273 N. Conr. Kindberg. 



supra aequatorem tantum prope sinum Guineensem ; in Australia usque 

 ad 50° lat. merid.; in tota America australi et parce in centrali; in. 

 America boreali in loco unico, insula reginae Charlottae, una species. 

 Inter species infra descriptas occurunt: in Asia 13, in Africa 11, 

 in Australia 17, in America 12; privae sunt: Asiae 9, Africae 4, 

 Australiae 8, Americae 4. 



Genus i. Catharomnion. 



J. D. Hooker and Wilson, the botany of the antarctic voyage, 

 part II, flora Novae Zelandiae (1855). 



Peristomium simplex internum, membrana basali brevi 

 praedita. Capsula erecta vel leviter inclinata; seta crassa rubra. 

 Folia ciliata. 



1. C. ciliatum Hedwig. 



Pterygynandrum ciliatum Hedwig, species muscorum, pars I, 

 p. 84 t. 17 (1801). 



Pterogonium ciliatum Schwaegrichen, supplem. I, pars 1, p. 108. 



Hypopterygium ciliatum Bridel, bryol. univers. II; CM syn. 

 II. p. 6. 



Catharomnion ciliatum Hook, et Wils. 1. c. p. 119. 



Stipes tomentosus, 1 cm. longus vel brevior. Frons rotulata: 

 rami verticillatim dispositi et patentes , 1—1,5 cm. longi; ramuli 

 longiores 0,5 — 0,6 cm. Folia haud limbata, apice et marginibus 

 longe ciliata: ramulina (ramea secundaria) conferta ovalia-ovata ob- 

 tusata; cellulae pellucidae rhombeae-ovales, circiter 0,01 mm. latae; 

 costa ad 1 I 2 — 3 / 4 folii producta. Amphigastria longe ciliata obsoleti- 

 nervia haud limbata, complura in aculeos reducta. Folia perichae- 

 tialia longe subulato-acuminata integerrima. Capsula sat parva, ob- 

 longo-cylindrica, saepissime erecta, ore haud diminuto; operculum 

 convexum rostratum; rostrum capsula plerumque dimidio brevius; 

 seta 1 cm longa, saepissime recta; calyptra conica, basi lacera 

 Dioicum. 



Australia. N. Seeland.: J. D. Hooker; Banks; Knight; Zttrn 

 herb. C. M. ; Mus. Berolin., Holm, et Upsal.). 



Genus 2. Hypopterygium. 



Bridel, bryol. univ., vol. II, p. 709 (1827). 



Peristomium duplex. Capsula inclinata, cernua vel pendula", 

 seta saepissime rubra et minus crassa, initio saepe lutescens, semper 

 apice curvata. Folia haud ciliata; saltern ramea (secundaria) 

 superiora dentata vel denticulata. Amphigastria saepissime foliacea 

 subconformia et costata, in unica specie aut spinuloso- dentata aut 

 (complura) in aculeos reducta. Folia perichaetialia saepissime inte- 

 gerrima et haud vel indistincte costata. 



