HYPNUM LESCURII, Sulliv.
Tab. 124.
Plantæ mediocres, csespites laxiusculos tumescentes saturate virides efficientes.
Caulis prostratus, plus minus defoliatus, divisus; ramis ramulisque irregulariter dispositis confertioribus insequalibus adscendentibus.
Folia laxius incumbentia, undique erecto-patentia, rare-sub-homomalla, crassiuscula, opaca, toto fere ambitu leniter obtuse serrulata; caulina late ovata, breviter acuminata; ramulina angustiora, brevius ovali-lanceolata; omnia concava, limbo lato luteo e cellulis flexuoso-linearibus 4–5-seriatis exstructo circumdata; costa valida usque in apicem obtusiusculum porrecta; reti e cellulis hexagono-oblongis granulis chlorophyllosis impletis: folia perichoetii basi radicantis erecta, solute vaginantia; inferiora ovata, acuminata; superiora oblongo-lanceolata, costa exeunte cuspidata, longitrorsum striata.
Flores monoici, cauligeni; masculi gemmacei; perigonialibus ecostatis.
Capsula oblonga, erecto-cernua, brevicolla; pedicello vix unciali rubello; peristomii dentibus aureis basi confluentibus crebre articulatis; ciliis in carina hiantibus, ciliolis binis longiusculis interpositis; annulo lato composito; operculo e basi convexo-conica breviter apiculato.
Hypnum Lescurii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 79; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 350.
Hab. On moist rocks, Tallulah Falls, Georgia, Lesquereux. Brattleboro, Vermont, Frost. York County, Pennsylvania, Porter.
