Cryphea. | 15. NECKERE X. 415 
subpinnatus, humilis. Folia caulina appressa, vix conspicua, humore 
parum patula, minuta, profunde carinato-concava, margine inferne pau- 
lisper revoluto, integerrimo, nervo rufescente tenui subexcurrente, cellulis 
minutis opacis sublevibus; perichztialia pauca, thecz arcte appressa, 
brevissime vaginantia, apice profundissime in partes duas aliformes sub- 
rotundatas excisa, nervo tenui in cuspidem brevem segmenta vix supe- 
rantem excedente, tenerrima, pellucida. Theca emersa, anguste cylin- 
draceo-oblonga, leptodermis, zqualis, late annulata, operculo eximie co- 
nico; peristomii dentes exteriores elongati, anguste lanceolato-subulati, 
tenues, ubique rugulosi lutei, interiores angustissime subulati, zequilongi, 
similes, rugulosi.— C. Müll. Syn. ii. 166. 
Hab. Chili meridionalis, in cortice arborum, C. Gay. 
Sect. 2. Acrocryphea, Hook. et Wils. 
15. C. suLAcEA (Hornsch. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Musc. 7, t. 1. f. E 
Grimmia). Folia imbricata, patentia, concava, apice minute serrulata, 
nervo ultra medium abrupto, cellulis basi ad margines pluribus parvis ob- 
latis, superioribus oblongis; perichztialia externa elongata, elliptica, in- 
terna oblonga, obtusa, nervo excurrente elongato.  Theca sessilis, ovata, 
sicca plicata, operculo conico acuminato, peristomii dentibus elongatis 
angustis; calyptra superne scabra. 
Hab. Brasilia, ex Herb. Sowerby. 
Rami unciales, fasciculato-ramosi. Folia sicca julaceo-appressa, mar- 
ginibus ubique erectis. 
16. C. GARDNERI (Mitt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1859). Folia patula, sub- 
squarrosa, concava, nervo ad ł evanido, cellulis basi ad margines pluribus 
oblatis rotundisque, superioribus oblongis; pericheetialia externa longiora, 
ovata ellipticaque, acuminata, marginibus recurvis undulatis, interna ob- 
longa teneriora obtusa, nervo lenge excurrente. Theca ovalis, sessilis, lep- 
toderma, operculo conico acuminato, peristomii dentibus pallidis punctu- 
latis ; calyptra apice scabra. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, Wright,n. 67. Andes Bogotenses, in descensu a 
Paramo ad Choachi (6000 ped.), ad arbores, Weir, n. 177. Brasilia, Sierra 
dos Orgaos, Gardner; Rio de Janeiro, Heward ; in ** Campo," prope Con- 
stitutao (2000 ped.), ad arbores depauperatas, Weir, n. 44. 
Rami 1-12-unciales, fasciculatim subpinnatim ramosi. Folia sicca julaceo- 
appressa, omnia marginibus recurvis. Theca post exsiccationem plicata. 
C. julacee simillima. 
17. C. RUBRICAULIS (Mitt.). Folia patula, subsquarrosa, concava, 
marginibus fere ad apicem reflexis recurvisve, nervo ultra medium evanido, 
cellulis basi ad margines pluribus oblatis, superioribus omnibus minutis 
ovoideis; perichztialia externa spathulata, subulato-acuminata, interna 
obovata, obtusa retusave, vaginantia, nervo longe excurrente. Theca 
