CAMPYLOPUS LEANUS, Sulliv.
Tab. 18.
Plantæ 6–10-lineares, compacte caispitosæ, glauco-virides, inferno albido-ochraceæ.
Caulis erectus, tenuis, ad apicem usque dense radicnlosus, innovationibus fastigiato-ramosus.
Folia conferta, erccto-patcntia vel subsecunda, e basi angusto-lanceolata subulata, canaliculato-concava, fere costa omnino impleta : folia abortiva minuta, numerosissima, elliptica, oblonga vel linearia, carnosiuscula, ad caulis ramorumque apicein pluries divisam in capitulis conspicuis condensata.
Flores et fructus baud noti.
Campylopus Leanus, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 19; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 74.
Syrrhopodon Leanus, Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 172.
Hab. On much decayed logs and stumps in woods, Middle States and westward; not uncommon. Resembles the young growth of Dicranum flagellare.
TAB. 18, A.—Campylopus Leanus.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2, 3. Partes plantarum.
4, 5, 6. Folia eaulina.
7. Areolatio apicalis folii.
8. Eadem basilaris folii.
9. Sectiones foliorum transversales.
10. Apex eaulis turn folio comali pluries divisus, foliorum situm abortivorum monstrans.
11. Apex eaulis, duo folia abortiva aliorumque cicatrices exhibens.
12. Folia abortiva.
