FABRONIA WRIGHTII, Sulliv.
Tab. 84.
Plantæ perpusillæ, delicatulæ, in cæspitulis laxiusculis læte virentibus nitidis degentes.
Caulis erectus vel decumbens, valde inordinate ramosus, fragilis, stolonifer, longe radiculosus.
Folia erecto-patentia, laxa, elongato-lanceolata, sensim subulato-acnminata, concava, ad medium plus minusve distincte costata, margine serrato-interdum subciliato-dentata; areola-tione pulclira pellucida majuscula rhomboideo-elliptica, cellulis angularibus numerosis minoribus opacis subquadratis: perichætialia interiora oblonga, subito et brevius acuminata, ecostata, superne grossius serrata.
Flores monoici: masculi aperto-gemmacei; perigonialibus lanceolatis acuminatis.
Capsula erecta, symmetrica, collo magno incluso oblongo-pyriformis, extus e cellulis quadratis flexuosis composita; pedicello 1–2-lineari; peristomio simplici, dentibus 16 per paria approximatis elongato-deltoideis utraque facie planis remote 4–5-articulatis linea axili recta notatis aurantiaceis oblique striolatis apice plus minus bifidis, humectis incurvis, siccis reflexis; sporis diametro 12300 unc. metientibus; operculo conico-apiculato; calyptra dimidiata.
Fabronia Wrightii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 61; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 251.
Hab. San Marcos, Texas, Wright.
Near the European F. octoblepharis: but that species has a mamillate operculum, dark brownish-red peristomial teeth,
