98 MUSCI: RACOPILUM — HYPOPTERYGIUM. | 94 
Hypnum tomentosum Sw. Prodr. 141. Fl. Ind. occ. HI 
1823. Hedw. Stirp. crypt. IV. 48. t. 19. Spec. musc. 240. 
Brid. Spec. musc. II. 88. Schwaegr. Suppl. I. 2. 183. Raddi 
Crillog. bras. 8. 
Hypnum mucronatum Pal. Beauv. Prodr. 66. 
Hypnum arcuatum Hedw. Spec. musc. 245. t. 62. F1 
Schwaegr. Suppl. I. 2. 208. | ' 
Pterygophyllum arcuatum Brid. Bryol. II. 348. 
Hypnum ornithopodioides Lin. Spec. plant. 1389. Gmel. 
Pal. Beauv. 
Leskia ornithopodioides Brid. Mant. 143. Spec. muse. IT. 
52. Musc. rec. П. 2. 124. | 
Leskia Omalia ornithopodioides Brid. Bryol. univ. IT. 330. 
Hypnum pennatum, ornithopodioides, pinnulis pellucidis Dill. 
Hist. тизе. 270. t. 34. f. 9. a. 
7. 
SuncuLUus biuncialis valde radiculosus, radiculis in latere 
surculi inferiori tomentum molle ferrugineum formantibus. Rami 
prostrati vel repentes, simpliciusculi, ut surculus complanati. 
Forsa simpliciter disticha, planiuscula, apicem versus serrata, 
siccitate marginibus involuta, laete viridia; nervo crasso in cuspi- 
dem excurrente, retis areolis parvis subrotundis irregularibus. 
Folia accessoria in latere superiori valde remota, lateralibus tri- 
plo minora, ceterum foliis lateralibus similia. FronEs monoeci, 
gemmiformes, cauligeni, axillares. Masculi ovati, foliis latera- 
libus duplo minores; FOLIA PERIGONIALIA exteriora ovato – асшпі- 
naía, concava, integerrima, nervo continuo concolore; interiora 
magis magisque latiora et brevius acuminata; intima 2—3 parva, 
ovato-acuta, enervia; omnia viridia retis areolis hexagonis laxis; 
antheridia 8— 10, oblonga, truncata, ferruginea, filamento brevi 
suffulta. Paraphyses subclavatae, antheridiis duplo longiores, arti- 
culatae, flavescentes. Feminei conici; FOLIA PERICHAETIALIA exte- 
riora ovata, acuminata, concava, integerrima, viridia, nervo la- 
xissimo concolore medium versus vel supra medium evanido in- 
structa, retis areolis subhexagonis vel rhomboideis laxis; inte- 
riora magis magisque angustiora et longius acuminata, e basi latiore 
concava subulata, integerrima, viridia, nervo lato laxissimo ver- 
sus apicem baseos latioris evanido instructa, retis aredlis in basi 
latiore hexagonis amplis antice vero parallelogrammis angustis ; 
intima 9 — 3 breviora, aut basi lanceolata aut subulata, enervia, 
ceterum exterioribus similia. Pistillidia circiter 10, germine ob- 
longo, fuscescente, stylo fere triplo longiori subulato rufescente, 
stigmate subscutellato hyalino; paraphyses filiformes articulate, 
flavescentes, pistillidiis longiores.  VaarwuLA cylindrica, fusca, 
foliis perichaetialibus, pistillidiis, paraphysibus et apice etiam 
radiculis tecta. Sera uncialis, solitaria, erecta, apicem versus 
interdum parum curvata et in pseudoapophysin incrassata, lae- 
vis, siccitate tortilis, purpurascens. Sproranciom inaequale, levi- 
ter arcuatum, siccitate sulcatum, badium. Penteromit externi den- 
tes lato -lanceolati, extremitate subulati, trabeculati, pallide ru- 
fescentes; interius est membrana plicata, hyalina, in dentes 16, ex- 
teriores longitudine aequantes et cum iis alternantes, lato-lanceola- 
tos, carinatos, apice subulatos, in parte inferiore latiore fissos, 
articulatos, ciliis brevioribus tenerrimis interpositis, divisa. ANNU- 
Lus ex serie una cellularum constat, OrracuLUx urnae concolor. 
In truncis siarum aboriginum prope Sebastianopolin: Ol- 
fers; — ad rupes umbrosas in Serra Ф Estrela, Augusto: Raddi 
et Beyrich; — in prov. Rio Grande do Sul: Sellow; — ín prov. 
