LESKEA OBSCURA, Hedw.
Tab. 77.
Plantæ tenellæ, laxius intricato-cæspitosæ, sordide virides, aetate ochraceæ, valde capsuligeræ.
Caulis uncialis, prostratus vel ascendens, subpinnatim et inordinate confertim ramosus.
Folia canlina et ramea omnino conformia, erecto-patentia, laxius incumbentia, ovata, elongato-ovata, e basi ovata brevius oblongo-acuminata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, concava, margine late leniter recurva, opaca, rotundato-areolata, fere ad apicem usque valido-costata:perichætialia superiora elongata, vaginantia, laxius texta, costata.
Flores monoici: masculi gemmacei; antberidiis vix paraphysatis.
Capsula erecta, elliptico-oblonga, plerumque regularis, tenui-membranacea, ætate rufo-ochracea; pedicello 6–10-unciali; annulo persistente parvulo; peristomii duplicis dentibus lineali-lanceolatis linea divisuriali notatis remotius articulatis, articulis utraque facie prominulis, ciliis tenuibus linealibus, carina lacunosis e membrana angustiore ortis, ciliolis nullis; operculo breviter et obtuse conico; calyptra cuculliformi.
Leskea obscura, Hedw. Sp. Musc p. 223, t. 57.
Leskea gracilescens, Hedw.; Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Musc. Amer. Coll. 2, No. 106.
Leskea nervosa, Sulliv. Muse. Alleghan. No. 69.
Leskea microcarpa, Schimp. in litt.; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 59.
Pterogonium nervosum, Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Musc. Amer. Coll. 2, No. 89, nee Schwægr.
Hab. On roots and the lower portion of trunks of trees near water-courses, in low grounds, Middle and Southern States.
