Polytrichadelphus.| ^ 20. roryrnrcuEx. 609 
subulato; calyptra basi subnuda, apice setulosa.— Mitt. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. 1859. 
Hab. Fuegia, Magellan? 
This species is found in Tasmania, New Zealand, and Lord 
Auckland's Islands. 
4. P. atGANTEUS (Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 65, Polytrichum). Caulis 
elongatus. Folia e basi erecta erecto-patentia, angusta, marginibus inte- 
gerrimis dentatisve, intus superne lamellata, extus dentata, cellulis basi 
iuferne elongatis pellucidis, superne croceis, inde in transverse oblongas 
mutatis; perichetialia e basi longiore convoluta subulata, apice in mucro- 
nem acutum intus lamellatum producta. Theca in pedunculo fusco ob- 
longa, suberecta, operculo subulato. 
Hab. Andes Novo-Granatenses, in devexu montis Quindiu (1450 hexap.), 
Humboldt et Bonpland, n. 52. 
Caulis subpedalis. Folia rubiginosa. Pedunculus 13-uncialis. Theca 
3-linearis. 
5. P. s&MIANGULATUS (Pers.; Brid. ii. 744, Pogonatum). Caulis 
breviusculus. Folia e basi erecta subulata, patentia, apice obtusiuscule 
acuta, marginibus apice dorsoque dentatis, inferne levia, intus lamellata, 
cellulis basi elongatis pellucidis, superioribus croceis subito in obscuras 
mutatis; perichztialia basi longius convoluta. Theca in pedunculo elon- 
gato oblonga, horizontalis, biangulata, operculo subulato; calyptra nuda, 
levis. 
Polytrichadelphus croceus, Mitt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1859. 
Polytrichum semiangulatum, Pers.; Sull. in U. St. Expl. Exped. t. 6. 
Catharinea magellanica, Brid.; C. Müll. Syn. ii. 560. 
Hab. Brasilia, Gardner, Pabst. 
6. P. rLexvuosus (C. Müll. Syn. i. 212, Polytrichum). Dioicus; caulis 
e basi repente curvata adscendens, elongatus, erectus, simplicissimus, flexuo- 
sus, apice recurvus. Folia rigida, siccitate dispositionibus variis falcata 
subsecunda, madefacta erecto-patentia falcato-stricta, basi densiuscule, 
apicem versus parce serrata; perichztialia ochreato-vaginantia, obtusa, 
membranacea, dorso scabra. Pedunculus brevis, minute scaber. Theca 
basi :equalis, cylindrico-oblonga, minute scabra; peristomii dentes e mem- 
brana brevissima altitudinis mediz longi obtusiusculi. 
Hab. Columbia, in Silla de Caracas ad rupes humidiusculas, Moritz, 
n. 135. 
P. giganteo affinis, differt autem caule simplicissimo flexuoso apice re- 
flexo, foliis e basi dense serratis, thecis pedunculis et perichzetiis scabris.— 
C. Müll. l. c. 
7. P. artstatus (Hampe in Linnea, xxxii. 146). Caulis elongatus. 
Folia e basi erecta sensim subulata, patentia, sicca appressa, margine 
superne dentata, extus lævia, intus lamellata, cellulis basi angustis pellu- 
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