300 10. BRYEJE. [ Bryum. 
sicca et deoperculata angustata, ore amplo purpureo, operculo conico 
apiculato rufescente; peristomii dentes interni in membrana lutescente, 
ciliis binis tenerrimis interpositis."— C. Müll. Syn. i. 340. 
Hab. Brasilia, S. Sebastian, in muris, Merkel; Tijuca, Olfers. 
Probably not distinct from B. dichotomum ; and the gemmiform 
male flowers may be the buds which frequently abound in the 
leaves of that species. 
58. D. MICROCARPUM (Hornsch. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Musc. 38). Dioi- 
cum, humile, gracile, erectum, infra apicem innovationibus qualibus. 
Folia inferiora dissita, erecto-patentia, ovata, acuta, superiora in comam 
fastigiatam conferta, imbricata, lato-lanceolata, acuminata, canaliculata, 
integerrima, pallide viridia, nervo excurrente ; ramea appressa, lato-ovata, 
obtusa, concava, nervo crasso viridi in apiculum brevissimum excurrente, 
laxe areolata. Theca in pedunculo longiusculo erecto parum flexuoso- 
curvato purpurascente pendula, parva, pyriformis, fusca, operculo conico 
breviter apiculato.——C. Müll. Syn. i. 294. 
Hab. Brasilia, S. Sebastian ad terram nudam, Merkel. 
59. B. REMOTIFOLIUM (Hampe in Linnea, xxxi. 131). Cespitosum, 
rufo-fuscum ; caulis fertilis brevissimus, innovationibus elongatis gracilibus 
semiuncialibus auctus, masculus simplex humilis. Folia laxe imbricata ; 
floralia latiora, ovata, acute pungentia; innovationum inferiora remota, 
superiora contigua, majora, ovato-lanceolata, immarginata, plana, subinte- 
gerrima, nervo rufescente cuspidata, cellulis basilaribus subquadratis, cæ- 
teris rhomboideis teneris, interstitiis teneris rufescentibus ; folia pellucida: 
Seta gracilis, tenera, basilaris, innovationes superans. Theca fuscata, 
demum nigricans, oblongo-ovata, basi producta, subpendula, deopercu- 
lata sub ore contracta urceolata, operculo umbonato obtuso rubro; pe- 
ristomium Bryi normale. 
Hab. Andes Novo-Granatenses, Tequendama (2600 metr.), ad terram, 
Lindig. 
Inter Brya atropurpurea. B. bulbilloso Mont. affine, differt foliis pun- 
gentibus et thecze forma.—Hampe, l. c. 
60. B. ANGUsTIFOLIUM (Brid. i. 685).  Dioicum, laxe cespitosum, 
humile, gracile. Folia erecto-patentia, superne densius conferta, elongate 
lanceolata, longe acuminata, subplana, nervo crasso flavo longe cuspi- 
data, angusta, integerrima, margine plana, inferne e cellulis laxiusculis 
magnis quadratis pellucidis, superne multo densioribus elongatis viridibus 
areolata; perichetialia interna angustiora. Pedunculus strictus. — C. 
Müll. Syn. i. 309. 
Hab. Ins. Hispaniola, Green, Herb. Bridel. 
61. B. Limpatum (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 573). Dioicum; gregarie czspi- 
tosum, remotifolium, sordide viride, subsimplex, gracillimum, pusillum. 
Folia caulina remota, siccitate crispula, minuta, e basi brevissima angus- 
