112 3. LEUCOBRYE X. [ Leucobryum. 
perichztialia parum minora, inferne convoluta, apicibus subulatis. Theca 
in pedunculo elongato, parva, inclinata. 
L. tenuifolium, Sulliv. in Proc. Amer. Acad. 1861, 279. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, March; Cuba, Wright, n. 43; Trinidad, Criiger. 
Columbia, Moritz; fl. Orinoco, in sylva Javita, et in Andibus Peruvianis 
in monte Picote et Guayrapurina (3000 ped.), Spruce, n. 70; Cerro 
Pelado prope Tarapoto in monte Picote (3000 ped.), Uds n- 71: 
Brasilia in Sierra dos Orgaos, Beyrich. 
Caulis unciam altus. Folia 3-linearia. Pedunculus 3 unciam longus. 
5. L. LONGIFOLIUM (Hampe in Linnea, xii. 42; C. Müll. Syn. i. 77). 
Caulis elongatus. Folia ambitu mferne subelliptica, sensim longe subu- 
lata, a basi subobovata erecta, marginibus incurvis subconvolutis, apice 
acuta, lamina angustissima e cellularum seriebus 4 composita, sensim 
superne angustata; perichzetialia minora, inferne oblonga convoluta, superne 
subulata, angusta, acuta. Theca in pedunculo elongato, oblonga, inzequalis, 
inclinata, plicata, basi strumosa, operculo subulato. 
Sphagnum clandestinum, Beauv. MS. in Herb. Hooker. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Wilds. Andes Peruviane in monte Guayrapurina 
(3000 ped.), Spruce, n. /1c. Brasilia in locis pluribus, Beyrich, Martius, 
et Herb. Sowerby. 
Caulis 3-4 uncias altus. Folia 9-linearia. 
6. L. MEGALOPHYLLUM (Raddi, Critt. Bras. 3, Dicranum). Caulis 
elongatus. Folia ambitu inferne subelliptica, sensim superne angustata, a 
basi breviter ovali erecta, inferne excavata, concava, cauli appressa, inde 
marginibus incurvis conniventibus, apice acuta, seepe radicantia, lamina 
basi angustissima, e seriebus cellularum elongatarum 4 composita, superne 
sensim evanescente; perichztialia parva, inferne oblonga, concava, con- 
voluta, superne subulata, acuta. Theca in pedunculo elongato, breviter 
obovata, inzqualis, plicata, basi strumosa, ore magno obliquo, operculo 
longe subulato, peristomii dentibus latiusculis elongatis. 
L. robustum, Sulliv. in Proc. Amer. Acad. 1861, 279. 
L. giganteum, C. Müll. Syn. i. 79. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Wilson; Cuba, Wright, n. 44; Trinidad, Criiger ; 
Barbadoes, Parker. Brasilia, ins. Sancta Catharina, Macrae. 
Caulis 1-3 uncias altus. Folia 6 lineas longa, patula, recurva subsecun- 
dave. Pedunculus 2-uncialis. 
Tribus IV. SYRRHOPODONTEE. 
30. SyrrHopopon, Schweer. Suppl. ii. 110. 
Sect. 1. Heticonema. Caulis erectus. Theca brevissime pedunculata. 
Calyptra parva, plurifida. Folia obscura, marginibus lamellatis. 
Folia limbo e lamellis tribus serrulatis marginata.. 1. S. Spruceanus. 