Minarum : M. 2% 
XLVIII. HYPOPTERYGIUM Ban. 
Sronaneiom aequale, exannulatum. —PnisTOMIUM 
duplex: exterius dentibus 16 lanceolato - subulatis 
incurvis; interius membrana reticulata plicata, divisa 
in dentes totidem perforatos , interdum ciliis interjectis. 
Catyprra mitraeformis. Pops probabiliter dioeci; 
feminei ad basin ramis inserti, gemmiformes. Fora 
disticha et amphigastria in surculo complanato. 
Brid. Bryol. univ. 11. 709. Hookeriae Spec. Sm. Brown. 
· Endl. Gen. n. 587. 
1. HYPOPTERYGIUM LARICINUM Bam. surculo repente, 
divisionibus dendroideis erectis, inferne simplicibus, superne pin- 
nato-ramosis, ramis erecto-patentibus subsimplicibus complana- 
| tis; foliis oblique insertis patentissimis lato -ovatis acuminulatis 
obliquis argute serratis pellucidis, nervo crasso medio evanido; 
amphigastriis duplo minoribus subappressis subcordato - acumi- 
natis, nervo brevissimo; sporangio nutante obovato (operculo e 
basi conica curvirostro Dam. A. 
Hypopterygium laricinum Brid. Bryol. univ. IF. 714. 
Hypnum laricinum Hook. Muse. exot. J. t. 35. П, 19. 
Kunth. Synops. plant. aequinoct. I. 62. 
Haokeria laricina Walk. Arn. l. c. 57. 
SuncuLUs repens, filiformis, radiculosus, divisionibus den- 
droideis erectis, inferne simplicibus radiculosis, superne pinnafo- 
ramosis. Ramuli simplices, rarius pinnati, erecto- patentes, com- 
planati, in latere inferiori amphigastriis squamiformibus obsiti. 
Fori disticha, oblique inserta, patentissima, lato-ovata, acumi- 
nulata, indistincte marginata, argute serrata, pellucida, in- 
tense viridia, nervo crassiusculo concolori medio evanido; retis 
areolis rotundato- parallelogrammis laxis. ^ AmrnigAsTRIA foliis 
duplo minora, subappressa, cordato acuminata, serralata, foliis 
caulinis concoloria, magis pellucida, nervo brevissimo; retis 
areolis laxioribus. Fromrs probabiliter monoeci. Feminei in su- 
perficie. ramorum inserti, gemmaeformes; FOLIA PERICHAETIALIA 
10 — 12, exteriora 2 — 3 parva, ovata, obtusiuscula; interiora 
magis magisque acuminata, intima subvaginata et longe acuminata; 
omnia concava, integerrima, enervia (nervum brevem, quem Hoo- 
KERUS l. c. his foliis tribuit, videre haud contigit), pallide viri- 
dia, pellucida; retis areolis in folii basi subquadratis, medio et 
antice parallelogrammis laxissimis. Pistillidia 8, longa, germine 
oblongo fuscescente, stylo duplo longiori lineari reticulato hya- 
lino, stigmate dilatato. Paraphyses nullae, Vacrnuta brevis, ova- 
ta, pistillidiis emarcidis obsita, ferruginea. Sera erecta, interdum 
apicem versus curvula, solitaria, subuncialis, laevis, siccitate 
tortilis, purpurascens. SroRANKGIUM nutans vel cernuum, obova- 
tam, deoperculatam interdum subpyriforme , laxe: areolatum, fus- 
cescens, Pxmisrowm exterioris dentes incurvi, siccitate erectias- 
euli, lanceolato-subulati, a basi ad mediam linea media verti- 
eali obscura notati, subtilissime transversim costati, costis ad 
margines eristato - prominentibus inflexis, pallide ferraginei, apice 
subbyalini; interius membrana albicans, plicata , areolata, in 
dentes 16 producta, exterioribus vix breviores, lanceolato - subu- 
latos, carinatos, perforatos, articulatos, ciliis geminis subula- 
tis articulatis subhyalinis interpositis. (Orkncurow e basi conica 
curvirostram, urna duplo minus Brip.) Carvrrsa dimidiata, glabra. 
In Serra W Estrella ad saza humida, Augusto, cum fructibus 
deoperculatis : Beyrich. % 
