ZYGODON SULLIVANTII, C. Müll.
Tab. 32.
Plantæ 1–3-unciales, gracillimæ, flexiles, ramosissimæ, in cæspitibus laxis intricato-dcpressis rufo-lutescentibus degentes, hic illic fasciculatim radiculosæ.
Caulis rigidiusculus, simplex, erectus, dein decnmbens iterum iterumque innovando-ramosus; innovationibus numerosis longis filiformibus flexuosis.
Folia baud conferta, lineali-lanceolata, acuta, arcuato-patentissima, e basi ad medium concava, margineque integerrimo reflexa, dehinc complicata, grossius serrata; reti firmiusculo inferne e cellulis elongatis superne minoribus subquadratis papillulosis valde pachy dermis exstructo; costa ad apicem quandoque radicularum fasciculos exserentem perdurante.
Flores et fructus ignoti.
Zygodon Sullivantii, C. Müll. Synop. Musc. Frond. 1, p. 679; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 32; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 114.
Syrrhopodon excelsus, Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 170.
Hab. Rocks, on the top of Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, Gray and Sullivant. Summit of Black Mountain, North Carolina, Lesquereux.
TAB. 32.—Zygodon Sullivantii.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. Pars plantæ.
3. 4, 5, 6. Folia.
7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Sectiones transversales foliorum.
12. Areolatio folii baseos.
13. Eadem folii apicis.
