CYLINDROTIIECIUM SEDUCTRIX, (Hedw.) Schimp.
Tab. 92.
Plantæ late depresso-cæspitosæ, virides, in apricis aurcscentes, nitidæ, maxime fertilcs, capsulis onustæ.
Caulis 2–3-uncialis, procumbens, plus minus pinnato-ramulosus; ramis ramulisque inaequalibus tercti-foliosis radiculosis; radiculis atropurpureis fasciculatis.
Folia arctius julacco-imbricantia, oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, brevissime apiculata, profundius concava, plus minus striata, superne lenissime scrrulata, tenuia, firma; costa debili gemella brevissima; reti compacto e cellulis miiiutissimis linearibus, illis ad angulos basilares numerosis brevioribus latioribus sub-quadratis: perichætialia laxius areolata; inferiora late ovata, patentia; interiora elongato-oblonga, arete vaginantia; omnia brevius tenui-acuminata, subecostata.
Flores monoici cauligeni: masculi substipitati aperto-gemmaceæ; perigonialibus ovatis; antheridiis parapby satis.
Capsula elongato-cylindracea, e basi sursum lenissime angustata, in pedicello rubello unciali erecta, leptoderma, longitudina-liter substriolata: annulo lato frustulatim labente; peristomii duplicis dentibus remote nodoso-articulatis; operculo conico brevius longiusve rostrato, rostro crasso obtuso; calyptra longa anuusta dimidiata.
Neckera seductrix, Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 208, t. 47; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2, 231; C Midi. Synop. Musc. 2, p. 72.
Cylindrotiiecium seductrix, Bryol. Europ.; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 64.
Hab. On logs, in moist shaded places. Affects more humid situations and fruits more copiously than the last species.—Not uncommon.
