HYPOPTERYGIACEAE. ' iIlYPOPTERYGIUM. 5 
pressa; dentes ext. lati, interni in membrana longissima 
subrugulosa haud carinati, ciliis binis cohaerentibus in- 
terjectis, operc. conico - acuminato obtuso, theca dimidio 
minori, 
Ic. in Gay Hist. de Chile, Bot. Crypt. t. 2. f. 4, — H. specio- 
sum C. Müll. Linn, XVIII. p. 683. — Hypnum Thouini Schw, Suppl, 
HI. H. 2. t. 289, — H. Arbuscula P. B. Prodr. p. 61? —  Hypopt. 
Arbuscula Brid, II. p. 717. 
Patria. Ad fretum Magellanicum ; à Commerson 
primo lectum cl. Schwägrichen dedit Pr. Thouin. 
Chile: Philippi et C. Ga y. 
Planta omnium congenerum  speciosissima secunda, 
notis cursive impressis facile discernibilis, partibus omni- 
bus robustis. H. filiculaeformi longe. recedenti proxi- 
mum. 
3. H. filiculaeforme Brid. (II. p. 712); dioicum; 
speciosum; stipes elatus crassus, folis squamaeformibus 
albidis parce obsitus, ramificatione longe et dilatate fron- 
dosa valde divisa, ramis pinnatis, ramulos stoloniformes 
dense foliosos breves ex axillis foliorum | emittentibus ; 
folia caulis communis magna, late ovata breviter acumi- 
nata, apice denticulata planiuscula, pallide viridia, nervo 
evanescente, immarginata ; ramulina multo minora, sti- 
pulaeformia minuta; omnia rotundato - prosenchymatice 
areolata; perich. lanceolata obsoletinervia; thecae aggre- 
gatae, in pedunculis longiusculis pendulae magnae oblon- 
gae, sub ore constrictae; dentes ext. lati interni angusti, 
ciliis binis interpositis. 
Pterygophyllum filiculaeforme Brid. Mant. Musc. p. 151. — 
Hookeria filiculaeformis Sm. Trans. of Linn. Noc. IX, p. 278. — 
Hypnum fiticulaeforme P. B. Prodr. p. 64. et Schwügr. Suppl. HI, 
H.2. t. 281. —  Leskea filiculaeformis Hdw, Sp. Musc. p. 212. 
t. 50. 
Patria. -Insulae Australes: Banks. 
H. Thouini proximum, sed notis illustratis facile dis- 
cernibile. 
