42 l. DICRANE E, [ Cynontodium. 
Found alike in the Arctic regions, in New Zealand, and on the 
mountains of Africa and India. Usually described with smooth 
leaves. 
2. C. srRICTUM (Mitt.). Humile. Folia patentia, subsecunda, apice 
abrupta minute serrulata, nervo basi folii latitudinis 2 occupante, superne 
a lamina indistincto, cellulis basi elongatis angustis, superioribus oblongis 
elongatisve obscuriuseulis ; pericheetialia tria interiora tertia parte inferiore 
convoluta, oblongo-elliptica, nervo excurrente attenuato. Theca cylin- 
dracea, inclinata, subarcuata, peristomii dentibus minute scabriusculis. 
Trichostomum pallidum £. strictum, Schwegr. t. 123. 
Cynodontium Bogotense, Hampe in Linnea, xxxiii. 135, et in Ann. Sc. 
Nat. ser. 5. iii. 360. 
Hab. Jamaica ad Marius Gap, Maxwell. Andes Bogotenses in mon- 
tibus prope Bogota, Weir, n. 174; La Penna, ad rivulos (2900 metr.), 
Lindig. 
Very nearly resembling C. pallidum, Hedw. ("Trichostomum), of 
Europe and North America, but with narrower leaves, having the 
nerve distinct from the lamina almost to the very apex. 
3. C. AFFINE (C. Müll. in Bot. Zeit. 1847, 825; Syn. i. 452, Lepto- 
trichum). Caulis brevis. Folia patentia erecto-patentiave, cellulis in- 
ferioribus elongatis oblongisque, nervo basi folii latitudinis tertiam partem 
occupante, superne fere ad apicem usque lamina folii angustissime margi- 
nato, summo apice minute denticulato ; perichztialia inferne longe elliptica 
convoluta, subito subulata. Theca elliptico-cylindracea, inzequalis, subar- 
cuata, operculo subulato, peristomii dentibus * rugulosis longis rubris 
haud nodulosis." 
Hab. Insula Juan Fernandez, Herb. Montagne ; Patagonia, Lobb. 
Caulis 2-3-linearis. Folia pallida luteo-viridia vix nitida, Pedunculus 
uncialis. Theca aurantiaca. 
4. C. AUSTRALE (Mitt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1859, Leptotrichum). 
Caulis exspitosus, plus minus elongatus. Folia patentia, cellulis ob- 
longis, nervo concavo stricto punctulato obscuro, superne denticulato- 
scabro, apice abrupto; perichetialia longius latiusque convoluta. Theca 
in pedunculo breviusculo fusco, oblongo-ovalis, erecta, cinnamomea, oper- 
culo subulato, peristomii dentibus brevibus. Flos masculus lateralis sessi- 
lisque, vel in ramo plus minus elongato terminalis. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Chimborazo, Jameson. 
Caulis i-4-uncialis. Folia fulva, inferne nigrescentia. Pedunculus 4- 
linearis. 
It oceurs in the Falkland, Lord Auckland's, and Campbell's 
Islands, in Tasmania and New Zealand. 
5. C. Hookznt (C. Müll. Syn. i. 450, Leptotrichum). Caulis cespi- 
