280 N. Conr. Kindber^. 



3. H. filiculaeforme Hedwig. 



Leskea filiculaeformis Hedw. sp. muscor. I, p. 212, t. 50 (1801); 

 Schwaegr. suppl. I, pars 2, p. 159. 



Hypnum filiculaeforme Palis, de Beauv. 1. c. 

 Hookeria filiculaeformis J. E. Smith in Linn. Soc. Trans. 9, p. 278. 

 Pterygophyllum filiculaeforme Brid. mant. muscor. p. 151. 

 Hypopterygium filiculaeforme Brid. bryol. univ. 2, p. 712; C. 



M. syn. II, p. 5; Hooker et Wils. 1. c. 



Stipes 3 — 9 cm longus, fronde longior; folia minuta subobtusa 

 appressa, saepe decidua. Rami primarii 2 — 5 cm, secundarii 0,6— 

 1,5 cm, ramuli circiter 2 mm longi. Folia caulina (ad basin frondis 

 sita) valde pauca; ramea approximata, late ovata, acuta vel brevis- 

 sime apiculata, integerrima vel superne parce dentata; cellulae 

 pellucidae, circiter 0,01 mm; costa saepissime subpercurrens. Am- 

 phigastria saepe supra medium parce dentata, subrotunda vel late 

 cordata, acuta vel brevissime apiculata. Folia ramulina minuta, 

 breviter acuminata. Capsula ovalis brunnescens; dentes lutescentes; 

 operculum subconicum ; rostrum capsula fere dimidio brevius; seta 

 lutescens, 2 cm longa ; calyptra cucullata. Folia perichaetialia ovato- 

 lanceolata subulata subenervia. Dioicum. Species speciosissima generis. 



Australia. N. Seeland. haud raro: herb. Swartz; Reinhek; 

 Jelinek; Stephenson; Helms. 



Subgenus 3. Lopidium. 



Lopidium, ut genus proprium: J. D. Hooker et Wils. 1. c. 



Capsula basi haud impressa, ore haud diminuto, oblonga brunneo- 

 rubra, rostro haud vel vix longior; dentes pallide lutei; endostomium 

 ciliis destitutum; seta rubella, plerumque cygneo-flexa. Amphi- 

 gastria subovata vel ovato- oblonga, anguste et sensim acumi- 

 nata, hyalino-limbata vel elimbata. 



Stipes saepissime valde brevis , fronde semper multo brevior. 

 Frons erecta, simpliciter pinnata vel ramulis valde paucis praedita. 

 Folia caulina rameis longiora sed haud multo majora, saepe decur- 

 rentia et basi cordata; omnia (complete vel incomplete) hyalino- 

 limbata; cellulae circiter 0,01 mm; costa longa, saepissime sub- 

 percurrens. Rami saepe trichomata fusca gerentes. 



A. Folia et amphigastria complete limbata. Plantae proceriores, 

 interdum monoicae. 



4. H. pallens J. D. Hooker et Wilson. 



Lopidium pallens Hook, et Wils. 1. c. (1855). 



Leskea concinna Schwaegr. supplem. t. 269, non Hooker. 



Hypopterygium pallens C. M. in herb. 



Folia et amphigastria limbo biseriali praedita. Folia caulina 

 sublincari- oblonga; costa lutescens, cum apiculo fere confluens. 



