ATRICHUM CRISPUM, James.
Tab. 46.
Plantæ dense gregariæ, e rhizoraate subterraneo ortæ, saturate virides.
Caulis 1–2 uncias altus, flexuoso-erectus, subsimplex, tenuis, rigidulus, brunneo-nitidus, sola basi radiculis copiosissimis instructus.
Folia ampla, erecto-patentia et patula, baud vaginantia; inferiora remota, lanceolata vel elongato-lanceolata; superiora et summa approximata, majora, ligulato-lanceolata; utraque ala undulata exsiccatione crispata, limbo angusto rufescente argute serrato circumcincta, subtus lævia; costa percurrente sub tereti, parcissime anguste lamellosa; reti denso e cellulis minutis rotundato-hexagonis cbloropbyllosis, basilari laxo ampliore oblongo.
Flores dioici: masculi anthoidei; perigonialibus externis tribus maguis spathulato-lanceolatis, interioribus numerosis minimis obcordatis acuminulatis; antheridiis angustis; paraphysibus filiformibus.
Capsula erecta vel inclinata, recta vel curvula, obovato-cylindracea, basi in pedicellum subuncialem sensim defluens, macrostoma; peristomii dentibus 32 lineali-lingulatis hyalino-albidis, linea axili rufo-aurantiaca excepta; calyptra anguste cuculliformi sola apice spinuloso-hirta; operculo conico longirostro.
Atrichum crispum, James in Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 41; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor. Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 209b.
Hab. Grassy banks of small streams, near Camden, New Jersey, James.
