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operculo e basi convexa recte subulato, calyptra integra 

 glabra. 



Hab : In ripis et rupibus madidis. 

 Surureem et Mumbree. 



Caulis ssepe simplex, 1^-2 uncialis ramique (si adsunt) com- 

 planati. 



Folia subquad-rifariam imbricata, antica posticaque cauli sub- 

 parallela, lateralia disticha paullo obliqua, integerrima, gran- 

 dia longitudine bilinealia, latitudine extrema unilincalia, mar- 

 ginibus simplicibus, textura quam maxime cellulosa, areolis 

 magnis fusiformi-hexagonis. 



Flores monoici : masculi axillares, gemmiformes, cincti foliis 

 perigonialibus paucis, minutis, rotundatis, aveniis, breviter 

 acuminatis. Paraphyses paucse breves filiformes, hyalinae. 

 Antherse 2-5. 



Folia perichsetialia pauca, caulinis plures minora, lanceolata, 



acuminata, concava avenia. 

 Seta axillaris, basi subgeniculata, subuncialis, crassa, rubra 



sicca etortilis. 



Vaginula brevis. Paraphyses paucae, hyalinse, filiformes. Pis- 

 tilla pauca. 



Capsula inclinata, nutans, sequalis, conspiciuscule areolata, 

 custaneo-rubra. Membrana interna libera, stipitata. 



Peristomii exterioris dentes humore inflexiles, basi connati, 

 piano -subulati, acuminatissimi, crebre trabeculati, linea longi- 

 tudinali inconspicue notati, rubri apicibus capillaceis scabrellis 

 hyalinis. 



Interioris cum membrana interna facillime solubile ; cilia con- 

 niventia, plicato-carinata solida, apicibus capillaceis punctu- 

 latis scabrellisque, membrana basilaris, altiuscula pallide 

 straminea, conspicue areolata ; ciliola nulla. 



Sporula minutissima, in acervulo viridia, globosa, laevia, immersa 

 semi-diaphana. 



Columella apice truncata, inclusa operculum e basi convexa 

 longe recteque subulatum, capsula ssepius ^ aliquando demi- 

 dio brevius. 



Calyptra mitrseformis, conico-subulata, celluloso-areolata. 



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