Hab. Base of trees, Northern and Middle States:—common fruits copiously.
TAB. 80.—Thelia Hirtella.
1. Planta naturali magnitudine.
2. Ramus.
3. 4. Folia ramea.
5. Areolatio folii apicis.
6. Eadem baseos.
7. Cellulæ papillis curvulis præditæ.
8. Sectiones transversales folii.
9. Acumen folii perichætialis.
10. Perichæt. pedicelli basin includens.
11. Folium perichætiale.
12. Cilium folii.
13. Capsulæ operculataa cum calyptra.
14. Pars capsulæ cum peristomio.
15. Particula ejusdem.
16. Sectio verticalis ejusdem.
17. Operculum.
THELIA ASPRELLA (Schimp.), Sulliv.
Tab. 81.
Facile dignoscitur a T. hirtella, cui ceterum simillima, colore cæspitis glauco-viridi, foliis toto ambitu longius teneriusque ciliatis, papillis dorso foliorum bifurcis (nee simplicibus curvulis), peristomii dentibus longioribus nodoso-articulatis, etc.
Thelia asprella (Schimp.), Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 60 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 248.
Leskea asprellia, Schimp. in Bryol. Europ. Lesk. Monogr. p. 2.
Hypnum hirtellum, var. furcatum, C. Müll. Synop. Musc. 2, p. 469.
Hab. Same as the last, and not unfrequently found growing with it.
TAB. 81.—Thelia asprella.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. Ramus.
3. 4, 5. Folia ramea.
6. Areolatio baseos.
7. Eadem apicis.
8. Cellulæ ejusdem.
9. Perichætium.
10. Folium ejusdem.
11. Capsula operculata.
12. Deoperculata peristomium exhibens.
13. Calyptra immatura.
14. Operculum.
15. Particula peristomii.
16. Eadem dentis.
