BRUCHIA BREVIFOLIA, Sulliv.
Tab. 15.
Plantæ perhumiles, cæspitulosæ. basi radiculis instructæ.
Caulis brevissimus, subsimplcx, ercctus, dense foliosus.
Folia congesta; inferiora minuta, ovata et ovato-acuminata; superiora majora, vix mcdiara capsulam attingentia, late ovata, amplexantia, in acumen latum ejusdem longitudinis subitius producta; cellulis inferne oblongis laxis, superne subquadratis densis; costa lata complanata ad apicem perdu ran te.
Flores monoici: masculi gemmacei, polyphylli, terminales.
Capsula pro plantse exiguitate permagna, obovato-oblonga, basi truncata, subito apiculata pedicello perbrevi; calyptra mitræformi basi lobata; vix tertiam capsular partem obtegente; sporis luteolis scrobiculatis diametro 11000 unciæ metientibus.
Bruchia brevifolia, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 17.
Bruchia Vogesiaca var. Hook. & Wils., op. cit., No. 15, partim.
Hab. Louisiana, Drummond. South Carolina, Ravenel. Texas, Wright.
The broad, short leaves, the capsules very large for the size of the plant, and the spores minutely pitted (not papillose, as is usual in the genus), furnish decided characters for this species.
TAB. 15.—Bruchia brevifolia.
1 . Plantæ naturali maynitudine.
2, 3, 4. Plantæ.
5, 6, Folia.
7, 8. Areolatio folii apicis et baseos.
9, 10. Capsulæ
11. Sectio verticalis capsulæ.
12, 14. Sporae et calyptra.
15, 16. Flores masculi.
17. Folium, perigoniale, et antheridium.
