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236 CHLORIS MELVILLIANA.

nervo valido, npicein folii attiiigeiiti absque nnicroiiulo ex- currenti, ssepius purpurea, quaudoque viridia, madore patenti-erecta, siccitate appressa et paulo andulata. Seta terminalis, ramos annotinos superans, castauea, Ifevis, apice arcuato-recurvo. Ccqjmla obovata, basi acutiuscula, vix atteniiata, Isevis. Operculum concolor, liemispiisericum, papilla minuta. Perisfomium duplex, exferius dentibus 16, mfescentibus acumine pallidiore, tranversim striatis ; in- terius album, e membrana lata leviter carinata, terininata ciliis 16, iui})erforatis, cum deutibus exterioris alternantibus, hitersticiis subdenticulatis.

Obs, Peristomii structura Poblise accedit.

81. PoHLiA BRYoiDES, foliis ovato-lauceolatis acumiuatis integerrimis margine recurvis, capsulis pyriformi-oblongis, operculo conico, floribus masculis capitato-discoideis.

Desc. Cfjospites densi. Caules inuovatione continuo ramosi, infra tomeiito radicali castaneo-rufo reliquiisque foliorum tecti. Folia Isete viridia^ ovato-lauceolata, acumi- nata, nervo valido, in acumen excurrenti, marginibus inte- gerrimis angustissime recurvis, areolis parvis oblongo-trape- zoideis. Masculi Flores monoici, ramos annotinos termi- nantes, gemmaceo-discoidei, foliis perigonialibus exterioribus erectis, intimis nanis. Antherce numerosse, cj^lindraceae, brevissime pedicellatae. Farapliijses iiliformes, articulator. Femijiel Flores terminates ; vaginula capsulae maturae pistillis abortivis numerosis parapliysibusque fere ad apicem trun- catum stipata. Seta mediocris, Icevis, fusca, apice arcuato. Cai^sula pendula, fusca, Igevis, oblongo-pyriformis, basi at- tenuata in apopliysim obconicam ipsa theca breviorem. Operculum bemisphgerico-conicum, capsula quandoque paulo saturatius. Annulus latiusculus, striatus. Peristomium duplex: exterius dentibus 16, acuminatis, integerrimis, transversini striatis, fusco-rufescentibus, acumine pallido ; interioris membrana vix carinata, ciliis 16 cuui dentibus exterioris alternantibus, absque intermediis minoribus, cum exteriore diu cohserens sed demum liberuin.

8.2. PoHLiA ARCTicA, foliis (viridibus) ovato-lanceolatis

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