CYLINDROTHECIUM CLADORRHIZANS, Schimp.
Tab. 91.
Plantæ speciosæ, complanatæ, compacte lateque depresso-cæspitosæ, e viridi cum nitore sericeo aurescentes.
Caulis bi-triuncialis, prostratus, parce divisus, vage subpinnatim ramosus, divisionibus ramisque subtus et ex apicc fasciculato-radiculosis.
Folia densius complanato-imbricata, e basi constricta ovato-lanceolata vel ovato-oblonga, sensim vel subito brevi-acuminata, superne leniter denticulata, basi striis costæformibus brevissimis prædita; reti e cellulis tenuissimis elongatis exstructo, illis ad basis angulos subquadratis pellucidis granulosis: perichætialia numerosa filiformi-attenuata, supra medium squarrosa et varie flexa.
Flores monoici, cauligeni: masculi aperto-gemmacei; perigonialibus elongato-ovatis; antheridiis paraphysatis.
Capsula cylindracea vel ovato-cylindracea, in pedicello unciali et ultra rubello erecta; peristoma parvi dentibus lineali-lanceolatis punctulatis, usque ad medium rufo-aurantiis dehinc pallidioribus inque linea divisuriali lacunosis, articulis 14–17 circumcirca prominulis, ciliis dentibus aequilongis flavidulis perangustis carinatis; annulo conspicuo composito facile dehiscente; operculo conico breviter crasse rostrato; calyptra angusta dimidiata fere ad capsulæ basin descendente.
Neckera cladorrhizans, Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 207, t. 47; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2, p. 230; C. Mull. Synop. Musc. 2, p. 70.
Entodon cladorrhizans, C. Müll, in Linnasa, 18, p. 707.
Cylindrothecium Schleicheri, Bryol. Europ. 5. t. 464.
Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans (Hedw.), Schimp. Synop. Musc. Europ. p. 514; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 64, t. 5.
