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Rh LESKEA OBSCURA, Hedw.

Tab. 77.

tenellæ, laxius intricato-cæspitosæ, sordide virides, aetate ochraceæ, valde capsuligeræ.

uncialis, prostratus vel ascendens, subpinnatim et inordinate confertim ramosus.

canlina et ramea omnino conformia, erecto-patentia, laxius incumbentia, ovata, elongato-ovata, e basi ovata brevius oblongo-acuminata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, concava, margine late leniter recurva, opaca, rotundato-areolata, fere ad apicem usque valido-costata:perichætialia superiora elongata, vaginantia, laxius texta, costata.

monoici: masculi gemmacei; antberidiis vix paraphysatis.

erecta, elliptico-oblonga, plerumque regularis, tenui-membranacea, ætate rufo-ochracea; pedicello 6–10-unciali; annulo persistente parvulo; peristomii duplicis dentibus lineali-lanceolatis linea divisuriali notatis remotius articulatis, articulis utraque facie prominulis, ciliis tenuibus linealibus, carina lacunosis e membrana angustiore ortis, ciliolis nullis; operculo breviter et obtuse conico; calyptra cuculliformi.

On roots and the lower portion of trunks of trees near water-courses, in low grounds, Middle and Southern States.