above the vaginal portion are of a linear-lanceolate outline, gradually tapering to a sharp point (not ligulate or sublingulate and shortly acuminate), and have the lamellæ more densely packed; the capsule-wall is thicker and firmer; the teeth of the peristome are shorter, obtuse, and deeper colored, their basilar membrane projecting much (not merely visible) above the mouth of the capsule; and the villous covering of the calyptra envelops the whole capsule.
TAB. 49.—Pogonatum Capillare.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. Planta feminea.
3. Planta mascula.
4. Folium comale.
5, 6. Ejusdem sectiones transversales.
7. Capsula operculata.
8. Eadem calyptrata et mitra villosa obtecta.
9. Eadem deoperculata, vacua.
10. Sectio transversalis capsulæ.
11. Peristomium.
12. Dentes ejusdem.
13. Operculum.
14. 15. Pili ramosi mitræ villosæ.
16. Folium perigoniale.
17. Antheridia et paraphyses.
