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^^EW ARRANGEMENT OF 
deciduum, Iseve, thecee concolor. Peristomium duplex ; 
ext. e " ciliis numerosis subasqualibus inarticulatis, subtoru- 
losis, opacis, obscura rufescentibus ; int. membranaceum, 
tenerum, albidum, conum efFormans plicatum striatum,'"* 
rectum baud tortuosum. Cohimella permagna Isevis, mem- 
branacea, ventricosa, elongata, inferne fusca, superne pal- 
lida. Sporula^ exiguse, globpsae, ex viridi fuscse. 
Char. Biff. Theca peristoma duplex ; ewt. e processu- 
hus Jiiyhrmibus subconnexis ; ifit. membrmia conica pUcata 
truncata. Calyptra mitrtjeformis, 
Fruct. Calyptra conical, scarcely acuminated, mitri- 
form, very entire, fugacious, short, membranaceous, smooth, 
brownish-green. Seta terminal, three to six lines long, erect, 
rigid, thickish, cylindrical, rough with tubercles, somewhat 
shining, deep red. Apophysis short, cylindrical, somewhat 
thicker than the seta, smooth, of the same colour as the 
theca, within exhibiting the small pillar supporting the spo- 
rular sac, dilated in the middle into a little globe. Theca 
large, ovate, oblique, above flattish, somewhat margined ; 
at the base produced or gibbous, below convex ; the sub- 
stance in the upper part is thin and delicate, the rest be- 
tween membranaceous and carnose ; the colour greenish, 
often tinged with red, when ripe red-brown the margin 
of the mouth elevated and crenulate. Operculum obtusely 
conical, short, straight, deciduous, smooth, of the same co- 
lour as the theca. Peristomium double ; ext. of " numerous, 
nearly equal, jointless, somewhat torulose, opaque, reddish 
cilia ; hit. membranaceous, delicate, whitish, forming a pli- 
cate and striated cone," erect, scarcely at all twisted. Co- 
lumella large, smooth, membranaceous, ventricose, elon- 
gated, brown beneath, pale above- SporuJce minute, glo« 
boscj green, at length brown. 
