Fissidens. | 19. SKITOPHYLLEJ. 599 
Pedunculus brevis. Theca ovalis, erecta, operculo subulato szquilongo. 
Flos masculus in foliorum axillis antheridium unicum fovens. 
F. minutulus, Sulliv. in Proc. Amer. Acad. 1861. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, Wright, n. 11. 
Folia }-linearia, viridia, subpellucida. Pedunculus rufus, 13-linearis. 
54. F. scAnIOsus ( Mitt.). Monoicus, caulis brevis. Folia pauca, pa- 
tentia, majora nervo tenui concolori evanido, lamina vera ad medium pro- 
ducta apice inzequali, lamina dorsali basi decurrente, marginibus ubique 
integerrimis, cellulis ad margines in membranam cartilagineam tenuem 
conflatis.. Theca in pedunculo elongato rubro ovalis, erecta, operculo satis 
magno rostrato, thecam longitudine æquante, peristomii dentibus cruribus 
elongatis angustissimis ; calyptra operculum ad basin tegens, basi pluries 
fissa. 
Hab. Andes Peruvianz, Lamas ad terram, Spruce, n. 537. 
Caulis 13-linearis, subrufus. Folia circiter sexjuga, majora lineam longa, 
tenera, rigida, subnitida.  Pedunculus 3-linearis. Theca parva, evacua 
subpellucida, textura laxe cellulosa. 
55. F. LoNGIFoLIUS (Brid. ii. 682). Czspitosus, pusillus, simplicissi- 
mus, decumbens, filiformis. Folia 5-6-juga, dissita, patentia, superiora 
(pro plantule exiguitate) longissima, lamina foli ad medium producta; 
lamina apicali lineari-lanceolata, nervo continuo pellucido acuta, laminis 
omnibus ameene viridibus. Seta filiformis. Theca ex ovali subrotunda, 
ore contracta exigua.— C. Müll. Syn. i. 65. 
Skitophyllum longifolium, La Pyl. in Desv. Journ. Bot. iv. (1814) 150, 
t. 38: f. 3. 
Hab. Hispaniola, Poiteau. 
56. F. PALMaATUS (Sw.; Hedw. Musc. Frond. t. 304). Monoicus, pu- 
sillus. Folia sexjuga, patentia, nervo percurrente, lamina vera usque ad 
medium producta æquali, laminis omnibus limbo angustissimo marginatis. 
“ Pedunculus elongatus. Theca oblonga, curvata, horizontalis,” operculo 
conico subulato subincurvo, calyptra subulata minutissima. Flos masculus 
ad caulis pedem gemmiformis. 
Dicranum palmatum, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. iii. 1774. 
Hypnum, ejusd. Prodr. 141. ; 
Skitophyllum, La Pyl. t. 38. f. 6. 
Hab. Jamaica, Swartz in Herb. Hooker. 
Caulis lineam altus. Folia lineam longa. Pedunculus 2-linearis. 
The male flower is described as terminal on a separate plant in 
C. Müller’s Syn. i. 48; and probably, as in many other instances 
in the genus, it is variable in its position. 
57. F. DISSITIFOLIUS (Sulliv. in Proc. Amer. Acad. 1861, 274). Dioicus, 
simplex, erectus, mollis, remotifolius. Folia fere ad apicem subdenticu- 
latum anguste marginata, lamina dorsali lata ad basin sensim vel abrupte 
