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246 CHLORIS MELVILLIANA.

96. Splachj^um paradoxum, capsula adulta absque sutura operculi (demum separabilis ?) ; interiore pedicellata, apophysi attenuata capsula angustiore, foliis lanceolato- ovatis aciiminatis integerrimis.

ccciii] Desc. Ccades vix semunciales, innovationibus ra- mosi. Folia ovato-lanceolata, concaviuscula, carinata, laxe reticulata, integerrima, acumine subulato diametnim trans- versum folii subaequanti, demum decolori pilmu referenti. Mascidi Flores discoideo-capituliformes, teruiinantes rainos proprios pedunculiformes, paucifolios, foliolis nanis alternis : folia perigonialia lanceolata, basi conniventia, apicibus patulis acuminatis. Anther cewaxw^xo'^^, cylindraceae, levis- sime incurvge. Para^hi/ses numerosse, subclavatae. Flos femineus terminalis. Seta fusca, Isevis, caule longior. Capsula erecta, oblongo-obovata, basi in apophysin obconi- cam seipsa angustiorera et breviorem attenuata, laevis, per lentem pluries augentem punctis minutis longitudinaliter seriatis, depressis, adversus lucem semipellucidis tenuissime quasi striata, absque opercdo ejusve ulla indicatioue, apiculo obtuso paulo constricto. Theca vera dimidiam superiorem tantum capsuloe exterioris occupans, pedicello cylindraceo, ex apice apophysis derivato, insidens, libera, ad ortum dentium desinens ibique cum capsula exteriore confluens. Denies 16, quaternatim ad medium cohaerentes, subulati, pallide fusci, apicem cavitatis capsulae attingentes. Semina minutissima, in cumulo olivaceo-viridia, seorsim hyalina, Isevia.

Obs. Hsec omnia e specimine unico cum capsulis 8 maturis plenis et duabus vetustis vacuis pariter clausis, varietatem nanam S. arctici referente, desumpta sunt. Ex- emplaria dein plura varietatis, ut videtur, ejusdem Musci, in herbario D. Richardson, inter Fort Enterprise et mare arcticum lecta, et cum S. mnioidi ScJaoaerjr. in Franklins journ. p. 755 (non Hedwigii), intermista inveni : horum capsulee adultae numerosae cinnamomeo-fuscae, clausae et absque sutura vel ulla aha operculi indicatioue. In hac varietate j3., quae statura major et calyptra dimidiata donata, seta longior quam in a. dentesque 16 subaequidistantes et fere ad basin distincti.

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