UMIVERSITATIS LATVIENSIS - DSpace

leaf form, while in the distinction of U. cochleata and laticiliata
the quite different form of the processes affords another impor-
tant character besides the difference in the position
stomata.
Ulota 1
Tjellii n. sp. )
of the
Autoicous. Plants in small yellowish-green tufts. Leaves
curled when dry, patent when moist, lineal-lanceolate, acuminat-
ed, caniculate, gradually dilated into an oblong base; mar-
Fig.
15
7. U. Beiiii. Above: capsules of the type specimen, below: of the var.
longicolla; X 23.
gins plane or at one side recurved in the middle, slightly cre-
nulated by papillae; nerve brownish, protruding
on the back and
papillose in the upper part. Cells in the middle of the base
*) Folia sicca crispata lineari-lanceolata, c basi sensim angustata, margi-
nibus papillis minute serrulatis, cellulis basalibus externis in seriebus pluribus
hyalinis, superioribus distincte papillosis. Theca pedicello
exiccatione torto,
brevis costata. Exostomii dentes 8, deinde secedentes, papillosi, apice fenc-
strati. Endostomii processus 16, lineares.