. A revision of the North American Isotheciaceae and Brachythecia [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. 143 enlarged, rhomboidal, quadrate at the angles; stem leaves shorter and broader with more enlarged and hyaline basal cells : monoicous ; male branches borne on stem or branches; anther- idia oblong; paraphyses numerous and large; perigonial leaves oval to short-oblong, concave, the inner with a short, broad acu- mination : perichaetium about mm. long; outer leaves sheath- ing at base with tips more or less spreading; inner nearly erect, oblong, long acuminate with a few long spreading teeth at
. A revision of the North American Isotheciaceae and Brachythecia [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. 143 enlarged, rhomboidal, quadrate at the angles; stem leaves shorter and broader with more enlarged and hyaline basal cells : monoicous ; male branches borne on stem or branches; anther- idia oblong; paraphyses numerous and large; perigonial leaves oval to short-oblong, concave, the inner with a short, broad acu- mination : perichaetium about mm. long; outer leaves sheath- ing at base with tips more or less spreading; inner nearly erect, oblong, long acuminate with a few long spreading teeth at apex ; leaf-cells linear above, gradually enlarged to rhomboidal or quad- rate at base. Sporophyte 10-25 "^"â¢' high; seta yellow; capsule brown, cylindric, "^n^- long. A'-^ \ operculum long-conic, apiculate; mouth of capsule bordered by two or three rows of horizontally compressed cells, above these a row of enlarged cells without a cavity, closely simulating non-vesicular annulus cells; peristome about mm. long; teeth Ijnear-lanceolate, smooth and hyaline above, striolate and often thicker, brown and perforate below ; segments linear, nearly or quite as long as teeth ; spores minutely roughened, 13-15 ju, apparently maturing in spring, but data insufficient. Type locality, Louisiana (Drummond). On trees, rocks and logs, in woods. Southern United States east of the Mississippi, north to Tennessee and North Carolina; northern Mej'ico (Pringle). Illustrations.âSull. Icon. Muse, pi. p^. ExsiccATLâDrumm. Muse. Am. (S. States) 96 type; Sull. & Lesq. (Ed. i) 264, (Ed. 2) 390. Aust. Muse. Appal. Suppl. S38 ; Ren. & Card. Muse. Am. Sept. Exsic. 91. Macoun's Can. Muse. 436 is not this species. â Distinguished at sight from E. cladorrhizans and E. compressus by its very wide flattened branches and yellow seta. 6. Entodon repens (Brid.) Grout, Bull. Torr. Club, «3: 227. 1896. Pterigynandrum repens Brid. Muse. Recent. Suppl. i: 131. 1806. Platygyr
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