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22 BRUCHIA FLEXUOSA, Schwægr.

Tab. 13.

humiles, densius gregariæ vel sparsæ, viridi-flaves-centes.

3–6-linearis, subsimplex, gracilis, flexuosus, basi radiculosus.

inferiora erecto-appressa, lineari-lanceolata; superiora sensim majora, patenti-incurva, e basi lata concava erecta, laxius oblongo-arcolata, in subulam longissimam canaliculatarn densius areolatam apice obscure denticulatam attenuata; costa inferne lata cum apice desinente.

monoici: masculi 2–3-phylli in ramulis brevibus propriis terminales; perigonialibus elongatis; antheridiis 3–5, paraphysibus nullis.

una cum collo solido magno oblongo-obovata, rostrata, in pedicello plus minus longo flexuoso elata; calyptra mitræformi basi lobata ad tertiam partem capsulæ vel ultra descendente; sporis luteis papillulosis circa diametro $1⁄650$ unciæ metientibus.

On moist exposed ground, Florida to New England, and west to Pennsylvania and Ohio. The var., Raccoon Mountains, Alabama, Lesquereux.