ENTOSTHODON DRUMMONDII, Sulliv.
Tab. 55.
Plantæ subannuæ, gregariæ vel caespitulosæ, c flavescenti virides, sola basi radiculis instructæ.
Caulis 2–4 lineas altus, inferne subnudus, superne congesto-foliosus.
Folia subconniventia, lanceolato-obovata vel ligulato-lanceolata, concava, raargine plus minus luteis cellulis promiuulis subcrenulata; costa sub vel cum apice evanida; reti laxo folii apicem versus elongato-hexagono, inferne ampliore rectangulo hyaline
Flores monoici: flos masculus in caule primario ramum fertilem demum superantem exserente terminalis; antheridiis breviusculis; paraphysibus apice oblongo-inflatis.
Capsula brevi-pyriformis, symmetrica, in pedicello siccitate omnino sinistrorsum torto flexuoso-erecto erecta, microstoma, sicca deoperculata oblonga, ore ampliato; peristomii dentibus lineali-lanceolatis rufescentibus longitudinaliter granuloso-striolatis, articulationibus remotis opacis obscuris, linea divisuriali nulla vel obsoletissima; operculo depresso-convexo vix apiculato; calyptra vesiculoso-cuculliformi longe subulato-rostrato; sporis angulato-rotundis brunneo-fuscis papillulosis.
Entosthodon Drummondii, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 51, t. 4; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsiee. (ed. 1), No. 156b.
Entosthodon obtusifolius, Hook. & Wils. in Drumm. Musc. Amer. Coll. 2, No. 36.
Hab. Moist, clayey soil, Louisiana, Drummond. Near Montgomery, Alabama, Sullivant.—Very rare.
The short pyriform capsule and the long subulate rostrum of the calyptra, besides other marks, readily distinguish this species
