CYLINDROTHECIUM BREVISETUM, Schimp.
Tab. 96.
Inter congeneres Americanos hæc species statim recognoscitur, ramis et ramulis ascendentibus subacutis tereti- (haud compresso-) foliosis, foliis erecto-patentibus confertis concavis lanceolatis sensim longius tenui-acuminatis inferne margine recurvis laxius areolatis, capsula ovato-cylindracea, operculo conico obtuso, pedicello breviusculo pallide luteo, peristomii dentibus byalino-marginatis, ciliis abortivis, annulo speciosissimo, sporis majoribus, etc.
Neckera breviseta, Wils. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 419, t. 24.
Cylindrothecium brevisetum, Bryol. Europ.; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 65.
Hab. Bark of decayed and prostrate trees, Pennsylvania to Missouri.—Somewhat rare.
TAB. 96.—Cylindrothecium brevisetum.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. Pars rami.
3. 4, 5. Folia.
6, 7. llete basilare et apicalc folii.
8. Sectio transversalis folii.
9. Perichætium.
10. Folia ejusdem.
11. Capsulæ operculatæ.
12. Pars peristomii.
13. Calyptra.
14. Operculum.
15. Flos masculus.
16. Folium perigoniale, anthcridium, et paraphysis.
