inclinata, subobliqua, ovato-cylindracea, inconspicue 

 areolata rufobrunnea, ore integerrinio exannulato. 



Meuibrana iuterna libera 



Peristomiuin exterius e dentibus 16, profunde intra os thecse 

 exsertis, inflexilibus, brevibus, latis, plano-subulatis, obtusius- 

 culis, crebre trabeculatis, marginatisque, liuea longitudinali 

 tenui exaratis, pallide lutescentibus. 



Iuterius e ciliis totidem maximis dentes p. exterioris triplo ex- 

 cedentibus, plicato-convolutis, ideoque dorse non carinatis, 

 acutis, basi angustatis, (ambitu ideo fusiformibus) dorso (api- 

 cibus exceptis) flssis foratisque, luteo-flavescentibus, punetu- 

 lato opaciusculis, basi unitis iu nietubranam brevissimam, lutes- 

 centem, dense areolatam, sinubus nudis. 



Sporula rotundato-angulata, in acervulo viridia, immersa glo- 

 bosa opaciuscula. 



Columella subcylindracea, apiculata iuclusa. 



Operculum conicum, obtusum, minute mammellatum. 



Calyptra dimidiata, laevis, per totam fere longitudinem fissa, 



1. Plant magnified. 



2. Male flower. 



3. Perigonial leaf. 



4. Male flower, perigonial leaves removed. 



5. Anther. 



2. Anhymenium polysetum Griff. PI. XCVII. Fig. II. 



1. Plant. 



2. Cauline leaf. 



3. Portion of cauline leaf. 



4. Capsule. 



5. Capsule laid open and the inner peristome removed 



6. Inner membrane and peristome separated. 

 7- Tooth of outer peristome. 



