SCHLOTHEIMIA SULLIVANTII, C. Müll.
Tab. 38.
Plantæ densissime cæspitosæ; cæspitibus latis depressis compacts e olivaceo-viridi rufo-fuscis.
Caulis reptans, 1–2-uncialis, dense ramosus; ramis assurgentibus brevissimis robustis fasciculato-ramulosis tomento radiculoso inter se arcte conjunctis.
Folia confertissiina, recurvo-patentia, lingulata, breviter mucronulata, basi subventricosa ibideraque plus minusve plicatula, dehinc sulco medio angusto longitrorsum exarata; alis supra medium undulato-corrugatis; costa apice expansa in apiculam brevissimam exeunte; cellulis minutis hexagono-rotundis pachydermis transversim seriatis, basilaribus oblongis laxioribus: perichætialia majora, lanceolato-oblonga, laxius texta.
Flores monoici: masculi laterales, brevi-stipitati, aperto-gemmacei; perigonialibus ovatis acutis; antheridiis brevibus erassis brevissime pedicellatis paraphysatis.
Capsula in pedicello 2–3-lineari erecta, cylindraceo-oblonga, apicem versus angustata; peristomii dentibus sedecem linealibus rufis hyalino-articulatis granulatis linea divisuriali lata pellucida notatis siccitate revolutis; ciliis totidem aurantiaceis punctato-striolatis, membrana basilari vix ulla; operculo e basi conica longius subulato-rostrato; vaginula oblonga basi sola archegoniis et paraphysibus stipata apice membranula tubiformi instructa; calyptra eampanulata totam capsulam obtegente apice scabra basi 5–6-lobata, lobis geniculato-conniventibus.
Schlotheimia Sullivantii, C. Müll. Synop Musc. 1, p. 756; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 35, t. 2: Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 127.
Schlotheimia rugifolia, Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Musc. Amer. Coll. 2, No. 85; Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 146.
