BRUCHIA BREVIPES, Hook.
Tab. 14.
Cum formis Bruchiæ flexuosæ humilioribus proximis'sæpe commutata; distincta tamen foliis rigidioribus e basi latiore teiicriore subito in subulam longiorem graciliorem totam costa impletam productis, capsulamque breviorem pyriformem basi truncatam acute apiculatam longe superantibus, ct sporis majoribus diametro 1450 unciæ metientibus.
Bruchia brevipes, Hook. Ic. Pl. Rar. 3, t. 231; Hook. & Wils. in Drum. Musc. Amer. coll. 2, No. 15, pro parte.
Bruchia Vogesiaca, β. minor, Müll. Synop. 1, p. 20.
Hab. Louisiana, Drummond. South Carolina, Ravenel.
Not having seen Cape of Good Hope specimens, on which B. brevipes was established, Hooker's figure and Drummond's specimens, above cited, were relied on for the identification of our moss with that of the Cape.
According to original specimens from Hampe, Sporledera Beyrichiana (Müll. Synop. 1, p. 18) is Bruchia brevipes in an immature state: Schwægrichen's Tab. 301 appears to be Bruchia flexuosa in a similar state.
TAB. 11.—Bruchia brevipes.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. 3, 4. Plantæ.
5, 6, 7. Folia.
8. Apex folii.
9. Basis folii.
10, 11,12. Capsulæ.
13. Capsula verticaliter secta.
14. Calyptra.
15. Spora.
16. Flos masculus, antheridium, et folium perigoniale.
