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DICRANUM VAGINATUM,
Dicranum caule elongato ramoso, foliis Iaxis a basi longe
vaginante subulatis vix apice serratis, nervo excurrente,
capsula inclinata ovata absque struma, operculo longe
subulato. (Tab. CXLI.)
Hab. In convallibus Andium Granatensiurn inter Almaguar et
Pasto, altit. 1 2 0 0— 1500 hexapod. H um lo ld t et Bonpland.
Caules laxe cæspitosi, fusco-tomentosi, bi- tri- ad 4-uneiaIes,
erecti, filiformes, flexuosi, bis terve dichotomi. Fo/m lurido-vi-
ridia, laxe imbricata, e basi lanceolata, undulata vaginante,
subulata apice parum recurva, vix serrulata, nervo angusto in
, acumen longum producto. Seta terminalis, uncialis. Capsula
erecta vel paululum inclinata, rufo-fusca, struma nulla. Operculum
longe rostratum, curvatum. Calyptra dimidiata, pallide
fusca. Peristomium rubrum, e dentibus 16, infra basin
fissis, marginibus hispidis.
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I know of no species of the genus with the leaves so remarkably
sheathing in their lower half, and so subulate in the upper,
as is the case with the present.
Fig. 1, 1, plants, nat, size. Fig. 2, portion of a plant with
young fructification. Fig 3 and 4, leaves. Fig. 5, capsule. Fig. 6,
operculum. Fig. 7, calyptra. Fig, 8, teeth of the peristome.
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