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GRIMMIA FUSCO-LUTEA.
Grimnda caule erecto cæspitoso, foliis undique ereòto-
pateatibus lanceolatis longe acuminatis incanis, seta
arcuata, capsula ovata lævi, operculo hemisphærico.
( T a b . LXIII.)
H a b . In frigidis Tobeccæ et Islahuacæ, altitudine 1330 hexapod.
(Regnum Mexicanum). Humholdt et Bonpland.
Caules dense cæspitosi, erecti, versus apicem subramosi. Folia
undique sublaxe imbricata, erecto-patentia, fusco-viridia vel
lutea, superiora pallidiora, concava, lanceolata, in pilum longura
incanum serrulatum attenuata, nervo evanescente; inferiora
breviora, obtusiuscula, concolora. Seta brevis, arcuata.
Capsula ovata, annulata, flava. Operculum, hemisphæricum,
obtusum. Ferisiomii denles 16, hic illic longitudinaliter
perforati, rubri, transversim striati.
Much as the subject of the present plate resembles the moss
last figured (Gr. longirostris) in its foliage, yet there is a very
wide difference in their fructification, which in Gr. fusco-lutea
is more like G. pulvinata, from which again the leaves are very
dissimilar.
Fig. 1, tufts nat. size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3, leaf.
Fig. 4, capsule. Fig. 5, portion of a capsule with the teeth of
the peristome and annulus.—magn.
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