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150 CYLINDROTHECIUM BREVISETUM, Schimp.

Tab. 96.

Inter congeneres Americanos hæc species statim recognoscitur, ramis et ramulis ascendentibus subacutis tereti- (haud compresso-) foliosis, foliis erecto-patentibus confertis concavis lanceolatis sensim longius tenui-acuminatis inferne margine recurvis laxius areolatis, capsula ovato-cylindracea, operculo conico obtuso, pedicello breviusculo pallide luteo, peristomii dentibus byalino-marginatis, ciliis abortivis, annulo speciosissimo, sporis majoribus, etc.

Bark of decayed and prostrate trees, Pennsylvania to Missouri.—Somewhat rare.

TAB. 96.—