BRUCHIA RAVENELII, Wils.
Tab. 16.
Plantæ generis minimæ, sparsæ vel in cæspitulos aggregate.
Caulis brevissimus, simplex, condensato-foliosus.
Folia infima minutissima, media lineari-lanceolata erecta, summa multo majora patentia, capsulam longe superantia, e lanceolato sensim angustata, apice grossius dentata; reti inferiore laxo oblongo, superiore denso quadrato; costa lata percurrente.
Flores monoici: masculi in ramulis basilaribns terminales; perigonialibus elongato-lanceolatis.
Capsula vix emersa, una cum collo lato brevi obovata vel ovali-pyriformis, in pedicelluni perbrevem abrupte continua, brevissime apiculata; calyptra niitraeformi pluriloba papillis copiose conspersa; sporis luteolis papillulosis circa diametro 130 unc. metientibus.
Bruchia Ravenelii, Wils. in litt. ad Ravenel; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 17; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 33.
Hab. Banks of the Santee Canal, South Carolina, Ravenel.
The papillose calyptra is the leading character of this species.
TAB. 16.—Bruchia Ravenelii.
1, 2. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
3, 4, 5, 6. Plantæ.
7. Capsula cum periehætiali.
8. Folia comalia.
9. Folia perichætialia.
10. Areolatio folii baseos.
11. Eadem folii apicis.
12. 13. Calyptræ.
14. Spora.
15. Flos masculus.
16. Folia perigonialia.
17. Antheridium.
