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PTEROGONIUM FLAVESCENS.
Pterogonium caule repente, ramis pinnatis compressis,
foliis undique imbricatis erectis lanceolato-acuminatis
planiusculis striatis enervibus, seta longa, capsula cylindracea,
operculo rostrato. (Tab. CLV.)
H ab. In Nepal. P o n . D. Gardner.
Caules repentes, vage ramosi, ramis pinnatis compressis. Fulia
flavo-viridia, mollia, erecta vel paululum patentia, lanceolata,
acuminata, planiuscula, striata, integerrima, omnino enervia.
Perichcetialia magis attenuata, strii.s nullis. Seta subbiuncialis,
erecta, flava. Capsida cylindracea, pallide fusca. Operculum
e basi convexa, rostratum, rectum. Calyptra dimidiata. Peristomium
minutum, e dentibus 16, subulatis, transversim strl-
atis, sordide rufis, linea media longitudinali notatis.
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At first sight t'lis certainly comes very near to Pt. aureum,
figured at T a b . CXLVH. of this work. Here, however, independent
of the very different colour and want of gloss, the shape
and texture of the leaves will be found to be unlike ; the branches
are here compressed, there cylindrical. The capsules in F t. f l a vescens
are cylindrical, in P t. aureum oblong. The peristome j s
different also, and the present is much the larger plant.
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of a stem with the
perichætium. Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4, perichætial leaves. Fig. 5,
capsule. Fig. 6, calyptra. Fig. 7, mouth of the capsule with
ks peristome. Fig. 8, teeth of peristome,—magn.