598 19. SKITOPHYLLES. | Fissidens. 
lamina vera zqualis ad medium producta et longe acuminata, limbo 
crasso, albido, integro marginata, laxius areolata; lamina dorsalis basi 
angustissima, sensim latior, cum lamina apicali lanceolata, nervo subviridi 
crassiusculo, recto, exeunte vix mucronata; omnes lamins integerrime, 
pellucide marginatz, e cellulis rhomboidalibus reticulate. Pedunculus 
terminalis, e basi geniculata rectus, tenuis, rubens, sensim in thecam 
rectam angustam cylindricam incrassatus, operculo e basi conica subulato, 
obliquo, theca breviore; calyptra juvenilis conico-angusta ad medium 
usque fissa, matura perfecte dimidiata, tenera; peristomii dentes purpurei, 
madefacti inflexi.” 
Hab. Brasilia; ins. Sta. Catharina, in argilla rubra sylvarum prope 
Destero, Pabst, n. 319. 
* Habitu F. Kegeliano proximus, sed folis multo densius areolatis, 
albide marginatis (F. Kegeliani folia marginem flavescenti-viridem margi- 
nata preestant), obtusiusculis, et operculo obliquo certissime refugiens."— 
Schlph. l. c. 
Caulis lineam altus, obliquus. Folia longiora lineam longa, lineari-elli- 
ptica, apicibus acutis vel obtusiuscule acutis, cellulis minutis pellucidis limiti- 
bus crassiusculis obscuris; perichætialia lamina vera uno latere ad nervum 
sensim angustato. Pedunculus 1i-linearis. Theca operculo subzquilongo. 
51. F. Kecevianus (C. Müll Syn. i. 49). Monoicus, pusillus. 
Folia 4-6-juga, nervo concolori percurrente, lamina vera equali usque ad 
medium producta, laminis omnibus limbo angusto concolori marginatis, 
cellulis parvis rotundis, parietibus crassiusculis obscuris. Pedunculus 
elongatus. Theca ovalis, operculo subulato subzquilongo. 
Hab. Ins. Trinidad, Crüger, ex Herb. Müller ; Sti. Vincentis, Guilding. 
Fl. Amazon, Para, Spruce, n. 523; fl. Negro, San Carlos, Spruce, n. 524; 
Surinam, Kegel. i 
Caulis lineam altus. Folia longiora lineam longa, pallide viridia. Pe- 
dunculus 3-linearis. 
Inflorescence monæcious in all the specimens, but described 
originally as dicecious. 
52. F. ANGUSTIFOLIUS (Sulliv. in Proc. Amer. Acad. 1861, 275). 
Monoicus, “ pusillus, conferte flabellatim foliosus. Folia integerrima, 
duplicatura semiproducta, lamina dorsali ad basin desinente, costa cum 
apice dissoluta. Capsula terminalis ovali-oblonga seu oblongo-obovata ; 
operculo capsulam excedente ; calyptra dimidiata, operculum vix tegente.”’ 
Flos masculus axillaris, antheridium unicum fovens. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, in sylvis densioribus ad terram locis humidis, Wright, 
n. 18; Trinidad, Black. 
Caulis 1-2-linearis. Folia longiora lj-linearia. Pedunculus 3-linearis. 
53. F. moNANDpRus (Mitt.  Monoicus, subacaulis. Folia flabel- 
latim disposita, quadrijuga, nervo concolori percurrente, lamina vera ad 
medium producta quali, cellulis rotundis limitibus crassis obscuriusculis. 
