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. Neckera brevirostris, Griff. 



Caule repente, ramis complanatis ascendentibus apice valde atte- 

 nuates, foliis ouatis lanceolatisve cuspidato-acuminatis conca- 

 vis marginibus revolutis subintegerrimis basi saepius bistriatis, 

 capsula cylindracea inclinata, opercul to conico subulato rostro 

 curvato. 



Hab : Arbore Surureem. 



Rami aseendentes, simplices, ambitu lineari-lanceolati, apicibus 

 valde attenuati, basi seepius setij^ri. 



Folia sub 4-fariam laxe imbricata, basi concaviuscula, lanceotata, 

 valde acuteque acuminata, sublente forte minute denticulata, 

 raro prorsus avenia ; partis rami attenuati minora, falcatim- 

 incurvata, disticha. In axillis foliorum inferiorum adsunt 

 appendiculae,longissima?, tenuissimse filiformes, septatse, paucae, 

 utrinque leviter attenuate, articulis vel omnino materia gru- 

 mosa velpartim materia coagulata repletis. 



F. Perichsetialia acuminata, acumine denticulato. 



Seta lateralis, 7-8-linealis, filiformis, fuscescens, sicca tor- 

 tilis. 



Vaginula elongata, cylindracea. Paraphyses subnullae. Pistilla 

 pauca. 



Capsula inclinata, apte cylindracea, angusta, exannulata, fusco- 

 brunnea. 



Membrana interna adnata, ore carnosiore peristomifero. 

 Peristomium exterius e dentibus 16, angustis, subulatis humore 



apicibus patulo-reflexis, inconspicue trabeculatis, lineis trans- 



versis subconspicuis, longitudinali inconspicua notatis, albidis, 



punctulato-opacis. 

 Interius ; cilia totidem alternantia, breviora, tenuissima, punctu- 



lato opaca, basi unita in membranam brevissimam areolatam 



dentibus peristomii exterioris leviter adnatam. 

 Columella apiculata, inclnsa, subcylindracea. 

 Sporula fusco-viridescentia, deformia immersa, majora opacius- 



cula, minora diaphana. 

 Operculum fuscescens, e basi conica breviter rostratum ; rostro 



obtuso, ut plurimum incurvo. 

 Variat. A, Ramis erectis, foliisque augustioribus striatis, appen- 



